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Jennifer

@bibliojenni.bsky.social

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Librarian at Hereford Cathedral. Librarian cliche & loving it. Expect books, tea, crafts & cats. All views my own, in case it needs to be said.

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Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · Jul 30

Here, have a smiley carrot to brighten your life. (This is my mom's picture, not mine.) #TinyJoys

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Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 20h

Self-soothing by writing up procedures. What a week.

Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 1d

That's the context it came up in! I've never quite believed everyone thought mermaids were real...

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Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 1d

Probably nothing you don't know already, to be honest! The most interesting thing for me was a reference to William of Rubruck who had confirmed that dog-headed creatures didn't exist in China by the time the Mappa was made.

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 2d

Cora Beth has spent the last year putting together what sounds an amazing app to support parents of children with #autism. Please do share and let folks know this is out there - as she explains in her blog post, she has been uniquely positioned to create this much-needed resource.

Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 3d

Here's a tale for anyone who'd like to know what I've been up to over the last year... and if you're able to help/share, I'd really appreciate it.

Autistic StoryTime – Classical Studies Support share.google/0XfKZucMCoAr...

Autistic StoryTime

You may have noticed that I haven’t been around much this year. I used to post on this blog every week, but now I post very rarely. I used to be on all sorts of Classics-related committees, but ear…

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 2d

"Isn't it all digitised?"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 3d

Feel I should clarify she did ask to go!

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Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 3d

Took my 7 year old nerd to a talk about the Mappa Mundi at the #CheltLitFest. Amy Jeffs led a clever, engaging group of female panellists, and my daughter sat still for an entire hour which says something about the quality of speakers! Did she take it all in? Probably not, but I think that's okay.

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Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 3d

🥹 How lovely!

Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 3d

Made my jumper about two years ago. Spent ages choosing colors and not sure it's a combo I have seen before. So very much feeling like a trendsetter to walk past this in a shop window!

Me in dark green jumper with yoke of diamonds in spring green, light blue, copper and ice blue.

Toast website with mohair jumper, dark green with wide multicoloured fair isle yoke

Close up on middle of Toast jumper which has diamonds in spring green and light blue.

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Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 4d

Printed a tote bag for each daughter. Apparently they will take a week to dry!

Two small tote style bags. One is white and has printed images of animals playing instruments, with a border and bird coming out of two leaves. Shades of pink, yellow, red, orange. The other is yellow with many green leaves at the bottom and a bird on a branch singing into a blue moon.

Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 5d

Lino in the library! Very fortunate to have a series of workshops to accompany our exhibition Sacred Creatures.

Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 5d

Le sigh, forgot the picture. I'm not tired, you're tired.

Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 5d

One of the most stressful fortnights of the year, so by next Friday I will be at least 75% tea. #TeaUp

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Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 7d

Happiness is switching while listening to a lecture about parchment.❤️

Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 8d

Woop!

Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 8d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 9d

Wrote a strongly worded email, which achieved the desired result, and yet I still feel guilty about it. Sigh.

Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 9d

Just thinking about Taylor Swift's Easter eggs and how much fun it would be to get her to come do our escape room. I could totally make that happen, right? I mean, a sister in Kansas City has to come in handy, right?

Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 13d

Squee!

Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 13d

Der IGEL!

Lothar Meggendorfer really knew how to evoke lifelike movement! This book from the Olin Library special collections at Wash U is only one spectacular example! #movablebooksociety
#Hedgehog #paperengineering

Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks, I will have a look!

Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 14d

Are these parenthesis? Book was printed in 1520. Any thoughts @liamsims.bsky.social?

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Matthew Holford @matthewholford.bsky.social · 15d

Next Wednesday 8th October, 12.30-1.30: Jiří Vnouček on "A Tale of Two Parchments" - insular and continental parchment preparation.
In person: @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library, Lecture Theatre
Or livestreamed.
Free: book here visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/...

A tale of two parchments

In this talk, Dr. Jiří Vnouček discusses differences in species choice and membrane preparation of 'Insular' and 'Continental' parchment used for book-making in the early Middle Ages.

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Anna James @superteadrinker.bsky.social · 16d

I'm off work for a couple of months and looking for an in-person volunteering post for about half a day a week starting now to give a bit of shape to my week.

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Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 16d

Days with incunabula are always better. I love the little stick animal at the back of this crowd around Augustine. A glorious early title/half title page from 1494. HCL C.8.14 (ISTC ia01308000)

Title page of Augustine's sermons. Some hand written additions.

Close up of opening illustration from Augustine's Sermons. Augustine in foreground, small people and stick animals in background.

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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 22d

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

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Jennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 22d

#NotMyCat, but we call him Todd. He likes to hang around our house.

Cat lying on a narrow strip of wood over a gate. One leg is dangling off the side.

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