Photo of Silvius, the little Latin mouse, sitting on a red-painted wooden sledge in the snow. He's wearing his paenula (hooded cloak) with a red leather belt to keep it closed against the cold. Silvius has been waiting weeks for the rain to stop, and he made the most of the short snowfall!

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hodie breviter ningit, itaque Silvius foris festinat et traheam novam experitur. (Today it's snowing for a little while, so Silvius hurries outside and tries out his new sledge). carpe nivem! (Seize the snow!)

Photo of a collection of LEGO pieces and figures. The bricks spell out LEGO. Perched on the letters are Dr Forte (with Minimus book cover), Rufus, Minimus and Vibrissa, and a collection of creatures. They will all feature in students' posts for International Lego Classicism Day later in February!

diēs magni momenti appropinquat (The very important day approaches). discipuli et magistra simulacra parva conferunt et fabulas imaginesque parant (Pupils and teacher are collecting little figures and preparing their stories and pictures).
#ILCD10 #BCEPantheon

Photo of Minimus and Silvius, the Latin mice, posing as the two-faced god Janus (the god of the New Year).

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Kalendis Ianuariis mures omnibus amicis salutant. (On the first of January, the mice greet all their friends). annum novum faustum felicem! (Happy New Year!)

Photo of Minimus, Minima and Silvius, the Latin mice, making gingerbread in their kitchen. There's flour, a jar of cinnamon and dough on the table. Minima is wielding a rolling pin, while Minimus is picking up a metal dish full of round gingerbread biscuits. Silvius is standing on a chair and testing the finished product. All three mice are wearing their Christmas antlers.

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mures dulcia zingiberis coquunt (The mice are baking gingerbread). Minima massam complanat, Minimus ferculum tenet Silvius crustulum suave gustat (Minima is rolling out the dough, Minimus is holding the serving tray and Silvius is tasting a delicious biscuit).

#WhathaveIdonethisyear ? - played the stupendously glorious Hill organ at All Saints, Hove, one of the finest and least altered late Victorian instruments in Britain.

Ink and wash drawing of Minimus, the Latin mouse, with a rag doll

vicesimo secundo Decembris, Minimus pupam invenit . On the 22nd of December, Minimus finds a doll (it belongs to Rufus!) #latinadventcalendar

Ink and wash drawing of Minimus, the Latin mouse, with an apple almost as big as he is.

undevicesimo die Decembris, Minimus malum invenit. (On the 19th of December, Minimus finds an apple.) #latinadventcalendar

Ink and wash drawing of Minimus, the Latin mouse, with a scroll.

duodevicesimo die Decembris, Minimus librum invenit. (On the 18th of December, Minimus finds a book.) #latinadventcalendar

Ink and wash drawing of Minimus, the Latin mouse, with an interesting looking sack.

sexto decimo die Decembris, Minimus saccum invenit. (On the 16th of December, Minimus finds a sack.) #latinadventcalendar

Ink and wash drawing of Minimus and Minima, the Latin mice, sharing a kiss under the mistletoe

duodecimo die Decembris, Minimus viscum et Minimam invenit. (On the 12th of December, Minimus finds mistletoe and Minima). #latinadventcalendar

Clwb Pêl-droed Pontypridd: Y Dreigiau Mae’r ddau lun isod yn dangos Clwb Pêl-droed Pontypridd, neu Y Dreigiau. Wedi’u ffurfio ym 1911 fel tîm proffesiynol, cyrhaeddodd y Dreigiau dri ffeinal Cwpan Cymru a chwarae yn erbyn l…

Ysbrydolwyd ein blog heddiw gan ddau lun o Glwb Pêl-droed Pontypridd, neu Y Dreigiau.

Wedi'u ffurfio ym 1911, cyrhaeddodd y Dreigiau dri ffeinal Cwpan Cymru, gan chwarae yn erbyn rhai o dimau gorau Prydain, gan gynnwys Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur a West Ham.

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Ink and wash drawing of Minimus, the Latin mouse, with the cap of freedom, a key part of Saturnalia celebrations.

decimo die Decembris, Minimus pilleum invenit. (On the 10th of December, Minimus finds a hat)
#latinadventcalendar

Ink and wash drawing of Minimus the Latin mouse with a tiny bear

nono die Decembris, Minimus Minimus ursulam invenit. (On the 9th of December, Minimus finds a little bear)
#latinadventcalendar

Ink and wash drawing of Minimus, the Latin mouse, with a wooden reindeer toy

octavo die Decembris, Minimus rangiferum invenit. (On the 8th December, Minimus finds a reindeer) #latinadventcalendar

Rheolau Neidduol ar gyfer staff cwmni glo Ocean & National. Mae'r rheolau yn ddwyieithog - Saesneg ar chwith y dudalen a'r Gymraeg ar y dde.

