Good night all! 😴 Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 004: The Dover Bible, Volume 2; 12th century; f.277r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social

St Francis receiving a vision of the city of Assisi threatened by a dragon BL Add 15710; St Bonaventure, Legenda Sancti Francisci, illuminated by Sister Sibilla von Bondorf; Germany, S.W.; 15th century; f.30v

Vision of Ezekiel BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324; France,N; f.354v

The Tiburtine Sybil revealing to Caesar Augustus a vision of the Virgin and Child BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, L'Épître Othéa; c.1410 CE-c.1414 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.141r

Daniel's vision of the angel over the River Tigris BL Add 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109CE; Spain, N; f.252r

Bocaccio in his study, with his vision of Fortune as a crowned lady with many arms BL Royal 20 C IV; Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium translated into French by Laurent de Premierfait (Des Cas des nobles hommes et femmes) 15th c; France; f.198r

Gabriel explaining the vision to Daniel BL Add 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N; f.245r

Miniature of the Veil of Veronica BL Arundel MS 157; Psalter of the Virgin Mary; 1200-1210; f.2r

The feast of Epiphany. B.11.3 mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B... #epiphany #magi

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany #Epiphany BL Add MS 49598; 963 CE-984 CE; The Benedictional of St Æthelwold; England, S.; f.24v

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Here is depicted the epiphany of the divine in the three gifts of the Magi, and the transformation of water into wine at Cana. #Epiphany Bamberg State Library Msc.Lit. 1; Sacramentary; early 11th century; Fulda; f.30r

Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan by John the Baptist, surrounded by angels and with a golden dove of the Holy Spirit descending, preceding the benediction for Epiphany (6 January) #Epiphany BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963-984 CE; England S; ff.25r-25v

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Here is depicted the Adoration of the Magi and the departure of the Magi. #Epiphany BL Egerton 1139; The 'Melisende Psalter'; 12th century; Eastern Mediterranean (Jerusalem); f.2v

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. #Epiphany BL Or. 481; Octateuch, Gospels, & Ecclesiastical Works; 17th century; Ethiopia; f.101r

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Just look at the expressions of the Magi. #Epiphany MS Thott 143 2º; 'The Copenhagen Psalter'; Det Kongelige Bibliotek; 12th century, f. 11r

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. #Epiphany BnF MS 1186; Psalter of St Louis & Blanche de Castille; 13th century; f.18r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany which is depicted in the initial 'D'(eus) of the Collect for Epiphany. #Epiphany BnF MS Latin 9428; Sacramentary of Drogo; 9th century (between 826/837 CE & 855 CE); Metz; f.34v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. "Deus qui hodierna die unigenitum tuum gentibus stella duce revelasti....." #Epiphany BL Yates Thompson 2; 'The Ottobeuren Collectar'; 12th century; Germany, S. (Ottobeuren); f.62v

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. #Epiphany München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 4453; 'Evangeliary of Otto III'; c.1000 CE; Reichenau; p.27

The Collect for the Epiphany (6th January) with the depiction of the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan #Epiphany Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Lit. 1; Sacramentary; early 11th century; Fulda; f.30v

Follow the star to the feast of the Epiphany on 6th January! #Epiphany BL Add MS 37472, f.1r

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Here is depicted the Adoration of the Magi; Joseph's Doubt; & Joseph leading Mary into his house München, #Epiphany Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 23631; Purple Gospels; 1st quarter of the 9th century; Augsburg (?); f.24r

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Here is depicted the Adoration of the Magi. #Epiphany BSB Clm 2939; Gospel Lectionary; 1st third of the 12th century; Southern Germany (Tegernsee?); f.6v

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Here is depicted the Magi in adoration and then departing. #Epiphany BL Add MS 39627; The Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander; 1355 CE- 1356 CE; Bulgaria; f.10r

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Here is depicted the Adoration of the Magi #Epiphany München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 30055; Evangeliarium of Henry the Lion; circa 1188 CE; Helmarshausen, Benediktiner; p.25

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Here is depicted The Adoration of the Magi. #Epiphany BL Or 607; An Ethiopian manuscript containing: Nagara Māryām ነገር ማርያም :History and Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary; 1730 CE-1755 CE; f.14v

Three horses and their Magi MS Thott 143 2º; 'The Copenhagen Psalter'; Det Kongelige Bibliotek; 12th century, f. 10v

The Vale of York Viking Hoard was found by detectorists David and Andrew Whelan in a North Yorkshire field #OTD in 2007. A Frankish gilt silver cup brimming with coins was the focal point, and the objects range in origin from Ireland to Afghanistan. 📸Portable Antiquities Scheme #medievalsky

Blindfolded Fortune and her wheel BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, Various Works incl 'L'Épître Othéa'; c.1410 CE-c.1414 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.129v

Hope so. And no.

Let those would be kings and emperors remember the Wheel of Fortune is the ruler of all. BL Royal 20 C IV; Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium translated into French by Laurent de Premierfait (Des Cas des nobles hommes et femmes) 15th c; France; f.1r

Prepping my Alexander to Augustus class & once again struck by the parallels between the beginning of the collapse of the Roman Republic & what is happening to democracy in our own times. We're not in the end stages - it gets so much worse - but we are proving just as incapable of course-correcting.

The beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) is separated from the end of Torah portion Vayechi (וַיְחִי ) with a box of red and gold. #parashahpictures BnF MS Hébreu 20. Bible (תנ"ך); 1301 CE; Tudela (Spain); f.39v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Indeed worth a Nobel Prize for promoting (aeternal) Peace.. #NobelPrize #DonaldTrump #WarLord #Republicans #MakeAmericaSmall #Maga

In Torah Portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת ) the divine name is revealed to Moses. #ParashahPictures BL King's 1; the 'King's Bible'; Spain, N. E.(Solsona); 14th century (with later additions); f.2r

German health associations have warned that rising anti-Syrian rhetoric risks worsening staff shortages in hospitals, clinics and care homes. Syrians are the largest group of foreign doctors in Germany, with 16% coming from the war-ravaged country www.ft.com/content/fed0... #Seehofer #CSU #CDU

The beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) in the 'The Kennicott Bible' is surrounded by this design in gold with blue penwork. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.36r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

The beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) is indicated by this initial-word panel with exquisite penwork decoration and two entwined dragons. #ParashahPictures BnF Hébreu 36; Bible. A.T. (hébreu); 1300 CE; Poligny (France); f.71v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Initial-word panel of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) with gold letters and white vine scrolls #ParashahPictures BL Or 2696; 1350-1399 CE; Germany, S; f.104v

The beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) has a beautiful partial foliate border. #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 15423; Torah; 1441-1467 CE; Italy, Central (Florence); f.35v

Initial-word panel decorated with penwork at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) #ParashahPictures BL Harley MS 5710; Bible, vol. 1.; 1275 CE-1299 CE; Italy (Rome or Bologna); f.34v

Micrography marks the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) in the 'Harley Catalan Bible'. #ParashahPictures BL Harley MS 1528; The 'Harley Catalan Bible'; c.1350 CE; Spain, NE (Catalonia); f.36v

Initial-word with penwork and full floral border at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 27167; the 'Almanzi Pentateuch' with Hafṭarot and Five Scrolls; 1450 CE-1474 CE; Portugal (Lisbon); f.86r

Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) in the 'Lisbon Bible' begins with this word panel with exquisite penwork decoration. #ParashahPictures BL Oriental 2626; 'Lisbon Bible'; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.61v

The Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) begins a new book of the Torah as is clearly marked. #ParashahPictures BnF Hébreu 29; 15th century; f.43r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

All that for three sentences and three footnotes...but the record has been corrected for posterity!

An elegant initial-word panel begins Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת). #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 15251; Duke of Sussex's Italian Bible'; 1448-1498 CE; Italy NE (Ferrara); f.41v

Initial-word panel inhabited by dragons, with a hybrid below, at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 3; Torah with Onkelos; 1299 CE; f.54(ii)r

Initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) with penwork decoration and full foliate border #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 15283; Torah, Hafṭarot and Five Scrolls; 15th century; Portugal (Lisbon); f.48v