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‘Miniature of a battle for a soul, with God in heaven above.'
Book of Hours. Bruges, c. 1500. British Library, King’s 9, detail of f. 212v.
and another revamp of an old oc named Walid, he also lives in the abandoned library, he's reclusive and tends to talk to himself a lot
Land-dwellers
British Library, Burney MS 97, Manuel Philes, De animalium proprietate (Greed) (1566). #sciart
*Lunchtime* A fishmonger and her cat. Murshidabad, c. 1798. British Library, Add Or 1231. #MewseumMonday
This Saturday we're hosting a Mad Hatter's Tea Party at #NunheadLibrary, 1pm to 3pm - don't be late!
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Unicorns, ‘The Tudor Pattern Book’, England ca. 1520 (Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1504, fol. 37v) @bodleianlibs
Mandrake, Herbal, Lombardy ca. 1440 (British Library, Sloane 4016, fol. 56v) @BLMedieval
Scholars at an Abbasid library, illustration from al-Ḥarīrī's Maqāmāt, made in Baghdad in 1237
Never really contemplated what a huge impact those books, loaned from my local library, had on me. Wonderful series!
From Lucas de Heere's costume book: 'Homme d'arme' & 'Tournoieur d'Europe' (1570s, University Library, Ghent).
Shield bearer, Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340 (British Library, Add 42130, fol. 168r) @BLMedieval
If you are a Tolkien fan you will love this card from the Bodleian Library, this is 'Rivendell' #Tolkien
Detail from a book I've illustrated for PJ Library, to be published next year...
Leeds City Library, Museum & Art Gallery ~ pen and watercolour sketch on a very cold autumn day brrrr!!!! #Leeds
Duellists, Queen Mary Psalter. London 1310-1320 (British Library, Royal 2 B VII, fol. 134v) @BLMedieval
The Lord of the Rings: #Tolkien’s Legacy ~ Weston Library, Oxford Oct. 29 http://t.co/jIZlWgstLp @TORCHOxford #LOTR
Sketch of the Day: Manchester Central Library, St.Peters Square, Manchester, 2013
Walking sturgeon, Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340 (British Library, Add 42130, fol. 167r) @BLMedieval