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For an illustrated copy of the 14th century poet ʻAssar Tabrizi's Mihr u Mushtari (Or. 11845, Safavid c.1550)

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2023-01-31

Birds in the nest and birds in the tree

BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE;ff.325r, 332v
https://t.co/SuMr0iCCWl

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2022-10-03

But the scroll is not only read from top to bottom: each generation branches off into many characters, who fill the side space with the narratives of their lives. The scroll becomes a map of time and space! There's also a diagram of Noah's ark! Enjoy your visit!

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2022-02-07


天使は霊的な存在か肉体を持つのか8世紀の教父達も悩んだ。後に天使は霊的な存在だが時に人の目に見える姿をとると。聖書には天使の翼の記述は少なく翼が描かれた最古のものは4世紀末。天使に性別がないという根拠はマルコ伝。15世紀の写本では神が創造した天使は大気を満たす霊だ。

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2022-01-24

The Reader

BL Add 19776; the 'Coburg Pentateuch'; 1390-1396 CE; Germany, Central (Coburg); f.96r
https://t.co/i9HiBiMJZ5

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2021-11-08

Never bring a sword to a fish fight ⚔️

📑 The ‘Toothfish’ and the Swordfish: Egerton MS 1121, f. 67r

Read about this and other fantastical fables here:
🔗 https://t.co/Uf7eOKLcMd

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2021-10-11

Rama’s servant listens to the dhobi quarrelling with his wife. From the Razmnama, the Persian translation of the dated 1598, artist Da'ud. See https://t.co/pEdp1iNQgy

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2021-08-03

Garden of Eden in al-Naysaburi’s ‘Stories of the Prophets’, Iran, 16th century. Currently on view in https://t.co/TTmvm3p3RE

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2021-07-19

Some days go more slowly than others.

But perhaps when you're a medieval snail that's all relative.

Add MS 42130, f. 160r
https://t.co/kV35ZzPGaD

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2021-06-08

We know a lot about the beautiful just not the composer! It's from 1716 & dedicated to future HRE Charles VII. Read for more:
https://t.co/25zr68dwPv

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2020-08-24

Il corno dell’unicorno, cui si attribuiva la proprietà di neutralizzare i veleni, fu tra gli oggetti più ricercati per le collezioni dei Signori dei XVI-XVII sec., fino a quando fu certo che l’animale non esisteva e che i reperti erano solo denti di un cetaceo

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2020-07-06

A complete course of logic taught at the Sorbonne 1714-16, executed with considerable care and calligraphic flourishes - and the addition of a couple of smoking pipes to the engraved border of the title page https://t.co/B0owMomEnz

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2019-05-13

Details from the binding of a Deccani Muntakhab-i from Sikakol ( In 23) for Conserved by in 2010 for obvious reasons!

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2019-04-29

Bird watching across time, spotted a 9th century & https://t.co/qGIUEj5s7G ff. 9v, 11v

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2017-06-19