markhburton , 5 months ago to random

If anyone is trying to access stuff at the British Library but can't due to the #CyberAttack, National Library of Scotland is worth a try.
For example, it has some historical maps of the entire UK.
I've been looking at a large scale one for Suffolk, where my grandmother's family farmed up til the 1880s, and overlaying a modern satellite view.
#BritishLibrary #maps
https://www.nls.uk/

litteracarolina , 7 months ago to histodons

Am loving Booksnake (https://tally.so/r/3qGPkY), a new app - currently in beta testing - for viewing #IIIF-enabled original documents as if they were virtually lying on a surface of your choice.

Here is the #Psalter of Queen Isabella of England (https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667782/#) from the Library of Congress. I was very pleased that I could leaf through the book while it was lying there, and zoom in/out! @medievodons @histodons

Open manuscript on a floor. Blank page on left, decorated calendar in red and blue on right.
Manuscript page with brown, red and blue lettering and a foliage border on left. Golden roundel in right margin. Library stamp in bottom margin.