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To celebrate #MoleDay here is the Ashmole mole :)

MS. Ashmole 1511 (The Ashmole Bestiary), folio 36r. England, early 13th c. Illuminated manuscript on vellum.

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Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.

She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor.

Her eventful reign, and its effect on history and culture, gave name to the Elizabethan era.

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Catherine Parr (c. July or August 1512 – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until Henry's death on 28 January 1547.

Catherine was the final queen consort of the House of Tudor and outlived Henry by a year and eight months.

With four husbands, she is the most-married English queen consort.

She was the first woman in England to publish in print an original work under her own name in the English language.

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Marguerite de Navarre (11 April 1492 – 21 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, and Queen of Navarre by her second marriage to King Henry II of Navarre.

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Miroir de l’âme pécheresse ("Mirror of the Sinful Soul") is a 1531 poem by Marguerite d'Angoulême.

It was translated by the future Queen Elizabeth I in 1548 as A Godly Meditation of the Soul.

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The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford, founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley (2 March 1545 – 28 January 1613), an English diplomat and scholar.

It is one of the oldest libraries in Europe and the second-largest library in Britain, with over 13 million printed items.

Famous for its stunning architecture, the library is also a cultural destination offering exhibitions, tours, and other public events.  

The Thundering God, the great architect, wielding the golden compass. (Genesis). From the Bodleian Moralized Bible (Paris, France, c 1250 CE). Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, Oxford, England. MS. Bodl. 270B. Folio: 01 :: [Robert Scott Horton]

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“If a coin comes down heads, that means that the possibility of its coming down tails has collapsed. Until that moment the two possibilities were equal. But on another world, it does come down tails. And when that happens, the two worlds split apart.” ― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

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