Codex Gigas (Devil's Bible); largest medieval manuscript found in the world. Estimated to have been written in a monastery in early 13th Century CE, book is considered largest handwritten book in the world. Detailed Post - instagram.com/p/CnRQBk5v9Zh/… Swedish National Library

Helen Bell died in 1772 aged 33 years. Her husband, John Mathison chose this portrait of Helen on the family gravestone. Such images of people provoked unwanted attention & attempts to deface them is often evident. The heavily armoured man on the horse below has been spared.

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One of the rarest Dutch incunables. Our catalogue is just published …inbergerrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/upload/…

On the Properties of Things) is a medieval encyclopedia. Only three copies know of this incunabulum. It is a bit vulgar to talk about price, but low. …inbergerrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/upload/…

Love the rabbits of this printers mark …inbergerrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/upload/…

konstantinopel.nl Our catalogue for the Boston antiquarian book fair is just published. @jf_illuminator

Delightful hip swinging, wing swishing, trumpet blowing Angels of Resurrection adorn a scene of an axe, set square & pick, all about to be covered over by the drapes. The globe tells us that this is our everything.

The True Method of Carving Meats, in the Italian way as well as by hand, and the different ways to peel and to serve all sorts of fruits. konstantinopel.nl #cuisine Dutch Cuisine

Only copy printed on vellum, 1485. konstantinopel.nl

We just published our catalogue for the Boston Book Fair. konstantinopel.nl/cat-october-20…

With those red eyes, this monk clearly stayed up too late reading! This lovely drawing was added by an early reader to a psalter printed 521 years ago by Wynkyn de Worde in London #Doodles #RareBooks

After lying forgotten for over a century on the shelves of a library, an extraordinary piece of history finally came to light: a papyrus scroll. Surely not crap from the bazaar, but could the specialist here, saying about it's age? Joshua Little @islamicorigins.bsky.social.bsky.social Joshua Little @islamicorigins.bsky.social

So I heard the letters are Aramaic. Do we have an Aramaic scholar on board?