Having reached the After of our Advent series ‘Advent and After’, and survived the Twelve Days of Christmas, January 6 brings us to Epiphany and the familiar visitors of the Magi, or Three Kings. They are depicted here in a medieval manuscript with a distinctive series of illuminated pictures, surrounded by exuberant beasts and acrobatic figures. LUL MS.F.2.19 is a mid-15th century Flemish manuscript donated by the wealthy Liverpool shipowner John W. Hughes in 1903.

Today also brings a very welcome and more permanent visitor from the (South-)East, with a deep knowledge of the stars: Jennifer Higham, former Librarian and Archivist of the Royal Astronomical Society in London, who joins the University Library as Special Collections & Archives Manager.