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The sea hedge-hog, aptly described in A Collection of Voyages and Travels (1704) as having been armed by Nature to protect itself from other fish [B13.3/V94] #fish #Floraandfaunafriday #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #seahedgehog #illustration #exploration #pufferfish #hedgehog #engraving #seacreature #fishing #wildlife

Mirror, mirror on the...manuscript! The figure here appears to be gazing at a #reflection of himself, which has been #drawn in #pencil on the facing page of this 15th century #German #armorial (MS 774). #ManuscriptMonday #manuscript #manuscripts #archivesofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #drawing #coatofarms #lambethpalacelibrary #mirrorimage #specialcollections

How about some medieval high fashion from ‘FashionFriday? Shoes with pointed toes began becoming fashionable in the 12th century. By the 1380s fashionable shoes had become so long and pointy that they had to be secured to the knee by a chain to prevent tripping! This illustration comes from an 1811 book by James Peller Malcolm called 'Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London' [B45.1/M29MC1]. Initially reserved for the aristocracy, the eccentric fashion for long shoes (known in England as poulaines or crackowes) soon caught on with people of more modest means. Authorities were quick to respond by regulating the length of a shoe's points according to social rank: 1/2 foot for commoners, 1 foot for the bourgeois, 1 and 1/2 feet for knights, 2 feet for nobles, and a whopping 2 and 1/2 feet for princes! #fashion #shoes #middleages #medieval #aristocracy #dress #customs #costume #rarebooks #librariesofinstagram

Did you know that Sir John Harington (d.1612), courtier to Elizabeth I, invented the first flushing #toilet in England? He called his new creation the 'Ajax' after the slang word for toilet, 'jakes'. This #woodcut of his "privie in perfection" was printed in 1596 for Hamilton’s ‘An anatomie of the metamorpho-sed Aiax’. [[ZZ]1596.18]. In this work he explains “how unsaverie places may be made sweet, noysome places made wholesome, filthie places made cleanly” by the introduction of his new flushing #lavatory. Harrington (who had once been banished from court for telling risqué stories) proudly demonstrated his new invention to Queen Elizabeth when she visited his house. The Queen herself even tried it out and was so impressed that she ordered a new ‘throne’ for herself! #rarebooks #librariesofinstagram #books #woodcuts #woodcutwednesday #health #royalty #elizabethi #queenelizabeth

We've got that #FridayFeeling and we didn't want to be "shellfish", so we thought we'd share this lively pair of #dancing #crustaceans with you to get you ready for the #weekend (B31.5/C87). #Friday #FridayFun #FloraandFaunaFriday #underhtesea #crab #sealife #dance #dancer #dances #dancers #dancerspose #engraving #specialcollections #rarebooks #librariesofinstagram

These striking #marbled #endpapers remind us of swirling, fizzing Catherine Wheels on #bonfirenight. The #colourful #marbling is found in Gabriel Daniel’s Histoire de France - a 17 volume set that was #printed in #Paris in the mid-18th Century (B52/D22). #GuyFawkes #GuyFawkesNight #5thNovember #RememberRemember #MarbledMonday #marbledpapers #papercrafts #bookbinding #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #fireworks #CatherineWheel #FireworksNight

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