Dr Anna Clark
@drannaclark.bsky.social
Humanities, history of art, architecture & landscape; museums, libraries & collections
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Good morning from Brugge 🇧🇪
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Good morning from Brugge 🇧🇪
“Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.”
William Cowper, English poet, author of The Task, born #OTD 1731; admired by Wordsworth, Jane Austen, William Blake.
National Portrait Gallery London | Cowper & Newton Museum Olney
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.”
William Cowper, English poet, author of The Task, born #OTD 1731; admired by Wordsworth, Jane Austen, William Blake.
National Portrait Gallery London | Cowper & Newton Museum Olney
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.”
William Cowper, English poet, author of The Task, born #OTD 1731; admired by Wordsworth, Jane Austen, William Blake.
National Portrait Gallery London | Cowper & Newton Museum Olney
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.”
William Cowper, English poet, author of The Task, born #OTD 1731; admired by Wordsworth, Jane Austen, William Blake.
National Portrait Gallery London | Cowper & Newton Museum Olney
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Classic Vienna. -- The 16th century armoury at Im Hof. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Classic Vienna. -- The 16th century armoury at Im Hof. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria
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Fascinating work that should highlight the work of the institute for Geoanthropolgie of the @maxplanck.de
www.gea.mpg.de/184479/medie...
www.gea.mpg.de/184479/medie...
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fascinating work that should highlight the work of the institute for Geoanthropolgie of the @maxplanck.de
www.gea.mpg.de/184479/medie...
www.gea.mpg.de/184479/medie...
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At around half past three this afternoon, I captured this almost sombre idyll in the village centre. There is an air of the timelessness of fjords here, even though this scene is very much a modern view.
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
At around half past three this afternoon, I captured this almost sombre idyll in the village centre. There is an air of the timelessness of fjords here, even though this scene is very much a modern view.
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📚 What if the most dangerous book of the 16th century… was a list?
In 1568, Liège printed the Index of Forbidden Books: Luther, Calvin, Rabelais, even Erasmus partly banned.
This rare copy is now open access via #DONum ⤵️
👉 hdl.handle.net/2268.1/4550
In 1568, Liège printed the Index of Forbidden Books: Luther, Calvin, Rabelais, even Erasmus partly banned.
This rare copy is now open access via #DONum ⤵️
👉 hdl.handle.net/2268.1/4550
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
📚 What if the most dangerous book of the 16th century… was a list?
In 1568, Liège printed the Index of Forbidden Books: Luther, Calvin, Rabelais, even Erasmus partly banned.
This rare copy is now open access via #DONum ⤵️
👉 hdl.handle.net/2268.1/4550
In 1568, Liège printed the Index of Forbidden Books: Luther, Calvin, Rabelais, even Erasmus partly banned.
This rare copy is now open access via #DONum ⤵️
👉 hdl.handle.net/2268.1/4550
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‘The art school dance goes on forever’ . Making it to the 200th anniversary of state funding of UK art schools in 2037 will be a miracle.
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
‘The art school dance goes on forever’ . Making it to the 200th anniversary of state funding of UK art schools in 2037 will be a miracle.
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1/ A telescope fist bump in the sky 🤜 🤛
Our Unit Telescopes combine their light with interferometry to obtain the level of detail of a huge 130 m virtual telescope. But this requires correcting the effects of Earth’s atmosphere. This is where the lasers come in.
🔭 🧪
Our Unit Telescopes combine their light with interferometry to obtain the level of detail of a huge 130 m virtual telescope. But this requires correcting the effects of Earth’s atmosphere. This is where the lasers come in.
🔭 🧪
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
1/ A telescope fist bump in the sky 🤜 🤛
Our Unit Telescopes combine their light with interferometry to obtain the level of detail of a huge 130 m virtual telescope. But this requires correcting the effects of Earth’s atmosphere. This is where the lasers come in.
🔭 🧪
Our Unit Telescopes combine their light with interferometry to obtain the level of detail of a huge 130 m virtual telescope. But this requires correcting the effects of Earth’s atmosphere. This is where the lasers come in.
🔭 🧪
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Yet another contributor to TLS books of year list mentioning Seamus Heaney 'Poems'. The collection of published and till now unpublished poems.
I think that is the most times I have seen one book mentioned repeatedly.
I think that is the most times I have seen one book mentioned repeatedly.
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Yet another contributor to TLS books of year list mentioning Seamus Heaney 'Poems'. The collection of published and till now unpublished poems.
I think that is the most times I have seen one book mentioned repeatedly.
I think that is the most times I have seen one book mentioned repeatedly.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
”To a valiant heart, nothing is impossible.”
Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, 1443-1451, hôtel particulier in the Flamboyant Gothic style, built for one of France’s wealthiest merchants, Jacques Coeur. Master of Mint to Charles VII, he fell suddenly from royal favour & died in Chios #OTD 1456.
Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, 1443-1451, hôtel particulier in the Flamboyant Gothic style, built for one of France’s wealthiest merchants, Jacques Coeur. Master of Mint to Charles VII, he fell suddenly from royal favour & died in Chios #OTD 1456.
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
”To a valiant heart, nothing is impossible.”
Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, 1443-1451, hôtel particulier in the Flamboyant Gothic style, built for one of France’s wealthiest merchants, Jacques Coeur. Master of Mint to Charles VII, he fell suddenly from royal favour & died in Chios #OTD 1456.
Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, 1443-1451, hôtel particulier in the Flamboyant Gothic style, built for one of France’s wealthiest merchants, Jacques Coeur. Master of Mint to Charles VII, he fell suddenly from royal favour & died in Chios #OTD 1456.
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Coming out of a very special The King’s Foundation event at the White Tower in the Tower of London, the lights on Tower Bridge and the South Bank just glowed! Absolutely magical!
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Coming out of a very special The King’s Foundation event at the White Tower in the Tower of London, the lights on Tower Bridge and the South Bank just glowed! Absolutely magical!
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Nassau Street, From Outside The Kildare Street Club, Dublin, painting by Rose Mary Barton (1856-1929).
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Nassau Street, From Outside The Kildare Street Club, Dublin, painting by Rose Mary Barton (1856-1929).
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Well, this makes cheerful reading: assessing the economic cost of Brexit. In their almost understated conclusion: "In the case of Brexit, there was a substantial economic impact
on the United Kingdom"
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
on the United Kingdom"
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Well, this makes cheerful reading: assessing the economic cost of Brexit. In their almost understated conclusion: "In the case of Brexit, there was a substantial economic impact
on the United Kingdom"
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
on the United Kingdom"
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published.
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published.
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
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Fantastic appointment (with my favourite job title ever) - many congratulations @sarahderijcke.nl !
🎓 We are delighted to announce that our colleague @sarahderijcke.nl, Professor of Science, Technology & Innovation Studies at CWTS, has been appointed as Rector Magnificus of Leiden University.
We wish Sarah all the best in her new role at our university!
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
We wish Sarah all the best in her new role at our university!
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Sarah de Rijcke appointed Rector Magnificus of Leiden University
Professor Sarah de Rijcke will become the new Rector Magnificus on the Executive Board of Leiden University on 15 January 2026. She will succeed Professor Hester Bijl, who will become Rector Magnificu...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Fantastic appointment (with my favourite job title ever) - many congratulations @sarahderijcke.nl !
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Burano on a grey day
The blue house needs a fresh coat of paint.
#alphabetchallenge #WeekUforUnloved
#photography
#Venice
The blue house needs a fresh coat of paint.
#alphabetchallenge #WeekUforUnloved
#photography
#Venice
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Burano on a grey day
The blue house needs a fresh coat of paint.
#alphabetchallenge #WeekUforUnloved
#photography
#Venice
The blue house needs a fresh coat of paint.
#alphabetchallenge #WeekUforUnloved
#photography
#Venice
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Sunday in the library: lecture by prof. Thijs Porck on fragments of an 11th century Bible glossed in Old English.
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Sunday in the library: lecture by prof. Thijs Porck on fragments of an 11th century Bible glossed in Old English.
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Down the autumn backlanes from home yesterday 🍂 - good for the soul👌
📷 Near Talybont, Ceredigion, Cymru/Wales
📷 Near Talybont, Ceredigion, Cymru/Wales
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Down the autumn backlanes from home yesterday 🍂 - good for the soul👌
📷 Near Talybont, Ceredigion, Cymru/Wales
📷 Near Talybont, Ceredigion, Cymru/Wales
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Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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'In this magnificent book, the first scholarly biography of Holbein in more than 100 years, art historian Elizabeth Goldring characterises the Cleves affair as a “debacle” but...points out that it was a rare misstep for Holbein, whose portraits...struck contemporaries as uncannily lifelike.'
Holbein: Renaissance Master by Elizabeth Goldring review – a magnificent portrait of the artist
The first scholarly biography in more than 100 years of the man who immortalised the Tudor court does not disappoint
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
'In this magnificent book, the first scholarly biography of Holbein in more than 100 years, art historian Elizabeth Goldring characterises the Cleves affair as a “debacle” but...points out that it was a rare misstep for Holbein, whose portraits...struck contemporaries as uncannily lifelike.'
Le Moulin Rouge: cabaret poster featuring cancan dancer La Goulue, colour lithograph of 1891 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, born #OTD 1864, French post-impressionist painter & printmaker, inspired by Japanese woodblock prints. A pupil of Léon Bonnat; lived & worked in Montmartre.
Metropolitan Museum
Metropolitan Museum
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Le Moulin Rouge: cabaret poster featuring cancan dancer La Goulue, colour lithograph of 1891 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, born #OTD 1864, French post-impressionist painter & printmaker, inspired by Japanese woodblock prints. A pupil of Léon Bonnat; lived & worked in Montmartre.
Metropolitan Museum
Metropolitan Museum
On the Origin of Species: landmark work published #OTD 1859 by Charles Darwin, influential English naturalist, geologist and pioneer of evolutionary theory.
Portrait 1830’s by George Richmond
Bodleian Library @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@tomgauld.bsky.social | @newscientist.com
Portrait 1830’s by George Richmond
Bodleian Library @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@tomgauld.bsky.social | @newscientist.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
On the Origin of Species: landmark work published #OTD 1859 by Charles Darwin, influential English naturalist, geologist and pioneer of evolutionary theory.
Portrait 1830’s by George Richmond
Bodleian Library @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@tomgauld.bsky.social | @newscientist.com
Portrait 1830’s by George Richmond
Bodleian Library @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@tomgauld.bsky.social | @newscientist.com