Wake up the sun has risen (prime)! https://t.co/mRasX7tYMK
— Ennius (@red_loeb) July 11, 2020
BL Egerton MS 1151; Book of Hours; c.1260-70; England South or Central (Oxford? or West Midlands?); f.88v @BLMedieval pic.twitter.com/kr8vTJVoVj
I just did nothing for 2 hours, and it was amazing. pic.twitter.com/EI9DGAJiU3
— Emily Steiner (@PiersatPenn) June 30, 2020
#insomnia. No prob. I'll sleep when I'm dead. pic.twitter.com/wxxgG5Ahdd
— Emily Steiner (@PiersatPenn) June 17, 2020
Parfois contraignant, souvent utile…Un aperçu historique sur le port du masque au travail, nouvel article de la série "Jamais sans mon masque", sur le blog de #Gallica. https://t.co/vUG2tIsYjY
— Gallica BnF (@GallicaBnF) June 17, 2020
Shall we dance? https://t.co/ilpZbLBRJn
— Ennius (@red_loeb) June 20, 2020
BnF Latin 12048; Sacramentarium Gelasianum, 780-800, f.42v @GallicaBnF pic.twitter.com/VXQyORYMST
Quiet, scribes at work!
— Ennius (@red_loeb) June 27, 2020
R.17.1; 12th c; f.283v @TrinCollLibCam
MS Ii.4.26; 13th c; f.63v @CamDigLib
Cosin MS. V.iii.1; 12th c; f.22v @PalaceGreenLib
Yates Thompson 26; f.2r @BLMedieval pic.twitter.com/U2StxvIfbI
The fool and the philisopher but which is which? 🤔#FridayThoughts
— Ennius (@red_loeb) July 10, 2020
BL Harley 3487; Aristotle’s Libri naturales, England (Oxford?); 13th century; f. 22v @BLMedieval pic.twitter.com/87T8TJgSW5
🥰https://t.co/6FBsUhKK1r pic.twitter.com/Of5XdUOpm0
— Emilie Nadal (@emilie_nadal) July 25, 2020
Reading. @philamuseum Collins Hours, fol. 32v #medievaltwitterhttps://t.co/OQdKfNOMzN pic.twitter.com/F3yeT9W7do
— Schoenberg Institute (@sims_mss) August 4, 2020
jazz hands! @philamuseum Collins Hours, fol. 33r #medievaltwitterhttps://t.co/OQdKfNOMzN pic.twitter.com/oJy9uognZk
— Schoenberg Institute (@sims_mss) July 31, 2020
Eyerolling unicorn 🦄 @GallicaBnF @laBnF Latin 924 f. 12v pic.twitter.com/JpgOXLkiGg
— Melibeus (@melibeus1) July 12, 2020
Up to no good!@BLMedieval Stowe 17 f. 124r pic.twitter.com/8wwImBZ8x8
— Melibeus (@melibeus1) August 22, 2020
Alignment Chart Alignment Chart https://t.co/kJv8knX8Iz https://t.co/YYoCKQcNwO pic.twitter.com/onDyrNtwR1
— XKCD Comic (@xkcdComic) January 6, 2020
The Library of the Sakya Monastery, southern Tibet, built in 13thCE, one of the largest collection of Tibetan and Indic manuscripts and block-printed books, over 44,000 texts, shelves reach height of 10 meters. Cataloguing began in 2005… pic.twitter.com/duwredOUo8
— Keerthik Sasidharan (@KS1729) August 30, 2020
Thread of the most beautiful Libraries of the World
— Joaquim Campa (@JoaquimCampa) August 15, 2020
1. The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading , Rio De Janeiro.
Credit: Alamy pic.twitter.com/Y1d3rENLkc
Boris Johnson stands in a school library that has not been used for five months but has been opened so he can claim credibility from the books. The former librarian's message to management, unnoticed and undisturbed all that time, becomes a commentary on Boris. A terrible shame. pic.twitter.com/vr4Fw2Oizt
— Bookcase Credibility (@BCredibility) August 29, 2020
Another float/fish deployed during the joyous entry of Francis of Anjou, who was appointed as 'Sovereign and Lord' of the Habsburgs Netherlands by the rebels, into Antwerp (1582) pic.twitter.com/nKbzCME4G8
— Vincenzo DM (@DM_Vincenzo) August 25, 2020
Fish with feelings pic.twitter.com/YIfQUTO79h
— Emily Steiner (@PiersatPenn) August 22, 2020
Strange manicules….
— Ennius (@red_loeb) August 30, 2020
BnF Français 12584; Roman de Renart; 14th century; France;
f.61r @GallicaBnF https://t.co/nexAHrmn2C pic.twitter.com/9a1NYHIGk8
Whan I spak lately I spak conpleynyngly; I to no oon thynk no repreef ne shame.
— Thomas Hoccleve (@THoccleve) August 27, 2020
(Bodleian Library MS Douce 49, f. 64v) pic.twitter.com/2yw8xEeuCQ
Mirror, mirror…! https://t.co/exliRFbcbC
— Ennius (@red_loeb) August 24, 2020
B.11.22; Book of Hours (Use of Rome); f.18r @TrinCollLibCam pic.twitter.com/arrVNuS0Xj
I am a lucky woman indeed, as I am blessed with brilliant friends who text me gems like this apropos of nothing and without any context. It is that delicious frisson of WTF that makes life worth living. (Side note: what’s up with the belted sausage?) pic.twitter.com/owCWhsBJM1
— Sarah J Biggs (@SarahJBiggs) August 16, 2020
Fun fact: Saint Apollonia is the saint to pray to if you’re scared of the dentist. Andy Warhol created 4 screenprints of Saint Apollonia based on a panel painting by Piero della Francesca (c.1470) #CypressDentist #DentistInCypress pic.twitter.com/sRFGK3vySH
— ActiveLifeDentistry (@ActiveLifeDent) January 4, 2018
Open for a surprise.
— Erik Wade (@erik_kaars) August 31, 2020
"Oh holy buttttt…"
(Morgan Library, MS g24, f. 054r) #MedievalTwitter pic.twitter.com/W4Sh2nwNjj
That nightmare about showing up somewhere with no trousers except instead of being at work/school, you’re trapped in a book for eternity. 😳 #Manuscripts pic.twitter.com/UCNKz7jjqp
— Stephanie J. Lahey (@SJLahey) August 28, 2020

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