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Celebrating #DeafAwarenessWeek with this image of an eighteenth century sign language alphabet. The illustration can be found in 'The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell', from the #GryllsCollection in the #WrenLibrary: https://t.co/vGHEADUytF
For #WorldGrammarDay, a beautiful incunable edition (Venice 1476) of Priscian’s Grammar. No title page (title pages as we know them didn't exist yet), just the incipit and the colophon. From the #GryllsCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Catalogue record at https://t.co/oK4ZEwdufP.
Happy birthday to Renaissance philosopher Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola, born #otd in 1463! This is his "De imaginatione" (On imagination), in a beautiful Aldine edition (Venice 1501) from the #GryllsCollection in the #WrenLibrary.
Catalogue record at https://t.co/Tiy55PnAmP.
Happy birthday to French dramatist Jean Racine, born #otd in 1639. This is a collection of his works (1690-1692) from the #GryllsCollection in the #WrenLibrary. And an image of its endpaper, because we simply couldn't resist its beauty.
Catalogue record: https://t.co/qefJTBAA7x.
A new display dedicated to the #GryllsCollection is now up in the #WrenLibrary! For those who are not in college and/or can't visit it in person, we have just put an online exhibition together: https://t.co/stDfO2OG7R.
Read all about the collection at https://t.co/ovFijMyGx0. 🦔
Celebrating Dante on the 700th anniversary of his death (#otd in 1321) with a blog post written by #TrinityCam librarian, Dr Nicolas Bell, on a peculiar edition in the #GryllsCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Read all about it at https://t.co/BIkgJGqc0P. #Dante700
Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto was born #otd in 1474. These are the title page and incipit of a 1524 edition of his masterpiece, "Orlando Furioso", from the #GryllsCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Catalogue record at https://t.co/Iud6McHxeR.
Celebrating Sir Walter Scott, born #otd 250 years ago (in 1771), with this edition of "Minstrelsy of the Scottish border", a collection of historical and romantic ballads published in 1803; from the #GryllsCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Catalogue record: https://t.co/3RGiiNXVq7.
Who will win? #EURO ⚽ 2020 #England #Italy #ItsComingHome #ItsComingToRome #ForzaAzzurri #ComeOnEngland
📷🇮🇹 "Raccolta di cinquanta costumi pittoreschi...", Bartolomeo Pinelli, Rome 1809, #CreweCollection
📷🇬🇧 "Dancing", Lady Frazer, London 1895, #GryllsCollection
Lovely blog post from @theUL European Collections on Sebastian Brant (1548-1521) and his Ship of Fools: https://t.co/zsqC1nTSCq. Here is one of the two Latin editions in the #WrenLibrary, from the #GryllsCollection. Catalogue record at https://t.co/git4IvjL7Q.
Explorer Amerigo Vespucci was born #otd in 1454. Mundus Novus is a letter where he describes his 1501-1502 voyage to Brazil. It quickly became one of the most popular publication of the time. From the #GryllsCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Cat. record at https://t.co/953DYAzRcC.
An image from "I germini sopra quaranta meretrice della citta di Firenze", a 1555 poem on the game of Tarot. Groundbreaking open-heart surgery 😉 while something else is happening behind those bed curtains. Cat. record: https://t.co/nTEB9AFadx. #WoodcutWednesday #GryllsCollection
For #ColumbusDay2020, the title page and cover of "Select letters of Christopher Columbus...relating to his four voyages to the new world", published in 1847 by the @HakluytSociety; from the #GryllsCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Catalogue record at https://t.co/STdhBuTaMC.
Discover the history behind the #GryllsCollection in our latest blog post: https://t.co/1O3xIkqflB. Slightly long, but totally worth it. A feast for lovers of early printed books. With thanks also to @WinColl @kresenkernow @WellingtonUK @Cornwall_Museum. #WrenLibrary
The first full translation of the Bible into Welsh from Greek and Hebrew was made by William Morgan in 1588. The Psalms were published separately (pictured, from the #WrenLibrary's collection. Catalogue record at https://t.co/U7S9movsGu). #StDavidsDay #GryllsCollection
#WomeninScience no. 3: Mary Somerville (1780-1872). In the dedication of her "On the connexion of the physical sciences", we read of her "endeavour...to make the laws by which the material world is governed more familiar to my countrywomen." #GryllsCollection @WomenScienceDay
Charles R. Cockerell died #otd in 1863. His are the illustrations for the "Antiquities of Athens and other places..." by Stuart and Revett (1830), such as this view of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Agrigento, Sicily. Catalogue record at https://t.co/SNbXUeSwSZ. #GryllsCollection
For #NationalMarineWeek, a smiling eel from "Historia Piscium" (1686) by Francis Willughby, engraved by Paul van Somer. Catalogue record at https://t.co/4BrprpCDEU. #GryllsCollection
The explorer Johan Nieuhof was born #otd in 1618. This book on his journey to China (cat. record at https://t.co/X6bp7TGyh9) contained 150 illustrations, depicting for the first time the Chinese and their culture as they were observed by the illustrator himself. #GryllsCollection
Anna Brownell Jameson was born #otd in 1794. Her "Characteristics of Women" (1832) is a revolutionary analysis of Shakespeare's heroines. She is also the author of the fifty etchings in the book, dedicated to the Shakespearean actress Fanny Kemble. #WrenLibrary #GryllsCollection
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