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More than three centuries ago, the owner of one of our books turned to the inside cover and carefully jotted down a single word. Just imagine. [ZZ]1638.47 #rarebooks #libraries #library #provenance #inspiration #imagination #imagine #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram

We love these little leather thumb tabs marking important pages in one of our 15th century Missals (H2015 1499 [**]) #foreedgefriday #incunabula #incunable #rarebooks #bookbinding #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #foreedge #earlyprintedbooks

This wonderful woodcut of a bear climbing a tree to raid a beehive is the device of the Strasbourg printer, Mathias Apiarius (ca. 1500-1554). Apiarius is the latinized form of the German family name Biener, meaning "bee master". Printer's device from 'In epistolam ad Hebraeos' by Johann Oecolampadius, 1534 (E2775.O3 01 [**]) #printing #printinghistory #woodcut #rarebooks #woodcutwednesday #printersdevice #librariesofinstagram #bear #bee #bees #beehive #beekeeping

Stained glass in the windows of the Great Hall at Lambeth Palace. These surviving fragments came from rooms elsewhere on the site and include coats of arms, mottoes and heraldic devices. They now form part of the fabric of the 17th century hall. #Lambeth #LambethPalace #lambethpalacelibrary #stainedglass #heraldry #glass #coatofarms #greathall #history #architecture

It’s just another #ManiculeMonday! There are numerous marks left by a dedicated reader in this copy of ‘A declaration of such true articles as George Ioye hath gone about to confute as false’, printed in 1546. [ZZ]1546.4 #manicule #marginalia #reader #reading #marginaliamonday #librariesofinstagram

For #FolkloreThursday here are King Arthur and Merlin the Magician watching the red and white dragons fight in a pit. Illustration from the 15th century Chronicle of St Albans [LPL MS6, f.43v.] #medievalmanuscript #manuscript #illuminatedmanuscript #librariesofinstagram #Arthur #Merlin #legends #Arthurianlegend #KingArthur #dragon #dragons #fantasticbeasts #chronicles

This hungry-looking monster can be found swimming around in Gerard de Jode's atlas ‘Speculum orbis terrarum’, 1578 [L1010.J6**] #MonsterMonday #monster #seamonster #atlas #fantasticbeasts #sea #map #maps #rarebooks #atlases #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram

We are fond of this curious little creature, even if we haven’t got a clue what it is! He does remind us a certain big-nosed #Muppet though... Found helpfully marking a passage in MS 409, a 13th/14th century medical work. #MonsterMonday #ManiculeMonday #monster #manicule #Gonzo #muppets #manuscript #marginalia #marginaliamonday #medievalmanuscript #librariesofinstagram

How could we possibly resist celebrating #LibraryShelfieDay with shelves like these? #rarebooks #library #librarylove #librarylife #shelfie #lambethpalace #lambethpalacelibrary #bookcase #books #bookshelf

Today is #SquirrelAppreciationDay! There are two lucky squirrels in this woodcut from a 17th century Geneva Bible. Can you find them in the Garden of Eden? [Sion A13.19/1607] #squirrel #woodcut #genevabible #bible #illustration #adamandeve #gardenofeden #eden #rarebooks #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #animals

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