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Of all the weird & wonderful things in government archives this must be one of the quirkiest: an underwater wedding scene showing a seahorse marrying a
📂 INF 3/1017 https://t.co/zYHLfP17FZ

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B is for Busy Beavers on Herman Moll's 1715 map of British colonial territory in North America.
📂 WO 78/419/8 https://t.co/5CfHSVWkyc

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Well, okay, couldn't resist a for - I mean, we couldn't, could we? AND you can p-pick up your own Glad Eye Penguin in our shop - don't forget this weekend and our new show

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Oh look amongst our pilgrims brought gifts to St Cuthbert’s Shrine in . An inventory dated 1383 lists a unicorn’s horn & griffin's claw (narwhal tusk & ibex horn). Sadly lost during the Reformation.

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Celebrating for with these wonderful beasties from Sloane MS 4015

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Who doesn't love animals pretending to the people?
( D11847)

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Harbord Baron of Suffield's Coat of Arms features a lion & leopard, more examples on our website https://t.co/stxFeBpERL

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It's today and we have lots in our collection of Howard Carter watercolours!

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For here's a monkey riding a goat with an owl on his hand (MS 75)

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