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Today is the Feast day of The Venerable Bede, monk at Jarrow, scholar & Historian, who died in the year 735. Pictured is the opening of one of Bede's many biblical commentaries (Super parabolas Salomonis) in a 12th-century manuscript. [MS 147] #medievalmanuscript #manuscript #manuscripts #illuminatedmanuscript #rarebooks #archivesofinstagram #venerablebede #bede

All aboard! This little stagecoach pulled up at my desk this morning as a #doodle in a 17th century Latin Bible [A12.2/1631] #FlyleafFriday #librariesofinstagram #doodles #stagecoach #coach #carriage #coachandhorses #drawing #marginalia #reader #rarebooks #specialcollections

For #ThrowbackThursday here’s the Library at Lambeth Palace as it was c. 1805. The Library was then situated on the upper level of the cloister before it moved to the Great Hall, where part of the collection is still stored. #LambethPalaceLibrary #LambethPalace #library #libraries #libraryfurniture #19thcentury #librariesofinstagram #historiclibrary #cloister #palace #Lambeth #history #engraving #tbt

Remarkable 16th century woodcut shows a soldier in full armour swimming with aid of an inflatable lifebelt. From ‘The History of the Northern Peoples’ by Olaus Magnus, 1555 #WoodcutWednesday #woodcut #olausmagnus #knight #soldier #swimming #rarebooks #librariesofinstagram #specialcollections #book [Sion B64.1/M27]

Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, died #OnThisDay in 1575. An influential theologian, Parker was one of the main architects of the Thirty-nine Articles, part of the Book of Common Prayer. He was also a bibliophile and collected many now-priceless medieval manuscripts, and had his own personal binding workshop here at Lambeth Palace. The manuscripts that passed through Parker's hands are often identifiable due to his habit of annotating them in red crayon. A contemporary portrait (complete with book in hand) hangs on the walls of the Palace. #portrait #archbishopofcanterbury #archbishop #lambethpalace #bibliophile #manuscript #medievalmanuscript #matthewparker #otd

This illuminated initial comes from the Lewkenor Book of Hours, once owned by the Lewkenor family of Sussex. It dates from the late 14th-15th century. [LPL MS 545] #manuscript #manuscripts #illuminatedmanuscript #illuminated #medievalmanuscript #bookofhours #illuminatedmanuscript #rarebooks #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram #illuminatedinitials

This spectacular view of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1767 is taken from a book called the Campi Phlegraei [Sion E61.1/H18]. Written by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), Britain's envoy to the Spanish court at #Naples, the treatise contains 54 #handcoloured plates of the Campi Phlegraei or 'flaming fields', the area around Naples frequently affected by #Vesuvius. From his house at the foot of the #volcano, Hamilton was able to witness the eruptions of ash and lava first-hand and published his lavishly #illustrated observations in 1776. #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram #volcanoes #Italy #rarebooks #books #specialcollections

Decorated page for the principal feast of Easter from a Missale for the Use of Limoges, c.1490. [MS 65] #manuscript #illuminatedmanuscript #medievalmanuscript #missale #archivesofinstagram #rarebooks #librariesofinstagram

Detail from a leaf of a 15th century antiphoner, a medieval liturgical book containing the chants for the Divine Office [LPL MS 7] #manuscriptmonday #musicmonday #music #chant #archivesofinstagram manuscript #manuscripts #medievalmanuscript #illuminatedmanuscript #rarebooks #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram

The new Lambeth Palace Library building isn't even finished yet, but this enthusiastic little chap couldn't wait to visit us! 🦊 He was found alone on the building site by the construction team on Friday. They fed and looked after him whilst the RSPCA were alerted, and the cheeky cub is now in the safe hands of a fox sanctuary. #slightlyfoxed #wildlifeinthelibrary #wildlife #foxes #foxcub #cub #library #foxsanctuary #librariesofinstagram #librarylife #libraries

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