It’s almost Christmas! That means good cheer, Christmas spirit and….a fight to the death competition?!
We’re in a 12 Days of Christmas #12off competition with the Museum of English Rural Life and the Ure Museum, and we’d like to think that we’re coming out on top. Here are this week’s offerings – follow us on Twitter or Tumblr to see the rest next week!
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- On the first day of Christmas, my library gave to me…a microscopic flea (from Hooke’s 1665 Micrographia)
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- On the 2nd day of Christmas, my library gave to me…two angelfish (from Bloch’s 1796 Ichthyologie)
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- On the 3rd day of Christmas, my library gave to me…three medieval pigs (from our Book of Hours)
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- On the 4th day of Christmas, my library gave to me…four winged monkeys (from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1900)
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- On the 5th day of Christmas, my archive gave to me…five allied leaders (from the Republic of Salo archive)
