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As winter persists outdoors there’s a fantastic wonderland to explore in the warm haven of the libra

An idyllic scene from “The Parlour Teacher”, a reader published in 1804 by Jacob Johnson

We couldn’t resist sharing one more #boatsinthelibrary image as the summer seems to float away

Dedicated to the doge and senate of Venice, this treatise on shipbuilding, cartography, and astronom

#tinytuesday treasures, a diminutive #detail from a Flemish book of hours. Taken from one of many la

Detail of blueprints from an experimental investigation conducted on the use of magnetic coils carri

We’ve fallen in love with this buffalo, his eye makes such soulful promises…He is the s

“I always deserve the best treatment, because I never put up with any other.”— Emma Wood

A ship, a train, and a collective of sage travelers circle the eternal compass in this montage of Ki

Happy New Year!To start 2018 off right, enjoy the cover of this Bostonian almanac, which in addition

Playful figures and creatures spring to life among the foliate borders of this beautiful manuscript

This decorated “O” is from a compendium of Aristotle’s Ethics by the hand of Taddeo Alderotti (1223-

It’ll be hard to say goodbye to the current exhibition *Ok, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepi

Giorgio di Lorenzo Chiarini Tracta di mercantie et usanze di paesi (Book of Trade and Customs of Cou

Prayer BookMilan (?), ca. 1510The Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 207The radiant but somewhat

Book of Hours, Use of Rome (Hours of Étienne Thirion)Lyon, 1518; illuminator: Master of Bénigne Serr

Isidore of SevilleSententiae (Sentences)Spain, 12th c. The Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 137

There is a rich history behind the tranquil gaze of this girl posing in a gesture of prayer. This st

Gerbert of Aurillac (Sylvester II)Isagoge geometriae (Introduction to Geometry)Northern Austria (Sai

Giannozzo Manetti, Poggio Bracciolini, and othersOrationes ad Nicolaum V (Oration to Nicholas V) and

In addition to serving as the dentist to royalty in 19th-century Europe and being an early benefacto

Georges ChastellainL’oultré d’amour pour amour morte (The One Overcome by Love who Died for Love)Ang

Inhabited initial C from a choir book showing Saint John on PatmosLombardy, ca. 1500; illuminator: M

Franciscan Miscellany, including I Fioretti di San Francesco (Little Flowers of Saint Francis), Legg

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