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On the 19th day of December we bring you our Dictionaries & Lexical Texts Collection. Take a look at a Chinese rhyming dictionary from 1814 and a Sumerian lexical list. #dictionary #History schoyencollection.com/19-dictionarie…

Explore our China Collection this December. We have fascinating items to explore from oracle bones to Buddhist sutra. #china #history schoyencollection.com/20-china Share

Take a look at our Pre-Gutenberg Printing Collection. These precious prints represent 680 years of printing until Gutenberg re-invented movable type printing in Europe around 1450. #printinghistory #printing schoyencollection.com/pre-gutenberg-…

Miniature Roman-era bronze bull discovered in the foundation of 3rd century pool in Zippori National Park. timesofisrael.com/at-zippori-poo… by Amanda Borschel-Dan

On 21 December, we bring you the Buddhist Collection containing about 20 Buddhist manuscripts from most Asian countries spanning nearly 2000 years. #Buddhist schoyencollection.com/22-buddhism-co…

Come explore our Collection of Religions. With scripts and texts from extinct and living religions across the globe, the Schøyen Collection is a unique gift to everyone fascinated by the mystery that lies at the origins of cultures. #history #religion schoyencollection.com/religions-fore…

For something a little different, lose yourself in our Smaller Collections. A fascinating insight into everything from children's literature and maps, to military diplomas and magical texts. schoyencollection.com/24-smaller-col… #history

Happy Christmas from every one at the Schoyen Collection. Enjoy this hand written poem from Hans Christian Anderson. schoyencollection.com/nordic-collect… #HansChristianAnderson

Video: Inside #London's lost 18th-century ice house bbc.in/2FdW4bb (via BBC News (UK))

Sheep bleat, cows low and horses neigh in a medieval Greek lexicon. Cataloguing a Greek manuscript: specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=18242 #PolonskyGreek

Handel composed his Water music for George I for a concert on the Thames today in 1717. Some 10 years later he composed Coronation works for George II, including Zadok the Priest, featuring in every coronation since. schoyencollection.com/music-notation…

In an uncertain world, expressions of our common humanity need to be actively preserved. "We've learned how quickly situations can deteriorate" #Timbuktu #manuscripts Columba Stewart bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-…

Charles Darwin fought for lower price of ‘Origin of Species’ so working class could afford it (via The Telegraph) bit.ly/2OZ2qPS

Among the records currently on display in With Love, is a typed police transcript of a handwritten love letter, from Cyril to his ‘Darling Morris’ in 1934 📁: DPP 2/224/5

Distant relatives? #PokemonDay schoyencollection.com/24-smaller-col…

#FolkloreThursday Folklore Thursday #travel #voyages Viking Age navigational lore vikingmythsandsagas.blogspot.com

The Florence Nightingale Museum 💙 are celebrating Florence Nightingale's bicentenary ---> bit.ly/2VMwdPX

31 Mar 1144: With popular support waning, French abbot Bernard of #Clairvaux gave a rousing speech in a field at Vézelay in support of a Second #Crusade. France's #King Louis VII was present. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/2QTugxE

4 Feb 1859: The Codex Sinaiticus, known as the "Sinai #Bible" is found in Egypt by German Constantin von #Tischendorf. It is one of the four great uncial codices, an #ancient, handwritten copy of the #Greek Bible. #HistoryMatters #AncientHistory #OTD #ad