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Throughout the festive season and through to 4 Feb (立春), the infrastructure and major programmes team at the Arts and Humanities Research Council #ahrc will be showcasing highlights from the UK’s #libraries #archives and #specialcollections.
To see us into 2023 and to celebrate humanity’s infinite curiosity and thirst for knowledge, 3 marginal drawings from #CuriousCures project led by James Freeman at Cambridge University Library.
First up: CUL MS Gg.1.10, f. 33v – a diagram showing the earth and seven major celestial bodies (the moon, Mercury, Venus, the sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) and their courses relative to one another through the zodiac.
Next: CUL MS Gg.1.10 f. 41v – a diagram showing the hospitable and inhospitable climate zones of the earth: the central red band is too hot, and the upper and lower black zones are too cold, but the intermediate zones are (supposedly!) pleasant to live in.
And last: CUL MS Gg.1.10 f.45r – a diagram showing the predicted extent of the land and sea in the parts of the world not yet explored or known by western Europeans.
From all the #ahrcimps a HUGE thank you to all who have explored the margins, intersections and edges of knowledge and enriched us with your discovery. Here’s to more in 2023!
#libraries #archives #SpecialCollections
More on #CuriousCures here: cam.ac.uk/stories/curiou… (Health Warning: not for the faint of heart).
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