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knead me a bread like that

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15th anniversary of one of the greatest!

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Conservation at the Bodleian.

The retrofit of Weston Library gave us the room and facilities needed to preserve our world-class collections for the world.

If you think that’s cool, consider voting for us in the RIBA Stirling Prize public vote!

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Masaccio (1401 - 1428) - San Giovenale Triptych. Detail. 1422

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Don’t worry, we aren’t torturing this parchment map!

It has been gently humidified, clipped using padded bulldog clips, and then pinned out onto a board. As it returns to normal humidity the creases and distortions will be very softly reduced…

(Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, Ascott Estate Map)

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Lovestruck initial V, pretty whimsical for a collection of Florentine statutes!

Manuscript description and digital images can be found here at OPenn.

Fol. 225v, Ms. Codex 1253 Title: [Statutes] [manuscript]. Origin: [Florence], 1519-1547

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Manohara (digital)

While in Thailand, I came across a lot of gorgeous kinnaree statues and have been wanted to paint part of the bird princess Manohara’s story ever since.

Learn more about Manohara here and here.

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pipistrellus:

this is what the whole talmud is like except without color coding

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sometimes i remember that like white people dont eat rice that often like sometimes they have meals that are just meat and vegetables and its like??? wheres the rice??? what are you doing??? your plate isnt complete???