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Is it #ToucanTuesday or do you see a #cockatoo in the #marbling? Perhaps even a #cockatiel or a #rainbow #bird? Don’t worry this isn’t the #marbled equivalent of a Rorschach test, but the #colourful binding of a 16th century work by David Chytraeus called Chronicon anni M.D.XCIII. M.D.XCIIII (B33.3/C47(1)). #RorschachTest #BookBinding #Marbledpapers #paperart #bookbindings #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #birds #featheredfriends #birdspotting #birdspotters #bookcover #bookcovers #toucan

Today is the Feast Day of Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, who died in 1153. This #MarginaliaMonday image is taken from a collection of letters of Bernard and other texts (L40.2/L13) that were written in #England in the same hand between c.1250-1300. The #manuscript contains a number of #illuminated #initials, marginal notes and #manicules. #marginalia #ManuscriptMonday #OnThisDay #OTD #LibrariesofInstagram #ArchivesofInstagram #manuscripts #FeastDay #SionCollegeLibrary #SionManuscript #SpecialCollections

For #FridayKnight we have the magnificently-attired Louis, 2nd Duke of Bourbon, who is joined by a squire carrying his helm with its crest of peacock feathers. The image comes from "The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy" [B41.2/C46M] This lavishly-illustrated edition was printed in 1809 at the Hafod Press, a private press established in 1803 by Thomas Johnes (1748-1816) at Hafod House, near Aberystwyth, Wales. #rarebooks #knights #speccolls #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #privatepresses #Wales #printingpress #printinghistory #horse #armour #knight

Today is #woodcutwednesday and this small #woodcut letter manages to set the scene all by itself! The tiny #landscape complete with temples, hills and trees is set within an initial Q and comes from a mid-18th century copy of “Thesaurus resolutionum Sacrae Congregationis Concilii” [A95.2/L17], printed in Italy around 1739-1742. #initials #woodcuts #rarebooks #landscapes #librariesofinstagram

Just my type on paper! This #ink mark has been left on this page of text where a piece of #type has fallen from the #forme in error during the printing process (B43.3/B52). Does anyone out there know what the official name for this is in #bibliographical terms please? #TypeTuesday #PrintingError #Errors #PrintersError #Printing #PrintHistory #SionCollegeLibrary #LibrariesofInstagram #RareBooks #QuestionTime #Bibliography

This elaborate medieval #volvelle has seven separate dials which can be turned to different positions. A complex piece of engineering, it is in remarkable condition considering it comes from an almanac produced for the year 1460! The multiple rotating discs are designed to help you plot the positions of the sun and moon throughout the year. [MS 454] #manuscript #astronomy #moon #eclipse #sun #archivesofinstagram #rarebooks #medieval

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