Illustration of a Florida Rat (Neotoma Floridana) from 1827, showing a detailed side view of the rodent climbing on a textured surface resembling tree bark. The rat is depicted with dense fur, long whiskers extending from its snout, a curled tail, and small clawed feet. Above the rat is a small inset drawing of a single tooth. The meticulous line work highlights the fur texture and anatomical features, characteristic of early 19th-century scientific illustrations in the class Mammalia. The rat’s eye is glossy, adding depth to the depiction. The image includes handwritten text labeling the species.
🐾 The class Mammalia /.
London: Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1827..
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Historical illustration from "Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes" (1834-1880) showing six detailed colored depictions of porcelain shells (Cypræa). The shells are numbered and labeled with scientific names, displaying both top and side views. They feature smooth, glossy surfaces with varied patterns including spots, speckles, and solid patches in shades of brown, beige, and pink. Notable details include the elongated oval shapes, narrow slit-like openings with teeth-like ridges along the edges, and subtle color gradations highlighting shell texture. The arrangement offers a scientific study of shell varieties emphasizing morphology and ornamentation.
🐚 Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes
Paris: Chez Rousseau: [1834-1880]
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Don't forget to explore the drawers... 👇
11.07.2025 09:18 — 👍 33 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Souhaitons ts un excellent anniversaire à Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville né un 11 juillet 1697. Nommé géographe du roi à 21 ans, il publia un Atlas général en 1737, des atlas historiques et de nbreux écrits sur la géographie et la météorologie anciennes. Un grand collectionneur de cartes !
11.07.2025 12:11 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🐭🔎📒Rapport complet 🧭open licenses
www.aaas.org/sites/defaul...
04.07.2025 14:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Exposition De Nancy Palais Des Villes D'Eaux à #Nancy (#MeurtheEtMoselle)
Suite 👉 https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/95273/nancy-exposition-de-nancy-palais-des-villes-deaux
Exposition De Nancy Palais Des Villes D'Eaux à #Nancy (#MeurtheEtMoselle)
Suite 👉 https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/95273/nancy-exposition-de-nancy-palais-des-villes-deaux
11.06.2025 21:51 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#Archives #Ressources
"L’objectif était de passer de quelques pages institutionnelles informatives peu attractives à un portail ergonomique qui rende les archives compréhensibles et vivantes pour toutes et tous."
www.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr
12.06.2025 08:14 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
À l’occasion de la parution du #livre « La Ville du futur », la @fondationmsh.bsky.social organise une #rencontre avec les Prs Philippe Sansonetti et Patrick Boucheron.
⏰ Jeudi 26 juin 2025, 18 h 30
📍 FMSH – Le Comptoir, 54 boulevard Raspail, 75006 #Paris.
Inscription 👉 www.fmsh.fr/agenda/la-vi...
12.06.2025 08:10 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Manuscrits médiéval datant de 1386 montrant une volvelle
Savez-vous ce qu'est une "volvelle" ?
Si je vous dis que c'est un outil incroyablement beau, fascinant, la preuve que le Moyen Âge est aussi une époque de sciences et d'inventions, ça vous donne envie d'en savoir plus ?
Un fil ⬇️! #medievalists #medievalsky
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🐭🗺️⛵ Traité de navigation de Jacques de Vaulx (1557-1597)🥰nouveauté images bnf
images.bnf.fr#/home/portfo...
12.06.2025 12:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nancy Fontaine et Grilles Place Carriere à #Nancy (#MeurtheEtMoselle)
Suite 👉 https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/918041/nancy-nancy-fontaine-et-grilles-place-carriere
Nancy Fontaine et Grilles Place Carriere à #Nancy (#MeurtheEtMoselle)
Suite 👉 https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/918041/nancy-nancy-fontaine-et-grilles-place-carriere
07.06.2025 14:36 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Poster on arsenic and light
For those who have not seen it, researchers at the University of St Andrews are testing a device that can identify through light the presence of arsenic in old books:
news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/new-...
The research poster is a great recap:
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @universalstc.bsky.social
07.06.2025 08:51 — 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Felted animals either a table full of tiny felt stitched cherry Bakewell tarts baked in bottle tops.
Cherry Bakewell day at the bakers today. There was quite a queue!
26.04.2025 16:19 — 👍 70 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
🐭Il y a une "grosse cocotte" dans le jardin 😄Il chante comme une casserole 🎶🐓mais il est magnifique... Bonne cachette !🥰
27.04.2025 13:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Journée mondiale du livre. 23 avril 2025.
