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Need some 1st week Trinity term study inspo from New College students of the past? 📚📖 Check out our New College Note about learning physics in the seventeenth century here 👇new.ox.ac.uk/learning-physi… New College, Oxford, BT3.248.11(2



Don’t you just love the little piece of cloth in this manuscript? 🥰 So simple, yet so effective—it’s protected this initial excellently for over 700 years! (New College, Oxford, MS 35, f. 128v) #ManuscriptMonday #MedievalTwitter #Medieval


The Met Gala goes 🌟medieval🌟 at New College Library 📖 (New College, Oxford, MS 358, f. xi v; BT1.112.8 MS 287, f. 2v; BT1.70.2) #Medieval #Manuscripts




‘Hey Mr Bird, stop standing on my face!’ (New College, Oxford, MS 174, f. 293r) #ManuscriptMonday #MedievalTwitter #Medieval


What a cute woodcut of Noah’s ark—we love the extra detail of the dove! (New College, Oxford, BT1.47.1, f. 34r) #WoodcutWednesday



Is it a bird? 🐦 Is it a man? 👨🏻 No! It’s a fantastical hybrid creature from one of New College Library’s medieval manuscripts! Discover more mythical monsters in Dr Jessica Hodgkinson’s New College Note👇 new.ox.ac.uk/medieval-monst… New College, Oxford, MS 255, f. 2v #ManuscriptMonday


We’re so pleased that Bernhard Malkmus—Prof of German and Environmental Humanities @OxfordModernLangs and fellow of New College, Oxford—has donated to the Library a copy of his new book 📖 “Himmelsstriche” is a thought-provoking diary-essay on bird life, avian flu, and extinction 🐦




When your footnotes get out of hand and become your head, shoulders, knees, and toes notes instead! 🤣 (New College, Oxford, MS 210, f. 92v) #ManuscriptMonday #Manuscript #Medieval #Essay


We loved showing some gems from our collections to the parents and guardians of our New College, Oxford first year students on Saturday! 🥰 #Exhibition #OpenDay #SpecialCollections



Some beautiful thirteenth-century strawberries, perfect for the start of June! 🍓😎 Discover more about the fascinating manuscript they come from in our online exhibition 👇 tinyurl.com/yy5ccnfp (New College, Oxford, MS 281, f. 122v) #ManuscriptMonday #MedievalTwitter #Summer


