Wishing you a sparkly Tuesday. ✨🤩
Look what we found when listing a box from the Bartholomew Archive - do you prefer glowing green 🟢, psychedelic purple 💜 or maximum bling with glitter prism? 🌟 #hiddencollections #archivesurprises
ATTENTION LIBRARIANS: You know that ‘empty’ box you’ve been walking past every day for a decade? OPEN IT. Today we found one 19th bone inscribed with the Ten Commandments in Irish, and two 11th century fragments in Coptic. Now listed and rehoused! #OpenTheBox #hiddencollections
Matt or glossy, similar exigeances? art4chef.blogspot.com.es/2018/03/toxici…
#art4chef , #designthinking , #explorations , #hiddencollections , #functionalart , #sustainable #kapsel
Seal of Joan de Stuteville, c.1265-75, Cotton Ch XXIX 63. Haven't seen many equestrian seals for women before. #medievaltwitter #hiddencollections
Have you discovered paper chains? Earning their name from their oval or rectangle links, one of our best-selling pieces of 2022. They’re all set to be a must-have range for 2023 too.
#CMEJewellery #JewelleryWholesaler #HiddenCollections
How medieval government worked: A petition from Walter Turk to Edward III asking if he can have his job back as warden of the royal mint and pointing out that he's already given the king several houses as a bribe. Cotton Ch XXIX 82. #medievaltwitter #hiddencollections
#WorldPhotographyDay is the perfect time to mention our new project to catalogue for #HiddenCollections of 19th c photographs. Works by Thereza Story-Maskelyene and her network will be featured in the coming months. Thereza & her father took early images of the moon.
Summons by Henry VI to attend a council to choose England's delegates to the 1459 Council of Mantua, which will discuss a new crusade for 'the defence of our faith against the Turk'. #hiddencollections #medievaltwitter
Some highlights from our new blogpost by Rory MacLellan on the wonders to be found among the Cotton charters
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Our new cataloguing project focuses on the charters and rolls in the famous Cotton collection
Read on for what you have discovered so far
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Hidden among some heraldic MSS - a delicious sounding cure for the gout, made with 'best English honey' (plus a rather nice stag) searcharchives.bl.uk/permalink/f/79… #BLHarley #HiddenCollections #Cataloguing
Ever heard of #RASCAL ? It's is a directory for #IrishStudies resources, both in #Ireland and abroad, and provides summary descriptions and links to all participating institutions. rascal.ac.uk #specialcollections #rarebooks #archives #hiddencollections
Artworks of the European Avant-garde united for the first time. #forgottenheritage #hiddenarchives #hiddencollections #artworks #artists #digitalarchives #datasets #avantgarde #arthistory #vizualisation #digitization #museum #futureofmuseums MuseumNext @museumweek Museums Association
Harley MS 790, now added to the online catalogue, is a 17th century Dutch account of the Mughal emperors Humayun, Akbar and Jehangir, translated into English searcharchives.bl.uk/permalink/f/79… #BLHarley #HiddenCollections #Cataloguing
Do you have #Ireland related resources that you would like another sign post to? Check out #RASCAL , no fees and completely #openaccess ow.ly/xp5d30llN4r #IrishStudies #specialcollections #hiddencollections #archives
Day 18 of It Came from the #SexualityArchives : 'The Songs of Erotica: Passion, Pain and Pleasure,' 1961. Its all banjo music. #archives #digitalarchives #hiddencollections #record #albumcoversinlockdown #sexarchives #erotica #banjo
Day 20 of It Came from the #SexualityArchives : 'Medical History of Contraception' by Norman E. Hines, 1963. This book tracks the development of birth control from antiquity to the 1930s. #archives #digitalarchives #hiddencollections #contraception #birthcontrol #sexarchives
Day 16: 'It Came from the #SexualityArchives : Learning About Love from the American Medical Association, 1955. Aimed at teens, this pamphlet covers anatomy, biology, dating, marriage, and romance. #AMA #archives #digitalarchives #sexarchives #hiddencollections #dating #marriage
Digitizing your #hiddencollections ? What image formats do you prefer? Why? Here's a rundown of the file formats our clients request the most: bit.ly/3luRoRu
#library #archives #digitization
