To celebrate Bede’s heavenly birthday (he died 26 May 735), I’ve been thinking about manuscripts that were made at his monastery at Wearmouth + Jarrow and that are now available online.
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#collectionsunited Francis Hamilton’s Latin field notes on Indian fishes online British Library; corresponding drawings Natural History Museum. Here, Cypressus Mosul, 1815 (BL MssEur E70b f.197r; NHM MSS HAR 20A). An endangered species today. The Ray Society

Given by Marie Antoinette: an often spurious provenance associated with museum objects. From our collection a fan inscribed 'given by the Queen in 1783 to Mme de Lage de Volude. From British Museum, a locket of hair 'given' to Lady Abercorn. #collectionsunited #HumanConnections

The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found was discovered #otd in 2009 ✨

Weighing over 5kg, the Staffordshire Hoard contains 4,600 items from sword hilts to fine jewellery.

See it at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery or read more: ow.ly/CQGp30qPfaR #CollectionsUnited

We ❤️ connections between our collections and those of other museums.
Here's the genealogy of John Dee, the magician, held British Library. His magical disc is kept British Museum. Both belonged to Robert Cotton.
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery You can find out more about early medieval Europe and the dazzling finds from Sutton Hoo – including this intricate buckle – on our website: ow.ly/FURM30qTT6V #CollectionsUnited

Finger-counting was an important way of performing calculations during the Middle Ages. These intricate diagrams demonstrate the technique. Read this article to learn more about medieval approaches to science and maths: ow.ly/ByIk50AMw4O #CollectionsUnited #PolonskyPre1200

Norwich born Margaret Fountaine (1862-1940), was a pioneering traveller, lepidopterist and writer. Natural History Museum hold her four sketchbooks of watercolours depicting butterfly larvae and pupae. Norfolk Museums Norwich Castle hold her diaries and 22,000 specimens #CollectionsUnited

#DidYouKnow that when the India Museum was dispersed in 1879 botanical drawings were sent to Kew Gardens with duplicates going to Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The BL also houses natural history works from the India Museum. Here’s one with some furry friends NHD1/19 #CollectionsUnited

Elizabeth Blackwell's 'A Curious Herbal' (1737) was an unprecedented enterprise for a woman of her time
To survive and pay her jailed husband's debts she produced this beautiful herbal; drawing, engraving and illustrating it single handedly
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#DYK that the Museum originally held the national collections of books and natural history specimens before they moved to British Library and Natural History Museum?

Read more about the foundations of the collection here: ow.ly/kfKG30qE1Fx #CollectionsUnited Arts and Humanities Research Council UK Research and Innovation

Sir Hans Sloane is famed for his manuscripts and printed books, now held British Library, while his other collections are looked after by British Museum and Natural History Museum

We're very fond of his herbals. Here's a great example:
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#DidYouKnow that you can experience the Early Renaissance treasures of the Medici family, one of the greatest contemporary art collections ever made, from home? 'Annunciation' National Gallery 'June' V&A Pliny Medieval Manuscripts #collectionsUnited Towards a National Collection #MuseumFromHome

Architect Sir John Soane, founder of Sir John Soane's Museum 🏛️🖼️, was born #onthisday in 1753.

His house – shown in this early 19th-century print – now holds his collection which you can visit for free from 1 October. Find out more here: ow.ly/ksxL30r5jMB #CollectionsUnited

Contrary to popular opinion, people in the Middle Ages did not believe the world was flat! Check out this map, digitised as part of the #PolonskyPre1200 project, which represents the different climates and habitable areas of the Earth. ow.ly/qwvq50AMv9o #CollectionsUnited

Today for #OnlineArtExchange it has to be this clever dog from John Rylands Research Institute and Library I like to imagine his letter writing is being rudely interrupted by this musical canine from Stockport Museums ✍✉🎹🎼 #CollectionsUnited Art UK

We're delighted to be part of the launch of #collectionsunited .

We'd love you to find connections between our collections and those of other libraries & museums.

Take Sloane MS 1044. This leaf is from the same manuscript as one kept Cambridge UL Special Collections.

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When the natural history collections moved out of the Museum in the early 1880s, it took 394 trips by horse and cart over 97 days to transport them to their new home Natural History Museum.

Read more about when the mastodons left the Museum here: ow.ly/RPt530qF6Ws #CollectionsUnited

Inspired by a tale from a medieval bestiary, this animation explores the story of the whale and the danger it could pose to unsuspecting sailors.

Check out the Medieval England and France website to learn more: ow.ly/xi3L50AMwu9

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Aby Warburg, founder of the Warburg Institute, made hundreds of connections between collections in his inspirational Mnemosyne Atlas: warburg.sas.ac.uk/library-collec…

Here’s a panel of photos connecting works in the National Gallery and the British Museum | #CollectionsUnited