Booking is open for our Illuminated Manuscript workshop! You'll make a beautiful illuminated letter using medieval techniques and materials, including 23ct gold leaf. 📅 26 July, 10:30am-4pm 🎟️Tickets cost £80 inclusive of all materials. 🔗Book now: loom.ly/AxJZxNk

It’s positively Mediterranean in Canterbury Quad

On 12th July, the UL is hosting 'Korea Day' – a celebration of Korean culture in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Centre UK. The AOI Pavilion will be in use for the event all day and unavailable to readers. There are still a few tickets left: loom.ly/dbwkDFQ

We are lending Britain an iconic jewel of our shared history: the Bayeux Tapestry. This is the first time this national treasure will leave French soil. It marks an unprecedented cultural partnership between our two countries — a powerful symbol of our Entente amicale.

🎤 On 12 August, join us for a FREE online discussion inspired by our #CuriousCures exhibition. Our panel of experts will 'dissect’ the medieval body, revealing how our ancestors thought their bodies functioned. ⏰12 August, 7-8pm 📍Online 🔗Register: loom.ly/ck4iTmI

Delighted to have helped BL save for the nation 5 exceptional medieval mss from Longleat - including an unparalleled volume for the study of Hebrew in medieval England, comprising a trilingual Hebrew-Latin-Old French dictionary, glossed Hebrew Psalter, & Hebrew grammar.

Cambridge University Library, seen from above the Old Schools. Thank you to the Cambridge University team for this fantastic photo!

Elevator door

The Gothic arches of the University of Glasgow Cloisters (1870s) are nothing short of awe-inspiring.

The eastern façade of Marienkirche in Prenzlau is a one-of-a-kind in Brick Gothic. Inspired by Cologne Cathedral’s plans, but adapted to brick, with sloped window reveals and glazed stone tracery. 📍Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Germany.

Sheringham aerial view - Norfolk coast #Sheringham #aerial #image #Norfolk #Coast #NotFromADrone

Piazza Duomo in Trento 🇮🇹

The first official images of the Redentore celebration last night in Venice, Italy 🇮🇹 A spectacular festival with 100,000 people, held for over 500 years to thank the Lord for the end of the Great Plague Simply magnificent! ✨

The fabulous font at Hereford Cathedral is from the 12th century, and features the twelve apostles It’s an example of the renowned Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculpture

Is there a collective noun for popes? 🤔 #ManuscriptMonday BL Cotton MS Nero D VII; The Benefactors' Book of St Albans Abbey (‘the Golden Book of St Albans’); 1380-c 1540; England (St Albans) Medieval Manuscripts

I spy with my little eye... Cambridge University Library! From Westminster College, the UL's tower appears above a sea of leaves.

The only medieval Cathedral with three spires. Lichfield Cathedral has many treasures including the St Chad Gospels, an illuminated Anglo Saxon gospel book from about 730 (about 50 years older than the Book of Kells). The Lichfield Angel, discovered in 2003, is a remarkable

🐝Did you know we keep bees at the UL? Dr Melonie Schmierer-Lee explains how she cares for our colony of bees - including queen bee, Brontë! #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #UrbanBeekeeping #Beekeeping #Cambridge Video by Blazej Mikula

🌱Last week, a panel of gardening historians and medieval medicine experts gathered at Milton Road Library to dig up stories of illness, experimentation and the quest for health. We're delighted to share a recording of the event! loom.ly/Lgl3cjQ

Looking from the high altar west towards the main doors- Lichfield cathedral this morning