Start the weekend with a pugnacious porcupine and pals....and of course St Margaret...

BnF MS Latin 1156B; Horae ad usum romanum; 15th century;
f.176r
https://t.co/EyPXiF9IpG

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Saint Denis and Saint Piatus, Livre d'images de madame Marie, Hainaut or Brabant c. 1280-1290 (BnF, Nouvelle acquisition française 16251, fol. 84v). Perhaps contemplating how much fun they had in 2020?

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Special thanks to for putting up with everyone in BnF world for their secret Santa as I adore the picture I had gotten from my santee.

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The anonymous illuminator of the 12th century BNF Latin 1654 and Paul Klee were equally fascinated by how colors play together. Eight hundred years might divide them but they were both just as creative and playful with their art.

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Les Grandes Heures d’Anne de Bretagne, 16em siècle.

Bnf -

Via Libri Usati e Antichi

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seeing you go through your old stuff reminded me of that one time I drew your Bunny Oc. x3
It was a nice time at BnF, shame I didn't get into the community more :'3

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Heavens above: the Zodiac

BnF MS Latin 13013; Miscellany of works on computus and astronomy; 1st third 9th century–late 11th century; France;
f.20r
https://t.co/V1nV2RpIK3

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Spot the difference!
https://t.co/q3Orl4u4fW
https://t.co/Wu3ioiC1kL
BL Add 17333; the 'Val-Dieu' Apocalypse; c.1320-1330; France, N.W (Normandy; f.43r
BnF MS Latin 14410; Apocalypsis cum figuris; 1275-1300; f.79

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A *lot* of medieval Gemini images are just two naked dudes blatantly staring at each other's dicks.

(BnF, MS Latin 12834, f. 49; Morgan Lib, MS m92, f. 017r; Morgan Lib, MS g14, f. 007v)

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20 June 840: d. Louis the Pious King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813 (BNF)

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Here is dragon-slayer Margaret of Antioch with a punk dragon
[BnF, Latin 1171, 16th c.]

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The session of my Islamic book history seminar that was cancelled today would have focused on libraries in the pre-modern Islamic world. A thread on some of the topics we would have discussed.

(Abū Zayd in the library, from a ms of Ḥarīrī’s Maqāmāt, Ms Paris BNF Arabe 5847)

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Bit late to this but here’s a fun project I worked on lately with BNF Bank. These illustrations were made for International Women’s Day, printed on cards and distributed to BNF Bank employees. Each card can be personalised and given to the women in the sender's life.

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BnFで資料を探していて偶然見つけた19世紀の遊戯札。
40枚構成で、どのように使ったかは未調査。
ウェイト版を連想させなくもない絵も混じってはいるけれど更に世俗に塗れた感もあり。
これがウェイト版タロットの元ネタにならなくてよかったですねw
https://t.co/xk2B8mDI0v

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The celestial bodies, the elements, the soul, and the creation
of Adam.

BnF MS Latin 4895; Gothefridi Viterbiensis pantheon ; passim figurae; 1331; ff.14r, 15r, 16v, 23v
https://t.co/ngyGWNxnT2

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I did art again ^^ it an oc from a friend her name is Nerah . I hope you guys like her :3

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Friday 6th December is the Feast of St Nicholas. Here St Nicholas is depicted with the three officers of Constantine

BnF MS Latin 18303; The Life & Miracles of St Nicholas; 11th century; France; f.1v

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Hell's Kitchen
[BnF, Fr. 1537, 16th c.]

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