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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 1h

Rare Book School is searching for a detail-oriented, self-motivated, and forward-thinking full-time Program Manager to assist in facilitating excellent educational programming.

Review of applications begins 30 October.

Details at rarebookschool.org/about-rbs/employment/

#Booksky

A vertically oriented rectangular graphic with a blue background has white text reading, “Join our team! Rare Book School at the University of Virginia is searching for a detail-oriented, self-motivated, and forward-thinking full-time Program Manager to assist the Director of Programs & Education in facilitating excellent educational programming. Review of applications will begin 30 October 2025 and continue until the position is filled.” The lower right quadrant has a circular frame with a photo of a group of adults standing around a long table on which a number of books are laid out on foam supports, listening to a man on the right as he gestures over the books. At the bottom of the graphic, white text on a green background reads, “Visit our website to learn more: rarebookschool.org/about-rbs/employment”.

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 1d

Yaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 1d

Love the fact that Dunstan’s Classbook is the header

Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 1d

I had no idea!! That’s brilliant.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · Aug 13

"Oh, so you are still using your bizarre scroll? I just bought the newest technology, a printed book with a binding, wanna have closer a look"?

Academic small talk back then, #academicchatter.

Detail from a title page of an early modern medicine book ("Spiegel der artz||ney/", VD16 F 2877) featuring two men looking at each other. The one man is holding a bound book, and the other is holding a manuscript scroll.

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Cahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · 8d

University Irish classes this year @department-asnc.bsky.social
Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced, Conversation classes.
Introductory Meeting 4pm, Thu 9 Oct, Room G-R04, English Faculty, Sidgwick Site, or contact @camwachowich.bsky.social
Details of last year's classes below.
Rath ar an fhoghlaim!

University of Cambridge, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic

www.asnc.cam.ac.uk

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 4d

Me, in car in Ireland: Oh, Birr. That’s where the MacRegol Gospels were made.
The other passengers: … wha…

Bodleian Library MS. Auct. D. 2. 19

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 5d

I can’t wait to see the chapter on g! Congratulations!

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 6d

Ray, do you have more images of this mss? I have a theory about it.

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 6d

Definitely some Insular influence, particularly with the g letterform. The d is also slightly similar to some of the Breton corpus, too

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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 9d

📣 The Earlier Middle Ages seminar @ihr.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Here's our autumn term schedule. First up is @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 8 October, giving the annual David Wilson Lecture (with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social). All welcome! Please sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Autumn 2025 schedule for the Institute of Historical Research's Earlier Middle Ages seminar. Full information available at https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/earlier-middle-ages

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 7d

Wonderful news!!!

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 7d

Great to see BBC Countryfile featuring @davidwoodman45.bsky.social’s The First King of England and asking why Æthelstan is not a better known king like William the Conqueror

Forget William the Conqueror, this forgotten hero was the first REAL King of England, says expert | Countryfile.com

Discover Æthelstan, the king who united England centuries before William the Conqueror, and why his achievements deserve recognition

www.countryfile.com

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École des chartes | PSL @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social · 7d

Félicitations à Charlotte Denoël 👏 lauréate du prix de la Dame à la licorne, décerné par la Société des Amis du musée de Cluny, pour l'ouvrage "Le Beatus de Saint-Sever".
▶️ bit.ly/48EN5NW

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Anthony Bale FBA @realmandeville.bsky.social · 7d

Medieval Literature faculty vacancy: Assistant Professor (Medieval British Literature), English Department, School of Arts & Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Jobs | City University of New York

cuny.jobs

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you, Simon. I guffawed at the last bit 😂

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 8d

Today is the final day for BretPal 1.0. Stay tuned for publication announcements and (hopefully) BretPal 2.0!

Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 23d

When I started BretPal (almost two years ago 😪), I had one very clear research goal: to establish parameters for Breton Caroline minuscule
(Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 85)

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Matthew Holford @matthewholford.bsky.social · 8d

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.

visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 8d

October is the time for sowing the seeds.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.10r

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 9d

Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing? If yes, then you may be interested in this f...

jobs.kent.ac.uk

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 9d

Dáibhí *and* an artefacts session?! Sign me up!

National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 10d

Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

An Incipit (opening letter) with two birds from the St. Gallen manuscript Priscian Institutiones Grammaticae, Cod. Sang 904, p. 25. © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 9d

The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 2, Leabhar Mór Leacain/the Great Book of Lecan. Compiled in A.D. 1397-1418, it contains a large amount of genealogical material, as well as historical, biblical and hagiographical material.

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