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Barbara Bienias

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Assistant Professor, Institute for the History of Science (Polish Academy of Sciences) History of astronomy and astrology in early modern England: the reception of Copernican theory; almanacs; cosmology; early modern epistemology; history of the book

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Julianna Bratt @bjulianna.bsky.social · Aug 4

Happy to announce that the #Transkribus model I've had the pleasure of working on for the last few years is live! It is built on a variety of hands used in English courts around 1530-1650 (just hit over 1 mil words in the training set!) Take a look: #earlymodern app.transkribus.org/models/publi...

Egerton: English Secretary Hand

This model transcribes English secretary hand, which was in use during the 16th and 17th centuries. The model was primarily, but not exclusively, trained on equity court material from the National Arc...

app.transkribus.org

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

Z is for ZZZ – bumblebees everywhere; we need them 🐝

Bublebee in lavender flowers

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

Y is for Yellow – the colour I’ve proudly embraced this Spring/Summer season

An academic at the Wellcome Library in London; dressed in a yellow sweater

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

X is for eXperience – many important lessons learnt.

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

W is for Wren Library and their window view #WrenLibrary @trincolllibcam.bsky.social

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

V is for Visits.

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

U is for the University Library in Cambridge - hours spent in its quiet brilliance #CambridgeUL @theul.bsky.social

Cambridge University Library

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

T is for Tea – lots of tea. Earl Grey.

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

S is for the SRS @srsrensoc.bsky.social conference in Bristol – had such a good time there and was so happy to meet the early modern crowd. #RenSoc25 #earlymodern

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

R is for Research time – I’m so grateful I could visit so many inspiring places and meet incredible people.

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

Q is for Questions – I’ve answered some, raised many, and been asked a few that I’ll be pondering for a while.

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

P is for Punting – cliché, yes. But has its charm.

Punting on the river Cam

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

O is for “Oh, so many flowers!”

Columbia Market, London

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

N is for Newton – Here is his lock from the Wren Library exhibition. Be sure to check the digitised Newton Papers. @trincolllibcam.bsky.social

A lock of Isaac Newton's hair

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

M is for Museums – I already mentioned Whipple, but the Fitzwilliam and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge are also sublime. #CambridgeMuseums

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

L is for Librarians – best people ever. Before, during, and after my stay. Truly the heartbeat of any great institution. #libraries #bookhistory @britishlibrary.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

K is for Knowledgeable colleagues – I learned so much from so many.

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

J is for Jigsaw Puzzles – these came in the post, as I had no place in my luggage. #Tudors #earlymodern

Jigsaw puzzles; The world of Tudors

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

I is for “I, Barbara” – putting myself first for the first time in a very long time.
#FellowshipAlphabet

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

H is for the History of Science – no better place than Cambridge if you have a passion for HoS. Whipple Museum, Hawking, Newton (we’ll get to that)…
#HistoryOfScience #WhippleMuseum @whipplemuseum.bsky.social

Whipple Musuem, Cambridge

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

G is for Gelato – Jack’s Gelato in Cambridge, to be precise.

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

F is for Farrow & Ball – I went to the one on Regent Street in Cambridge and chose a new colour scheme for my bathroom remodel. Not many people know I’m a colour master 🎨 @farrowandball.bsky.social

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

E is for Ely – the Cathedral is stunning.
#ElyCathedral #FellowshipAlphabet

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

D is for Digital Humanities at the CUL @camdighum.bsky.social – what a great team. Thank you for the warm welcome and inspiring conversations.
#DigitalHumanities #CambridgeUL

Barbara Bienias @bbienias.bsky.social · Jul 10

C is for Colleges, especially Emmanuel College, where I did some research.

Emmanuel College, Camrbidge