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Tweets from Lambeth Palace Library and Archive. Founded in 1610, it is one of England’s oldest public libraries with a wealth of material.
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⏳ Last Chance to Book! ⏳.Don’t miss this free talk by Anne Lawrence-Mathers taking place tomorrow. Join us to find out how medieval people predicted the future! .In person: Online:#UnfoldingTime #MedievalSky #MedievalManuscripts.
On Thursday 20 March, Anne Lawrence -.Mathers will be joining us to talk about Prediction,.Prognostication – or Divination? The Medieval.Calendar as a guide to the Future. This lecture is also available online!. See below to book👇. #LambethPalaceLibrary #UnfoldingTime #Lecture
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Happy International Women’s Day! For #IWD, why not pay a visit to the digital version of last summer’s ‘Her Booke’: Early Modern Women and their Books, celebrating the role of women in England’s devotional, intellectual & bibliographical cultures.
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For our latest exhibition 'Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar', we borrowed seven items, including five concertina-fold almanacs from @britishlibrary. To learn more, check out Calum Cockburn's blog for @BLMedieval.
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RT @BLMedieval: We're delighted to have loaned items to @lampallib's new exhibition Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar, looking a….
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We were honoured to host him in conversation about AI and the Archives at @lampallib in July last year. 📚✨.
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🎉 Congratulations to @jahendler on winning the 2025 AAAI Feigenbaum Award! 🏆 We’re delighted his groundbreaking contributions to knowledge representation and the Semantic Web have been acknowledged through this prestigious award. #AAAI #FeigenbaumAward #AI #SemanticWeb.
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Today we remember George Herbert (1593-1633), a poet and priest of the Church of England. ‘The Temple’ is a book of poems written by Herbert. His poems explore religion and spirituality, and make interesting use of the book as a form. #LambethPalaceLibrary #EasterWings #Printed
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Book your free ticket here:. To watch online, book here:.
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On Thursday 20 March, Anne Lawrence -.Mathers will be joining us to talk about Prediction,.Prognostication – or Divination? The Medieval.Calendar as a guide to the Future. This lecture is also available online!. See below to book👇. #LambethPalaceLibrary #UnfoldingTime #Lecture
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Our next Saturday opening will include your first weekend chance to see our newest exhibition, Unfolding Time! Explore the history of the Medieval pocket calendar. If you would like to use the Reading Room, please book in advance. #UnfoldingTime #SaturdayOpening #History
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Just a couple of days to go until our first #UnfoldingTime lecture: Light and Labour in Late Medieval Concertina-Fold Almanacs. Booking closes at the end of today. Find out how to book below 👇.
Booking is now open for our first 'Unfolding Time' exhibition lecture:. Megan McNamee, 'Light and Labour in Late Medieval Concertina-Fold Almanacs'. 🕓 5.30pm, 19 February. For booking info, see #UnfoldingTime #LambethPalaceLibrary
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Project Update!. This week, we proudly opened our exhibition, Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar, to the public! 🎉. A huge thank you to the #NationalLottery #HeritageFund for their essential support in making this possible. #UnfoldingTime #MedievalSky #ThanksToYou
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Did you see us in Lucy Worsley Investigates, Episode 3 '1066'? . This manuscript shows Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, showing leniency towards women who have fled to a nunnery to take refuge from the Normans. #LambethPalaceLibrary #Archives #Normans
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Today we celebrate the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas). This miniature comes from a Book of Hours, produced in the 1470s and donated to Lambeth Palace Library from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library by the Friends of the National Libraries, 2022. [MS 5204 f. 72v]
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'Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar' opens on 14 February—mark your calendars!. #UnfoldingTime #MedievalManuscripts #Volvelle #HeritageFund.
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☀️ Missing the sun these days?. Don’t worry—you can look at this one smiling back at you in this volvelle, sewn into one of our medieval manuscripts. What’s a volvelle, you ask? 🤔 Well, you’ll just have to visit our upcoming exhibition to find out 👇
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This Saturday is our first Saturday opening of 2025!. Our Reading Room will be open from 10am to 5pm to anyone wishing to use our collections. Please book in advance and pre-order your materials. #SaturdayOpening #LambethPalaceLibrary
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Booking is now open for our first 'Unfolding Time' exhibition lecture:. Megan McNamee, 'Light and Labour in Late Medieval Concertina-Fold Almanacs'. 🕓 5.30pm, 19 February. For booking info, see #UnfoldingTime #LambethPalaceLibrary
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Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce a generous £53,418 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for our ‘Unfolding Time’ exhibition, which will showcase a rare and remarkable group of medieval folding calendars. A huge thanks to #NationalLottery.players #HeritageFund
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Happy Christmas! (Luke 2:15-16) 'The shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place . " So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger.' [Horae ad usum Rothmagensem, [ZZ]1488.5]
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