Look at this beauty! Book of Hours @bodleianlibs MS. Canon. Liturg. 287 (Italy, end of 15thc)

The richly illustrated beginning of the Gospel according to Luke (f. 84v, 85v) in ms. 18383 @kbrbe, Evangeliary with Eusebian canons, 11th century, Liège, Benedictine St. Lawrence Abbey, 4 full-page miniatures, initials on a purple background

Half-term planning got you hot under the collar? Fear not, our FREE exhibition on medieval medicine is here to keep you amused with all the leeches, urine flasks and weasel testicles you could ever wish for. 🔗Book now: https://t.co/83zVrq1Sim Image: MS O.1.20 @TrinCollCam

Today in the gothic splendours of @TheJohnRylands in Manchester, with warm thanks to our generous and welcoming hosts.

The nave of Lincoln cathedral looking west. On the nave piers are shafts of dark, Purbeck Marble; a fossil rich limestone that can be polished to have a marble like appearance

When your cat is knighted for gallantry in mouse-catching and commissions a new coat of arms. Actually, these arms belonged to Sir Isaac Pennington (1745-1817). They were charmingly sketched by Richard Relhan (1797-1838). Cambridge Antiquarian Society / CUL (Views.Relhan.78)

The first Chinese person to visit @KU_Leuven Ms. 3508-10 @kbrbe, the Chinese text of ‘the sign of the cross’, written in a pharmaceutical manual in 1654 by Domingo, the companion of Jesuit Martino Martini From the 'Routes to knowledge' exhibition in Leuven University Library

The Dresden Codex is one of the most important surviving Mayan manuscripts, created around the 11th or 12th Century AD. Although it originated in the Americas, it was rediscovered centuries later in Dresden, Germany, giving it the name by which it is known today. Today, this

An owl (Rijksmuseum), c. 1650 - c. 1675

October was a busy time in the medieval agricultural calendar. It was the season to sow new crops, an essential job to ensure a plentiful harvest in the following year. Image: 14th-century East Anglian Book of Hours, with agricultural tasks for each month (CUL MS Dd.4.17).

The view into the Divinity School

Montaigne’s annotated copy of Lucretius, @theUL in Cambridge - an amazing high point from the de Botton Montaigne collection.

#OTD in 1020 (or thereabouts) King Canute founded the Benedictine abbey at Bury St Edmunds in commemoration of his victory at Assandun four years earlier, on 18 October 1016

The @ChurchTimes is reporting my tweets again

From comedy improv to manuscripts by candlelight, the University Library's autumn event programme is here! 📚28 October: The Really Popular Book Club 😆20 November: Comedy Improv at the Library 🕯️4 December: Manuscripts by Candlelight 🎟️ Tickets: https://t.co/R8Vtyot14v

Sanguine: Generous, loving, mirthful, laughing, and red in colour, Singing, fleshy, content, bold and benign. This personification of Sanguine is currently on display in our exhibition, #CuriousCures. (@TrinCollCam MS R.15.21)

Celebrating archival collections in Cambridge and beyond, join us for the 2025 Sandars Lecture Series by Joan Winterkorn MBE. 11 & 12 November, 5-6pm. 🎟️ Book your free tickets: https://t.co/vXB9PYWJt0

New term, new academic year. How are you settling in? To make life easier, we’ve created a guide for new and returning University of Cambridge students, including online resources, top tips, skills training, tours, collections, and what’s new this term. https://t.co/ZxItqkVNlg

It is with deep sadness that the Embassy of Peru in the United Kingdom joins the #AngloPeruvianSociety in mourning the passing of #MichaelKuczynski, an illustrious member of the Peruvian community in the United Kingdom and a renowned scholar at Cambridge University. Michael’s

A few spaces have opened up at our Copy that Floppy Cafe tomorrow 💾 Got an old floppy disk lying around? Have the data transferred to a modern format for free at Cambridge University Library! Book here: