There is a new temporary exhibition on the 3rd floor of the library dedicated to Handbooks in the collection, curated by Maisie Brewster and available until 27th May.
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📚 The new acquisitions table on the Second Floor of the Library has been updated! Explore books on #FlorentineTheatre and #EgyptianAntiquities alongside studies on #SumerianPoetry and art in the #MongolEmpire .📚

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Find out more about cabinets of curiosities and the development of the Berlin Museum landscape with #BookoftheWeek Die Berliner Kunstkammer at Classmark CGI 557. Find more information here Senate House Libraries / Warburg (london.ac.uk)

#WarburgWednesday Did you know that one of our books may have belonged to Isaac Newton? Browse the 1654 edition of Lusus serius: or, Serious passe-time, here: catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b322395…

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📚The new acquisitions table on the 2nd Floor of the Library has been updated! Explore titles on goldsmiths' #Bestiaries , #Monochrome and #Polychrome images in the Renaissance, The Franciscan poet #IacoponedaTodi & Slavonic #Apocryphal collections📚

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Inspired by the Jungian concept of archetypes, Heinrich Reich (1888-1961) created a psychological test called TUANIMA. Our #BookOfTheWeek is Seelenbilder: Strukturanalyse der Seele durch gegendstandfreie Bilder. Find out more at classmark FBH 1960 Rare Books Room.

Did you know that we have some manuscripts in our collection as well as books? #WarburgWednesday . This handwritten astrological text is kept in the Rare Books Room – but you can browse a digitised copy here: catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b295141…

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Our #BookOfTheWeek is Enclosed Gardens of Mechelen which explores a late medieval mixed media art form created by women in religious foundations in the Low Countries, which depicted paradise in miniature through a variety of materials. Find out more at classmark COF 60.7.

Did you know that readers can access a range of e-resources using their library card? Browse an A-Z list of available databases, repositories and portals here: warburg.libguides.com/az.php.

#April is known for its showers. Take a look at how #rain ydays have been depicted across art forms by searching the Iconographic Database: iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk. However, it’s not always #rain falling from the sky, as these images show!

📚 The new acquisitions table on the Second Floor of the Library has been updated! Explore books on #Titian and #Dante alongside studies on medieval #HebrewEncyclopaedias and the #Mabilogion .📚

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#BookoftheWeek retraces the artistic story of Alceo Dossena, a formidable sculptor who was able to create ‘authentic fakes’ by imitating the styles of the pre-Christian, medieval or Renaissance originals to which they are inspired. Find it at CGI 1450

Which celestial body are you this #WarburgWednesday ? Let us know in the comments.

Images from: Paul Lautensack, Astrological m.s., 16th c., German, Warburg Rare Books FHH 198. Browse a digital copy here: catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b294393…

📚 The new acquisitions table on the Second Floor of the Library has been updated! #HansHönes ’s #TangledPaths , the new biography of Aby Warburg, is a stunning addition to the collection! 📚

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#BookoftheWeek
Title: Cesare Vecellio’s Habiti Antichi et Moderni. The Clothing of the Renaissance World. Europe · Asia · Africa · The Americas / Margaret F. Rosenthal and Ann Rosalind Jones
Thames & Hudson, 2008
Classmark: COD 240
More information here: catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b329917…

As we approach the #Easter break, dip into the digitised #ElizabethDavid bequest on the Warburg Digital Library to explore some traditional recipes, such as that below for hot cross buns. Find it here: wdl.warburg.sas.ac.uk/object-wdl-edb…

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Easter closure: The Institute will close for the Easter break at 8pm on Wednesday 27 March and will re-open at 10am on Wednesday 3 April.

There’s a new temporary display on the 3rd floor with the theme ‘ #Worlds in #Miniature ’. Readers can discover some rare survivals of a now-lost #medieval #art form, #diagrams of the human #anatomy , scale models of world monuments, dainty #dollshouses and more until 18th April.

📚 The new acquisitions table on the Second Floor of the Library has been updated! Find studies on a variety of topics such as #TheodoreofMopsuestia , #FrancescoTraini , #Antiquarianism in 16th-century Rome, and Laterza’s #maiolica . 📚

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Happy Florentine New Year! In medieval and Renaissance Florence, the turn of the year was marked on the #Annunciation (25th March). Find out more with a keyword search of the catalogue: catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/search~S12/

#capodannofiorentino #firenze #Florence