Diolch i fyfyrwyr @ysgolygymraegpc.bsky.social am ddod draw i’r Archifau prynhawn ma. Roedd hi’n hyfryd eich tywys ar daith tu ôl i’r llen, a chyflwyno ein gwasanaethau a’n casgliadau.

The image is square with a teal background. In the bottom left corner there is the UWTSD logo and in the right there is the UWTSD library logo. In the centre of the image is a photograph of an open folder with the paper document contents faced up.

The image is square with a teal background. In the bottom left corner there is the UWTSD logo and in the right there is the UWTSD library logo. In the centre of the image there is a photograph of a shelf with rows of paper bags containing documents.

Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr yn gweithio gyda channoedd o geisiadau gan fyfyrwyr unigol o’r 1923au i’r 1960au – maent yn darganfod deunydd arbennig.

#EichArchifau #LlyfrPCYDDS

Ink and wash drawing of Minimus, the Latin mouse, with a green and red striped stocking

septimo die Decembris, Minimus udonem invenit. On the 7th of December, Minimus finds a stocking #latinadventcalendar

The ninth-century grave marker found at Lindisfarne, known as the Viking Domesday stone, carved on one side with seven men brandishing weapons.

‘Never before has such a terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan people... Behold the Church of St Cuthbert splattered with blood of the priests of God, despoiled of all its ornaments.’ The Viking attack on Lindisfarne took place #OTD in 793. #medievalsky

Photo of Silvius, the little Latin mouse, on the beach at Thorpeness in Suffolk. He's found a tiny patch of sand among the shingle, and is digging it up with his spade.

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dies otiosus est; Silvius in litore stat, situlam palamque tenens (It's a day off; Silvius is standing on the beach, holding a bucket and spade). bracas natatorias virgatas, petasum stramenticium et risum gerit (He's wearing stripey shorts, a straw hat and a smile)!

History doesn't preserve itself.
Archives can be a bit like avocadoes and bananas. Nothing happens for a while and then suddenly bam! It's too late.

Just seen a very earnest reel on Insta from a - yep, you guessed it - American mortician doing a scathing review of the embalming and positioning of the Pope’s body and….what makes someone fucking think that the Vatican - THE VATICAN - shoddyarses a job like this?

I know Pope is the big Catholic daddy, but hanging on for
A, one big last celebration &
B, the chance to give some little scrote a piece of his mind
Is peak, PEAK Catholic Nana Behaviour

And not yet for some of us...

After 14 weeks of emerging from the darkness of winter, and wondering how light it will be in #Orkney at 5pm, we've finally arrived back in the light.

It's a beautiful sunny afternoon. We made it. Rejoice.💡❤️

The view out the back of the library. It is daylight.

We started in the darkness of January and end in the wonderful lightness of March!

It's Monday night and it's 5pm so it's time for the final episode of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?'

The clocks have changed, spring has arrived and it is THIS LIGHT! 💡❤️🌞

A black and white Archive photograph of a partial eclipse of the sun over Scapa Flow with the sun reflected on the water.

There will be a #partialsolareclipse later this morning but don't worry if you can't see it because in the Archive we have some incredible photographs of previous solar eclipses, taken by #Orkney photographer Tom Kent.

This was taken 100 years ago in January 1925.

The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document proving that President Donald Trump is wrong about Greenland In a high-security storage facility at the Danish National Archives (Rigsarkivet) is a 100 year old sheet of paper with an American promise about Greenland. This is the fascinating story which Preside...

Don't mess with archivists. We keep receipts.
"The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document (...) With a single stroke of a pen, the USA accepted that the whole of Greenland was Danish territory".

jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE1...

ge-trēowfæstnian, wk.v: to be faithful, firm, strong. (yeh-TRAY-oh-VAST-ni-ahn / jɛ-ˈtreːɔ-ˌvæst-nɪ-an)
#OldEnglish #WOTD

And may I afk, what if the term for writing 's' as 'f', because you have fpent too much time reading c18th print?

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