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Sweet! Congratulations to the participants in last week's challenge, featuring colourful Japanese confectionery designs. Well done
! Stay tuned to see Or 949 online and in full 🏆

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2020-02-25

It's Week on The header and profile pic are from a manuscript of Saʻdi's Būstān ("The Orchard"), calligraphy by physician and poet Hakim Rukn al-Din Masʻud (Hakim Rukna)
Add MS 27262, f. 37r
https://t.co/5Bm6LMWysd

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2019-11-25

is thought to be the first photojournalist. This photograph collection covers political events and society & culture in https://t.co/n7v9396MHH

The atmospheric portraits shown here were taken around the Kathmandu valley in 1968

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2019-11-22

It’s a new season Join us as we delve into languages K-M. First up: – the official language of Karnataka in southern India.

This week’s header & profile pictures are from a 19th C illustrated printed book: https://t.co/gRxsiG860D

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2019-09-30

Everyone knows that Cats are the best dancers! For enjoy these dancing moggies from the fairy tale Schippeitaro, ORB.30/4013 via blog https://t.co/QWIwEp0gpl

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2019-08-08

In this blogpost, writes about manuscripts relating to the life and legacy of St Patrick
https://t.co/Z4fD4TqAUo

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2019-08-01

A new header for week: a vision of St Patrick in Purgatory: https://t.co/Z4fD4TqAUo

And a scribe's attempt at copying letters into a manuscript: https://t.co/Ibp3nG5k3v

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2019-07-29

We've loved sharing collections 😊Find out what's available online & in the reading room in our collection guide: https://t.co/p7gMFKOs4a

Don't forget you can also catch Or 480 in person at our exhibition: https://t.co/0yTqFWWklm

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2019-06-23

may be fun to look at, but how are we meant to read them?

Learn the captivating story behind cracking the code at our upcoming talk - The Man Who Deciphered Hieroglyphs (11 July)
https://t.co/pVJb88OLJP

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2019-06-11

Can anyone identify the letter and number featured in this tile? 🤔 Courtesy of . And is it Western (Cambodian) or Eastern (Vietnamese) Cham?

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2019-05-09

It's week but Bugis week seems like only yesterday...

Enjoy highlights including behind-the-scenes photos of our conservation and digitisation processes, as well as a flying Bugis horse!
https://t.co/k0i7SpgMgl

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2019-05-03

The Bugis diary appeared as part of 'Books from the East: an exhibition of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books' alongside 7 other Malay and Indonesian manuscripts - including this beautiful pustaha in Simalungun-Batak (Or. 11761)

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2019-05-02

Colourful verse dividers in this manuscript copy of the Zoroastrian Yasna sadeh (Mss 17)

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2019-02-09

This important project in Yazd, Iran will preserve recently discovered manuscripts in including what may be the oldest Videvdād so far discovered (EAP1014): https://t.co/0rEnkY9MLl

Follow for updates on the online digital archive.

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2019-02-08

Much of our digitised content was created in partnership with and . Watch this video and follow to learn more: https://t.co/cGsCzOkERD

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2019-01-17

Struggling with our Greek challenge?

Here are some collection items featuring numerals to help you out (Add MS 5107 & Add MS 34186)

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2019-01-08