Itās almost Christmas! That means good cheer, Christmas spirit andā¦.a fight to the death competition?!
Although technically the 12 days of Christmas begin with 25 December, we wonāt be around over the break ā so we had a 12 Days of ChristmasĀ #12off competition with the Museum of English Rural Life and the Ure Museum in early December! Weād like to think that we cameĀ out on top. Hereās what we came up with ā follow usĀ on Twitter or Tumblr to see the other collectionās choices.
On the 12th day of Christmas, my archive gave to meā¦12 chocolate biscuits (Huntley and Palmers collection)On the 11th day of Christmas, my library gave to meā¦11 ornaments (Owen Jones, Grammar of Ornament)On the 10th day of Christmas, my archive gave to meā¦10 massive ledgers (WH Smith archive)On the 9th day of Christmas, my library gave to meā¦9 small vignettes (Vincardās Lāart du typographie)On the 8th day of Christmas, my library gave to meā¦8 Mills and Boons (from our Mills and Boon library)On the 7th day of Christmas, my library gave to meā¦7 hydra heads (from Topsellās History of Serpents)On the 6th day of Christmas, my library gave to meā¦6 heliocentric orbits (Copernicus, De Revolutionibus)On the 5th day of Christmas, my archive gave to meā¦five allied leaders (from the Republic of Salo archive)On the 4th day of Christmas, my library gave to meā¦four winged monkeys (from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1900)On the 3rd day of Christmas, my library gave to meā¦three medieval pigs (from our Book of Hours)On the 2nd day of Christmas, my library gave to meā¦two angelfish (from Blochās 1796 Ichthyologie)On the first day of Christmas, my library gave to meā¦a microscopic flea (from Hookeās 1665 Micrographia)
December 23rd, 2014