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C’est la journée de la Terre ! Alors pour montrer comment je l’aime, cette mappemonde en forme de cœur dessinée par le mathématicien Oronce Fine en 1534-36.
Département des Cartes et Plans, Ge DD 2987 (63)
22.04.2025 12:03 — 👍 46 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 3
Plant Specimens Aren’t Flat | The Many Dimensions of Herbaria
Browsing preserved plant specimen collections to travel through history, and explore millennia of botanical experience.
Herbaria are collections of preserved plants, and have been called “plant mummies” as specimens usually turn brown, looking somewhat unappealing.
Join us at the Linnean Society on 15 May to hear from Maura Flannery about the many reasons herbaria are worth keeping.
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
18.04.2025 15:22 — 👍 34 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1
Pure plaisir...
20.04.2025 12:14 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
For #Easter, a #Roman metal brooch in the shape of a rabbit (or hare), with traces of its original enamel decoration still adding a splash of colour. Animal-themed jewellery was popular in the Roman world, especially brooches 🐇 AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #HappyEaster
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3D illusion chalk drawing of a mouse in a blue dress holding a stick and string with a star dangling at the end. Another mouse looks out a window at the star from below.
Nadine and the Wishing Star, reposted from March 2024. Gratitude to everyone who holds light for others to see.
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The Biodiversity Heritage Library contains thousands of historical illustrations of flora and fauna. This unaffiliated bot shares random images from the collection.
Une bande dessinée pour tout comprendre à la crise du climat et de la biodiversité
https://www.lheritagedudodo.com
Auteurs : Franck Courchamp & Mathieu Ughetti
National Marine Biological Library, based @thembauk.bsky.social. A place to access our electronic and printed collections, to ask for help, or just to work in peace
https://www.mba.ac.uk/our-facilities/library/
From crazy cartouches, wonderful beasts or general carto-frippery, a site that highlights the non-map part of maps! From the Map team at the Bodleian Library
The Society for the History of Natural History | https://shnh.org.uk/
Archives of Natural History published by Edinburgh University Press | https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/ANH
OOAK Fantasy Sculpture Artist. I create original characters using blended polymers. You will meet elves, gnomes and dragons, maybe a flying pig or two. Sussex, UK.
www.elfworldcreations.com
The University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge is one of the UK's largest & most important natural history collections. Thousands of specimens on display including one of the world's most complete dodo skeletons.
www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk
Join us in exploring the University of Exeter Library's Special Collections, which include archives, manuscripts, rare books and maps. There's something for everyone, and everyone is welcome.
Find out more! ➡️ libguides.exeter.ac.uk/archives
Fondée en 1904, l’AAF regroupe aujourd’hui près de 3000 adhérents, professionnels des archives du secteur public comme du secteur privé. Suivez son actualité !
La documentation du Centre de Recherche Nantais Architectures Urbanités (UMR AAU-CRENAU) : Science ouverte, bibliothèque recherche, documentation, écritures alternatives, édition scientifique
Artist Author Illustrator
Magical tales in wool and words from the little Shed in Wales. Seasonal joyful felted animals and picture books for all ages pub with Graffeg. 💛🤍💜🖤🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 https://www.celestineandthehare.com/links
Historian of art, science, and knowledge. Postdoc #VisualizingTheUnknown, @huygensknaw.bsky.social. Also a maker.
https://jessieweihsuanchen.com/
Beautiful library of the early Enlightenment in central Dublin. Opened in 1707; still welcoming visitors, tourists and scholars.
Registered Charity RCN 20000752
Sound science. Smart stories. Fact-checked journalism. Published by the nonprofit @annualreviews.bsky.social
📨 Weekly newsletter: https://knowmag.org/SIGNUP
🌎 Lea en español: @revistaknowable.bsky.social
💚 Support: https://knowablemagazine.org/donate
Cartorum.fr projet collaboratif sur la France d'antan par les cartes postales anciennes du début du XXe siècle (vers 1900). Témoignages historiques de la France d'autrefois depuis 2019.
✏ Corrections sur les pages en lien.
Association qui a pour projet de modéliser en 3D la ville de Caen, en Normandie, avant les destructions de 1944.
https://linktr.ee/cadomus
Journaliste @presse-citron.net et @iphon.fr
Anthropology and archaeology collections from world cultures past and present.
https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk
Behind the scenes at Dublin's Dead Zoo. Unofficial account, run for fun. Opinions are personal, not those of the National Museum of Ireland.
Médiéviste ✮ Historienne de l'art ✮ Musicienne
Manuscrits enluminés ! Bibliothèques anciennes de Toulouse
Midi de la France. Commanditaires ecclésiastiques
