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Spot The Difference!

These fine specimens of a 1648 Netherlandish Lion,
Leo Belgicus, are almost identical, but not quite!

#Caturday #NotALion
#NewberryLibrary (Case F 4614 .847)

Modern Druids Have A MAGAZINE?

Trying to manifest some c. 1841 #MondayMotivation over here!!
#MagicMonday #MondayMorning

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https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma995571958805867

Hell Hath No Fury...
Like A Lion Scorned?

Looks like his fleecy friend wants out of the relationship?
#Caturday #NotALion #HellishLion #costume #ManInSheepClothing #WildThings #ProtoSendak

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https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma993911228805867

Third Season Pantalaimon
Gets a Little Dark...

#HisDarkMaterials #Lyra
#BookThree #AmberSpyglass

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https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CA

Nuntastic Advent Calendar?

#NewberryLibrary
#AdventCalendar2022
#December24 Day 24/24

Take A Prayer Leave a Prayer Advent Calendar!

Would some "baby Jesus milk" soften hardened hearts? This odd little book of prayer cards was meant to be taken apart and shared by nuns on Christmas Eve among other festive occasions.

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https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma9911620434105867

Want to see more of this sort of weirdly sensual edible baby Jesus sort of thing? Of course you do...

https://twitter.com/DrKarrSchmidt/status/1563149261990084609?s=20&t=1ruvXn69e53S8FaUztQAfg

Elizabethan Advent Calendar?

#AdventCalendar2022
#December23 Day 23/24

Special Performance Advent Calendar!

This "newly corrected and augmented" edition of Love's Labors Lost from 1598 notes Shakespeare's play was performed "before her Highnes this last Christmas"! #herplay #QueenElizabethI

#NewberryLibrary (Case 3A 896)

Frosty Advent Calendar?

#AdventCalendar2022
#December22 Day 22/24

Robert Frost Advent Calendar!

He produced poems for Christmas cards for decades, but this one evidently didn't turn out Christmassy-enough! #poetry #letterpress

#NewberryLibrary (Case 3A 2748)

Maptastic Advent Calendar?

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#AdventCalendar2022
#December20 Day 20/24

Cartographic Card Advent Calendar!
Chicago publishing firm Rand McNally produced map-based holiday "cards" for decades that are actually rather fabulous, large-scale facsimiles!

This one, from 1960, celebrates the earliest globe made from paper gores, the Erdäpfel (Earth Apple) of 1492 Nuremberg, Germany. They appear at full scale on the verso...

And, in another facsimile, they appear totally in the round!

Frosted Advent Calendar?
#NewberryLibrary
#AdventCalendar2022
#December19 Day 19/24

It's Time for Tree-Cake Advent Calendar!

The best family traditions are recipes, so when a relative didn't have the right Baumkuchen in 1876 Germany, (a tall cake baked in layers on a spit), her family sent her a big one by train as a gift!

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma9911422548805867

Emergency Endpapers Advent Calendar?

#NewberryLibrary #newacq
#AdventCalendar2022
#December18 Day 18/24

Even the dedication takes note of them as a reason for the gift!

Beribboned Advent Calendar?

#AdventCalendar2022
#December17 Day 17/24

Parade AND Funeral?
These clever reversible ribbons with their impressive tassels were the pride of local Midwestern groups who assembled on holidays and to say goodbye to some of their own in more muted colors.

#NewberryLibrary Helen Sclair Funerary Collection #fadetoblack #tassels

Certifiable Advent Calendar?

#AdventCalendar2022
#December16 Day 16/24

Certificate, 1881, for 365 days of happiness, granted by the "Bank of Felicity"!

AND, undated, Happy Jackalope Hunting Season?

#NewberryLibrary (Wing Ephemera Collection and Lende Tall Tales Postcards Collection)

Bad Taxidermy Advent Calendar?

#NewberryLibrary
#AdventCalendar2022
#December14 Day 14/24

Jackalope Advent Calendar!

World's tackiest postcards? Maybe ... These perforated books certainly fulfilled their Jackalopes RDA!

Can You Tell Me How To Get To Advent Calender?

#NewberryLibrary
#AdventCalendar2022
#December13 Day 13/24

Sesame Street Advent Calendar!

Perforated 1970s holiday postcards featuring Jim Henson's friendly crew!
@TheMuppets

#NewberryLibrary (folio NC1878.C55 S46 1976)

Lost In the Stacks Advent Calendar?

#NewberryLibrary
#AdventCalendar2022
#December9 Day 9/24

#ForeEdge #shelfie

Altared Advent Calendar?

#AdventCalendar2022
#December7 Day 7/24

Communal Advent Calendar!
This over-the-top "Altar Book" with Eucharistic cheat sheets for the American Church from 1896 has a built-in ribbon bookmark, fill-in gift naming section, and a gorgeous, Lamb of God binding. Plus those great woodcuts with nearly endless borders!

#NewberryLibrary https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma996304998805867

Altared Advent Calendar?

#AdventCalendar2022
#December7 Day 7/24

Communal Advent Calendar!
This over-the-top "Altar Book" with Eucharistic cheat sheets for the American Church from 1896 has a built-in ribbon bookmark, fill-in gift naming section, and a gorgeous, Lamb of God binding. Plus those great woodcuts with nearly endless borders!

#NewberryLibrary https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma996304998805867

Altared Advent Calendar?

#AdventCalendar2022
#December7 Day 7/24

Communal Advent Calendar!
This over-the-top "Altar Book" with Eucharistic cheat sheets for the American Church from 1896 has a built-in ribbon bookmark, fill-in gift naming section, and a gorgeous, Lamb of God binding. Plus those great woodcuts with nearly endless borders!

#NewberryLibrary https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma996304998805867

Altared Advent Calendar?

#AdventCalendar2022
#December7 Day 7/24

Communal Advent Calendar!
This over-the-top "Altar Book" with Eucharistic cheat sheets for the American Church from 1896 has a built-in ribbon bookmark, fill-in gift naming section, and a gorgeous, Lamb of God binding. Plus those great woodcuts with nearly endless borders!

#NewberryLibrary https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma996304998805867

Altared Advent Calendar?

#AdventCalendar2022
#December7 Day 7/24

Communal Advent Calendar!
This over-the-top "Altar Book" with Eucharistic cheat sheets for the American Church from 1896 has a built-in ribbon bookmark, fill-in gift naming section, and a gorgeous, Lamb of God binding. Plus those great woodcuts with nearly endless borders!

#NewberryLibrary https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma996304998805867

Bulbous Bouffant Advent Calendar?

#AdventCalendar2022
#December5 Day 5/24

Today I'm giving you a coupon for a haircut! The catch is that it has to be a style popular in France between 1589 and 1778!
I could get behind the Curly Hedgehog Chignon, c. 1777, with a lover's band! Or Cornucopia? Or Diana's Crescent?

Marie de Medici also makes an appearance, as do a few gentlemen...

#NewberryLibrary https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma996339488805867

Illuminating How-To Advent Calendar?

#NewberryLibrary #December3
Day 3/24 #AdventCalendar2022

Sorry, this thread took longer than expected, so if you're interested, you can find some more extensive mutterings about a fascinating DIY Irish manuscript illumination kit dedicated to the Princess of Wales in 1867 here:

https://twitter.com/DrKarrSchmidt/status/1598920193535008768?s=20&t=glaf7rGn46naYTaYNWbpqg