On with the second semi-final: 'Tradescant's Orchard' versus the 'Ormesby Psalter'. Both a feast for the eyes; both worth spending a while gazing at side-by-side in gloriously high detail here: https://t.co/HZy3GAQHG7

Poll in the next Tweet!

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Fittingly for the first day of today's features 'Tradescant's Orchard', a guide to the ripening dates of orchard fruits. The competition? MS. Canon. Misc. 213, our rare copy of early secular songs. https://t.co/i9p2745d34

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MS. Ouseley Add. 166 makes it through to the semifinals! Which means goodbye to MS. Ashmole 1511. https://t.co/483rBi3gzK

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Facing off today in are 'Tradescant's Orchard' (delightful early 17th century watercolours), and the Rosellini expedition reports, stuffed with careful drawings of ancient Egyptian monuments.

View them here, and vote in the next Tweet: https://t.co/Tn76snVJLU

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