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March 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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🃏 Faasenaacht • carnaval 2025
March 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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The provinces of Sclavinia, Girmania, Gallia, and Roma pay homage to Emperor Otto III

München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 4453; 'Gospels of Otto III'; c.1000 CE; Reichenau; pp.19-20
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Te igitur

München Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 10077; Fulda Sacramentary; 10th century; Northwest Germany (Fulda School); f.12r
February 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Dedication picture: enthroned and crowned Virgin Mary with Christ child. Below is Abbess Uta of Niedermünster (1002-25 CE) with the book

München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 13601; Quattuor Evangelia (Uta-Codex); 1st quarter of the 11th century; p.7
February 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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In Torah Portion Terumah (תְּרוּמָה) God instructs Moses to build a Sanctuary which will contain the Ark of the Covenant.
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BL Additional 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; France, N; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.522r
February 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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February 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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L’un des chefs-d’œuvre du Palazzo Madama de Turin : ce portrait d’homme réalisé par Antonello da Messina vers 1476.
February 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The Earthly Paradise

BL Add MS 8785; Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De Proprietatibus rerum; c.1300-1309; Italy, N. (Mantua); f.191v
February 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Two Precious Items Copied by a Sogdian Scribe: blog post by Ursula Sims-Williams, Lead Curator of Persian at the British Library
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Two Precious Items Copied by a Sogdian Scribe - International Dunhuang Programme
This blog post is by Ursula Sims-Williams, Lead Curator of Persian at the British Library. This blog discusses the Ashem vohu (British Library, Or.8212/84), which is on view in A Silk Road Oasis: Life...
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February 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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February 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Bird with fish in its claws in the initial 'A'(nno)

BnF MS Latin 12599; Life, translation and miracles of St. Germain of Paris; 9th, 10th, 11th century; France (Saint-Germain-des-Prés); f.102r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Moorje fangt's widder aan! • Ça reprend demain !
February 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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In Torah portion Beshalach (בְּשַׁלַּח) the Israelites cross the sea pursued by the Egyptians, with the pillar of cloud behind, & the pillar of fire ahead.
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BL Add 14762; 'Ashkenazi Haggadah'; 15th c; Germany, S.; ff.14v-15r
February 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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In Torah portion Beshalach (בְּשַׁלַּח) the Israelites cross the sea safely but the Egyptians are drowned by the waters.
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BL Add 27210; the 'Golden Haggadah'; 14th century; Spain, N.E; f.14v
February 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Miniature of the Presentation in the Temple, preceding the benediction for the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, also known as Candlemas (2nd February)

BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963 CE-984 CE; England, S.; f.34v
January 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Monomachos Crown at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest
Its seven plates depict Emperor Constantine ΙΧ Monomachos, Macedonian Empresses Zoe and Theodora, and the personifications of Truth and Humility.
February 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Balancing and biting

BL Add 11695; Beatus of Liébana, Commentary on the Apocalypse (The 'Silos Apocalypse'); 1091-1109; Spain, N; f.5v
February 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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February 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Siege-tower in the shape of a dragon

Bodleian Library Douce 289; De re militari, author:
Robertus Valturius, and printer Johannes Nicolai de Verona; 1472 CE; Italy @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
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January 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks Torah portion Bo (בֹּא) with this angel:
"It came to pass at midnight, and the Lord smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt.."
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Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.40v @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
January 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM