Celine Camps
@celinecamps.bsky.social
Ph.D. Candidate | History of Early Modern Science & Technology, Art & Material Culture | Columbia University, NYC |📍Nuremberg
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Screws 🔩 & the assemblage of objects of art & science in the early modern German-speaking lands
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Screws 🔩 & the assemblage of objects of art & science in the early modern German-speaking lands
A million times THIS ❤️
My late father—librarian, bookstore owner & history lover—who spent the better part of his life advocating for the importance of reading would roll over in his grave if I'd ever let a machine do the reading for me. I'll happily keep pulling my hair out over old scripts!
My late father—librarian, bookstore owner & history lover—who spent the better part of his life advocating for the importance of reading would roll over in his grave if I'd ever let a machine do the reading for me. I'll happily keep pulling my hair out over old scripts!
So, the week after next, I'll be getting on a plane and flying to visit an archive where I'll <checks notes> waste my valuable time trying to read some handwritten documents, and you know what? That's totally fine by me.
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
A million times THIS ❤️
My late father—librarian, bookstore owner & history lover—who spent the better part of his life advocating for the importance of reading would roll over in his grave if I'd ever let a machine do the reading for me. I'll happily keep pulling my hair out over old scripts!
My late father—librarian, bookstore owner & history lover—who spent the better part of his life advocating for the importance of reading would roll over in his grave if I'd ever let a machine do the reading for me. I'll happily keep pulling my hair out over old scripts!
Maastricht – The Hague – Utrecht – Berlin – New York – Nuremberg –
Getting excited for the next stop: Munich 🤩
Getting excited for the next stop: Munich 🤩
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Maastricht – The Hague – Utrecht – Berlin – New York – Nuremberg –
Getting excited for the next stop: Munich 🤩
Getting excited for the next stop: Munich 🤩
I've been hosting online meetings for PhD students & postdocs who work on #MedievalSky & #EarlyModern metal. We're meeting once a month to informally discuss our work (e.g. a chapter, article, presentation draft). If anyone wants to join: let me know! 🙂 We're reconvening in January 🗃️ #SkyStorians
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I've been hosting online meetings for PhD students & postdocs who work on #MedievalSky & #EarlyModern metal. We're meeting once a month to informally discuss our work (e.g. a chapter, article, presentation draft). If anyone wants to join: let me know! 🙂 We're reconvening in January 🗃️ #SkyStorians
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Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I recently joined the Scientific Instrument Society and they sent me one of their recent bulletins as a welcoming gift. I am so pleased to open it and to see @stephenaj.bsky.social's article on Astrolabes on the first page ❤️ #EarlyModern #MedievalSky #HistSci #HistTech #HisSTM 🗃️
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I recently joined the Scientific Instrument Society and they sent me one of their recent bulletins as a welcoming gift. I am so pleased to open it and to see @stephenaj.bsky.social's article on Astrolabes on the first page ❤️ #EarlyModern #MedievalSky #HistSci #HistTech #HisSTM 🗃️
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Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
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JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
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Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
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Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints
The Folger Shakespeare Library knows that an exceptional staff is the backbone of any great organization. We hire exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and valu...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
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It’s publication day for Law, Society and Political Culture in Late Medieval and Reformation Germany! At last, the key sources from the Holy Roman Empire - laws, treaties, and polemics - are available in English translation. #medievalsky #earlymodern
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It’s publication day for Law, Society and Political Culture in Late Medieval and Reformation Germany! At last, the key sources from the Holy Roman Empire - laws, treaties, and polemics - are available in English translation. #medievalsky #earlymodern
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/
If there any scholars (especially medievalists and early modernists) in Munich next year, who would like to connect and grab a coffee, let me know! :) #EarlyModern #MedievalSky #SkyStorians
The fellowship application I was writing while this went down just got accepted.
Next year, I will be working as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Deutsches Museum in Munich for several months, researching the "Arts of Early Modern Screwmaking."
On the merits of my project! 💪
Next year, I will be working as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Deutsches Museum in Munich for several months, researching the "Arts of Early Modern Screwmaking."
On the merits of my project! 💪
I just had my work publicly ridiculed by a tenured prof. To all senior scholars who need to hear this: Please don't do this to students (or anyone else for that matter). You have no idea how painful it is. Yes, my topic is unusual & you may not get it, but that doesn't mean it should be made fun of.
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If there any scholars (especially medievalists and early modernists) in Munich next year, who would like to connect and grab a coffee, let me know! :) #EarlyModern #MedievalSky #SkyStorians
The fellowship application I was writing while this went down just got accepted.
Next year, I will be working as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Deutsches Museum in Munich for several months, researching the "Arts of Early Modern Screwmaking."
On the merits of my project! 💪
Next year, I will be working as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Deutsches Museum in Munich for several months, researching the "Arts of Early Modern Screwmaking."
On the merits of my project! 💪
I just had my work publicly ridiculed by a tenured prof. To all senior scholars who need to hear this: Please don't do this to students (or anyone else for that matter). You have no idea how painful it is. Yes, my topic is unusual & you may not get it, but that doesn't mean it should be made fun of.
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The fellowship application I was writing while this went down just got accepted.
Next year, I will be working as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Deutsches Museum in Munich for several months, researching the "Arts of Early Modern Screwmaking."
On the merits of my project! 💪
Next year, I will be working as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Deutsches Museum in Munich for several months, researching the "Arts of Early Modern Screwmaking."
On the merits of my project! 💪
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If anybody would like to, or knows anybody who might like to, do a small amount of paid research work for me at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, I would be very glad to hear from them.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If anybody would like to, or knows anybody who might like to, do a small amount of paid research work for me at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, I would be very glad to hear from them.
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Look what arrived in the post! Now out in paperback so much more affordable, and still looking pretty good, though I say it myself
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Look what arrived in the post! Now out in paperback so much more affordable, and still looking pretty good, though I say it myself
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Jim & Anne Secord. I was an MA student working at the MPI, 10+ years ago. He'd given a talk & I was behind them in line for tea & coffee. They could've spoken to anyone but instead asked about my work & spoke to me like an equal. I'm sure they've forgotten me but I'll always remember their kindness.
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Jim & Anne Secord. I was an MA student working at the MPI, 10+ years ago. He'd given a talk & I was behind them in line for tea & coffee. They could've spoken to anyone but instead asked about my work & spoke to me like an equal. I'm sure they've forgotten me but I'll always remember their kindness.
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JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note
www.cam.ac.uk
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
JOB
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400,
University of Cambridge
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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Spilled my coffee travel mug in my backpack this morning - can you imagine the horror - so let’s just say some time with these wonderful #earlymodern miniature books was very much needed!
1) Gregorian Calendar (1585)
#rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜
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1) Gregorian Calendar (1585)
#rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜
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October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Spilled my coffee travel mug in my backpack this morning - can you imagine the horror - so let’s just say some time with these wonderful #earlymodern miniature books was very much needed!
1) Gregorian Calendar (1585)
#rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜
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1) Gregorian Calendar (1585)
#rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜
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#HyveMind, who can help with this: I need to insert 30+ images into a Google Document, each with a minimum resolution of 300 DPI. I have found a program with which I can change the DPI to 300, but as soon as I insert that image in GDocs, its dimensions (i.e. width and height) are too big ... 1/
November 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#HyveMind, who can help with this: I need to insert 30+ images into a Google Document, each with a minimum resolution of 300 DPI. I have found a program with which I can change the DPI to 300, but as soon as I insert that image in GDocs, its dimensions (i.e. width and height) are too big ... 1/
To all male scholars who try to use their seniority to discourage me from continuing my research or presenting on my topic & to problematize my access to sources, because they want to work on the topic themselves after learning about my work: You picked the wrong person. I will not step aside.
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
To all male scholars who try to use their seniority to discourage me from continuing my research or presenting on my topic & to problematize my access to sources, because they want to work on the topic themselves after learning about my work: You picked the wrong person. I will not step aside.
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JOB : Associate Conservator, Wooden Objects, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY ➡️ metmuseum.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/metmus...
October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
JOB : Associate Conservator, Wooden Objects, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY ➡️ metmuseum.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/metmus...
I've been looking forward to this conference on the "Unbekanntes Kirchensilber" for weeks. So excited and grateful I can join via Zoom 🤍 Thanks a million for organizing @zikg.eu
#EarlyModern #ArtHistory 🏛️
#EarlyModern #ArtHistory 🏛️
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I've been looking forward to this conference on the "Unbekanntes Kirchensilber" for weeks. So excited and grateful I can join via Zoom 🤍 Thanks a million for organizing @zikg.eu
#EarlyModern #ArtHistory 🏛️
#EarlyModern #ArtHistory 🏛️
An archivist just told me about this great website for German watermarks. Thanks to this website, I was able to identify a watermark on an #EarlyModern archival record and say more about the document's approximate date (which was unknown) 📜 #BookHistory 📚 🗃️ #MedievalSky
shorturl.at/neVQ6
shorturl.at/neVQ6
shorturl.at
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
An archivist just told me about this great website for German watermarks. Thanks to this website, I was able to identify a watermark on an #EarlyModern archival record and say more about the document's approximate date (which was unknown) 📜 #BookHistory 📚 🗃️ #MedievalSky
shorturl.at/neVQ6
shorturl.at/neVQ6
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The absolutely stunning 15th century frontage to the former White Hart Inn, on the market square in Newark, Nottinghamshire 🤩
More photos and link to the history/architectural development of the building in a short thread below…
More photos and link to the history/architectural development of the building in a short thread below…
October 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The absolutely stunning 15th century frontage to the former White Hart Inn, on the market square in Newark, Nottinghamshire 🤩
More photos and link to the history/architectural development of the building in a short thread below…
More photos and link to the history/architectural development of the building in a short thread below…
*correction: portrait. Not self-portrait. Nevertheless, I think it's marvelous.
I will use any excuse to bring up Dürer's self-portrait again when talking about his drawings.
October 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
*correction: portrait. Not self-portrait. Nevertheless, I think it's marvelous.
And for those who like this as much as I do: in Nuremberg, they sell it as a postcard and bookmark.
October 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
And for those who like this as much as I do: in Nuremberg, they sell it as a postcard and bookmark.
My favorite prof, mentor, & committee member Martha Howell wrote a new book & I'm psyched it's out:
"Making Merchants. The Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany."
Undoubtedly of interest to many #SkyStorians on the #Medievalsky & #EarlyModern 🗃️ feeds.
l1nq.com/6gxOL
"Making Merchants. The Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany."
Undoubtedly of interest to many #SkyStorians on the #Medievalsky & #EarlyModern 🗃️ feeds.
l1nq.com/6gxOL
Making Merchants
Cambridge Core - Social and Population History - Making Merchants
www.cambridge.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My favorite prof, mentor, & committee member Martha Howell wrote a new book & I'm psyched it's out:
"Making Merchants. The Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany."
Undoubtedly of interest to many #SkyStorians on the #Medievalsky & #EarlyModern 🗃️ feeds.
l1nq.com/6gxOL
"Making Merchants. The Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany."
Undoubtedly of interest to many #SkyStorians on the #Medievalsky & #EarlyModern 🗃️ feeds.
l1nq.com/6gxOL