#bnf

[miamaimania]

"Harrowing of Hell" (c.1470) from Lancelot du Lac manuscript, BnF MS Fr.113 ⚶ Medieval minds made Hell's entrance terrifyingly literal

[50shadesofoctarine]

Discount Crowley from the BNF au (written by @mrghostrat - don't mind the tag btw, just making it easier for people to find you.)

Did this impromptu cosplay on a whim during a discord call (the Bilv discord writing room is fuckin great)

[thouartadeadthing]

[detournementsmineurs]

"Parfum" de la marque Colette (circa 1913) à l'exposition “Les Mondes de Colette” de la BnF Mitterrand, Paris, janvier 2026.

[margotonbeee]

Medieval sheep

Base de données Mandragore,

Pierre le Mangeur et Guyart Des Moulins, Grande Bible historiale complétée, XIIe siècle (green pic)

Les Fables d'« ISOPET », traduites en vers par Marie de France, BNF FR. 2173, XIIIe siècle, fable "le loup et l'agneau"

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldElephantDay on a #TwoForTuesday 🐘🐘:

BNF Arménien 291 Roman d'Alexandre, c. 1646: fols. 127r+150v.

[francislibrary]

favourite place to study

[oldtvandcomics]

Just a shout-out, if you are in Paris these days (before the 18 January 2026), there is an exposition about Colette happening at the BnF that is worth it if you are interested in queer literature history. Or feminist literature history. Or French literature history. Or... You get my point.

Maybe I am just a foreigner, maybe I dropped out of school before we could get to the 20th century in French class (hard to tell), but I only passingly knew Colette because of that one book about French lesbian literature, so to me, it was very interesting and educational.

https://www.bnf.fr/fr/agenda/les-mondes-de-colette