formerly India Office: dept of Prints, Drawings & Photographs @britishlibrary, + Fay Godwin, Kodak Archive & Fox Talbot collections (tweets by Malini & Nicole)
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Latest post: Heritage under Occupation: The Japanese Commercial Postcards of a Unified Korea at blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-africa…
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Today we’re celebrating 30 years of @TNLUK 🎉
@HeritageFundUK has empowered us to achieve significant milestones in preservation, acquisition, and accessing our collection – see how their generous funding has made a difference: bit.ly/BL30NLHF
#NationalLottery30
ALT An illustration of a young Malay Tapir
ALT A photograph of a collection of wax cylinder recordings, one is labelled as a conversation between Robert Browning and Edison.
ALT A black and white photograph of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
ALT The opening of the 4th movement of Beethoven’s Symphony no.9 in the RPS manuscript.
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Further India Office Records now available online via the interim Digitised Manuscripts webpage.
blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2024…
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Did you know ... that all the #Javanese manuscripts from Yogya in the @britishlibrary can be accessed digitally via Wikimedia Commons blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-africa… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C…
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Read about a recent acquisition to India Office Private Papers @britishlibrary.
blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2024…
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There's still time to book livestream tickets to watch tonight’s #PENPinterPrize ceremony at the @britishlibrary. Join us as Arundhati Roy accepts the award and announces this year’s Writer of Courage.
Book now ⬇️
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The first installment of restored access to digitised manuscripts in the @britishlibrary includes 46 manuscripts from Asian and African collections, in Arabic, Chagatai, Persian, Ethiopian and Bugis blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-africa…
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Head on down to @Britishlibrary this weekend to see our stunning new #exhibition "a Silk Road Oasis: Life in ancient Dunhuang"
Opening today, our latest exhibition, A Silk Road Oasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang, unveils a vibrant time capsule of the community that lived, travelled, worked, and worshipped there over 1,000 years ago.
Explore life on the ancient road: bit.ly/BLSilkRoadOasis
Members go free
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The hero #Rustam and his iconic war clothing. In our latest post: blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-africa… #Shahnama #Ferdosi
ALT Rustam kills the White Demon. Isfahan (Iran), 1630-1640 (British Library, IO Islamic 1256, f.79r)
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Shrouded in mystery, the Mughal princess-poet Zebunnisa. More in our latest post blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-africa…
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1888 :: Construction of Nadrai Aqueduct ( Jaal Ka Pul / Fish Net Bridge ) In Kasganj , Uttar Pradesh
British Engineer William Good Designed and Supervised Construction of Nadrai Aqueduct
#EngineersDay
( Photo - @britishlibrary )
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Something very, very exciting is happening @britishlibrary
Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, our new major exhibition, opens on 25 October
Get your tickets now, they're cheaper than #Oasis and more chance of encountering Margery Kempe 😉
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Huge news for art historians: the first phase of @TheCourtauld Witt Library digitisation is now live. Search the British School artist boxes for images from private collections and pre-internet auction records. French School coming next week. photocollections.courtauld.a…
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The Photographic Collections Network has announced its closure on 19 August. See British Photographic History: britishphotohistory.ning.com… The PCN's website, toolkits and resources will continue to remain available.
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I am showing off Sud Chonchirdsin's beautiful book 'Vietnam Documented: the British Library's Vietnamese Collection' at the @nuspress stand at ICAS 13 in Surabaya - both copies were sold out by the second day! nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products…
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There's still time to apply to be the Eccles Programmes Curator (Research and Scholarship).
Deadline: Sunday 4 August 2024
bit.ly/3Se4ap8
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Interested in learning about conservation for digitisation of library and archive material? The @britishlibrary in collaboration with @inBritish is offering 2 Conservation for Digitisation placements at the British Library in 2025.
For more info + app 👇
britishcouncil.in/events/con…
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A reminder for those readers looking to make use of the @britishlibrary Asian and African Collection this summer. You can find digitised versions of some of our printed catalogues, and links to external digital collections, here👇
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We're hiring a new Curator of Printed Ephemera. We're not exaggerating when we say this is a dream job. The role manages one of the most important collections in the world. Candidates with a qualification in librarianship, archives, or similar, apply here: go.glam.ox.ac.uk/JohnJohnson…
