04-10-2020, 01:33 PM
Good stuff you've never seen before.
Harry Potter: A History of Magic
Explore the wonders of the British Library exhibition
https://artsandculture.google.com/projec...y-of-magic
Don't despair if you missed "Harry Potter: A History of Magic." Thanks to the magic of the internet and the archival might of Google Arts & Culture, you can tour the British Library exhibit—which also ran at the New-York Historical Society—without leaving your home.
This virtual tour is so much more than a few galleries and videos. "Harry Potter: A History of Magic" is a comprehensive online experience that links episodes from the seven-volume series to historical objects from the incredible collection housed in the British Library. It's also a part of Harry Potter at Home, Wizarding World's newly-launched resource of all things Potter.
The sorcerer's stone in Harry Potter Book 1? It was a mythical object that bewitched thinkers for hundreds of years, including the alchemist George Ripley, whose mystical ideas were written in code on a lavishly-illustrated scroll nearly 500 years ago, and that details an actual recipe for the sorcerer's stone.
This show is great for Potterheads and muggles alike. The books are explored in-depth, with plenty of original drafts and drawings that will let fans of the series see how the stories evolved: Check out J. K. Rowling's original sketch of Hogwarts. And there's lots of serious scholarship about the mystical arts, including books and objects that are so out-there they seem like they're works of fiction: A thousand-year-old medical manuscript called Bald's Leechbook feels like it belongs in Dumbledore's office, but it's a part of this very real world.
Harry Potter: A History of Magic
Explore the wonders of the British Library exhibition
https://artsandculture.google.com/projec...y-of-magic
Don't despair if you missed "Harry Potter: A History of Magic." Thanks to the magic of the internet and the archival might of Google Arts & Culture, you can tour the British Library exhibit—which also ran at the New-York Historical Society—without leaving your home.
This virtual tour is so much more than a few galleries and videos. "Harry Potter: A History of Magic" is a comprehensive online experience that links episodes from the seven-volume series to historical objects from the incredible collection housed in the British Library. It's also a part of Harry Potter at Home, Wizarding World's newly-launched resource of all things Potter.
The sorcerer's stone in Harry Potter Book 1? It was a mythical object that bewitched thinkers for hundreds of years, including the alchemist George Ripley, whose mystical ideas were written in code on a lavishly-illustrated scroll nearly 500 years ago, and that details an actual recipe for the sorcerer's stone.
This show is great for Potterheads and muggles alike. The books are explored in-depth, with plenty of original drafts and drawings that will let fans of the series see how the stories evolved: Check out J. K. Rowling's original sketch of Hogwarts. And there's lots of serious scholarship about the mystical arts, including books and objects that are so out-there they seem like they're works of fiction: A thousand-year-old medical manuscript called Bald's Leechbook feels like it belongs in Dumbledore's office, but it's a part of this very real world.