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beepbeephargrove:Thoughts by Harry Holland

I have a couple of things to note about today’s fun find, featuring Ms. Codex 275, a coll

erikkwakkel: Pretty degree You would think this pretty document, dating from 1551, is a charter issu

Hey Pisces friends, stop crying about how many stars there are in the universe and how beautiful the

Have you been enjoying your month thus far, Capricorns? What am I saying, you are a Capricorn, you a

This is a figure representing the Sun, with lions milling about at its feet. If you are a Leo, then

Little-known secrets of the Tiber, part 1: the Tiber is not actually a river, but just a torrential

This week, we’re looking at diagrams and table of all shapes and sizes.LJS 434 is a Persian ma

Illuminated initial A, with some great wedge shapes and gold. Of course, gold. Can’t forget th

Twitter exchange of the day, as supplied by @JamesManning4 and @BuzzFeedUK.  The Express articl

LJS 180 Item 5 are engravings of a new constructions and innovations upon a 2-wheeled carriage.The f

Hellmouth on fol. 127r, Ms. Codex 738, Flemish hours of the Virgin Mary, with calendar of Utrec

Worried about impending danger? LJS 189, or Zakhīrah-ʹi Khvārazmshāhī, has got you covered. This

Bookplates galore! LJS 202, an astrological work written in England in the late 17th or 18th century

From @ErChilvers: Inspired by @Cmdr_Hadfield the Chilvers family are proud to present Chris Yolkfiel

LJS 264, Ymage du Monde, contains some extensively decorated catchwords, not one the same. This Fren

LJS 235 Kitāb al-Adwār, written in the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century.This manuscript is a tre

Dog shooting rooster. (Rooster feeling an unaccountable premonition of doom.)Manuscript description

Stephen Fry converses with Chris Hadfield, currently onboard the ISS, on Twitter today.

Of all the mandrake-like plants in the herbal section of LJS 46, this one on fol. 2v is one of the m

“Gross and Net Produce of the Duty on Coffee From Midsummer 1724 to Midsummer 1740.” In

Not Vikings, perhaps, but hopefully the hammer of the gods will also drive this ship to new lands. T

The dog is me, the dog is you.Manuscript description and digital images can be found here at OPenn.F

LJS 24 is a medical miscellany and many of the initials, as we’ve posted before, feature Domin

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