Hannah Goeselt
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Boston/Cambridge based. MLIS. Lurking in the depths of the Mass Historical Society. Here to post about manuscripts.
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No one could read before Gutenberg. Except five priests and the pope. The alphabet was a secret.
January 2, 2026 at 2:27 AM
No one could read before Gutenberg. Except five priests and the pope. The alphabet was a secret.
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January is a time for looking at the past and the future
#MedievalCalendar
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; The 'Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun'; 1360 CE–1400 CE; Pleshey and London, England; f.1r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
#MedievalCalendar
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; The 'Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun'; 1360 CE–1400 CE; Pleshey and London, England; f.1r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
December 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
January is a time for looking at the past and the future
#MedievalCalendar
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; The 'Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun'; 1360 CE–1400 CE; Pleshey and London, England; f.1r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
#MedievalCalendar
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; The 'Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun'; 1360 CE–1400 CE; Pleshey and London, England; f.1r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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3/3: Digital scan and close-up detail of a leaf from a Latin missal [France, late 13th century]. RBS 9542. Gift of Charles W. Moorman.
#Medievalsky
#Medievalsky
December 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
3/3: Digital scan and close-up detail of a leaf from a Latin missal [France, late 13th century]. RBS 9542. Gift of Charles W. Moorman.
#Medievalsky
#Medievalsky
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An interim version of the Explore Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue is now available through the BL website: searcharchives.bl.uk
It contains all the catalogue data from the eve of the 2023 cyberattack, and features embedded links to all currently available digitised content within the records.
It contains all the catalogue data from the eve of the 2023 cyberattack, and features embedded links to all currently available digitised content within the records.
December 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
An interim version of the Explore Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue is now available through the BL website: searcharchives.bl.uk
It contains all the catalogue data from the eve of the 2023 cyberattack, and features embedded links to all currently available digitised content within the records.
It contains all the catalogue data from the eve of the 2023 cyberattack, and features embedded links to all currently available digitised content within the records.
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A little blog post as a treat? One manuscript at the origin of English collecting for all you Ottley and Celotti fans out there with bonus Forster 😉
Teaching the English to Collect Italian Art
Francis Ottley, Luigi Celotti, and TM1339
www.textmanuscripts.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A little blog post as a treat? One manuscript at the origin of English collecting for all you Ottley and Celotti fans out there with bonus Forster 😉
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‘Elitism is detrimental to everyone. If art history is a subject only for the wealthy, most people won’t care if it dies’ – and it’s far too important for that to happen, writes Helen Barrett
Art history is too important to be the preserve of the privileged
The subject is endangered at A level just as it couldn’t be more essential or universal. Helen Barrett makes the case for its survival in British schools
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December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
‘Elitism is detrimental to everyone. If art history is a subject only for the wealthy, most people won’t care if it dies’ – and it’s far too important for that to happen, writes Helen Barrett
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Do you or your students work with English manuscripts? We have a summer school course for you👇 Book now for June 2026 in person in London. #MedievalSky #RenaissanceSky 📖✏️ #palaeography
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Introduction to Handwriting in England c. 700-1700
Introduction to Handwriting in England c. 700-1700
ies.sas.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Do you or your students work with English manuscripts? We have a summer school course for you👇 Book now for June 2026 in person in London. #MedievalSky #RenaissanceSky 📖✏️ #palaeography
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2026 Annual Appeal for Donations to Support our Mission and Activities [Posted on 7 November 2025] We invite you to join our 2026 Annual Appeal, as the Research Group rounds out the extraordinarily su...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We invite you to join our 2026 Annual Appeal. Donations of any amount can directly support the work and mission of our nonprofit educational organization powered principally by volunteers, supported by your donations.
We give thanks for your support.
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Finally got started on some of the later mss in my project (getting into the early 17th c. here) with this great record of the 1628 House of Commons debates and proceedings, Ms. N-1325
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Finally got started on some of the later mss in my project (getting into the early 17th c. here) with this great record of the 1628 House of Commons debates and proceedings, Ms. N-1325
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Up next: manuscriptevidence.org//wpme/2025-r... "Break-Up Books and Make-Up Books", 21-23 November (hybrid at Princeton and online). Experts, students, collectors, lovers of books look at fragments. Join us!
2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments -
2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments “Break-Up Books and Make-Up Books: Encountering and Reconstructing the Legacy of Otto F. Ege and Other Biblioclasts“ Friday to Sunday 21–23 November 2025 Hybri...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Up next: manuscriptevidence.org//wpme/2025-r... "Break-Up Books and Make-Up Books", 21-23 November (hybrid at Princeton and online). Experts, students, collectors, lovers of books look at fragments. Join us!
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Just found out about this amazing example of #manuscript #recycling . The whole manuscript is made up from the margins of an earlier liturgical manuscript, cut out and rearranged (hence the unusual format), the (mostly) blank margins then used to copy various magical texts in the mid 16th century.
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Just found out about this amazing example of #manuscript #recycling . The whole manuscript is made up from the margins of an earlier liturgical manuscript, cut out and rearranged (hence the unusual format), the (mostly) blank margins then used to copy various magical texts in the mid 16th century.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Happy #fragmentfriday to all who celebrate, especially this little fellow, who I only can imagine is a recycled parchment doc used as a seal bag.
October 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy #fragmentfriday to all who celebrate, especially this little fellow, who I only can imagine is a recycled parchment doc used as a seal bag.
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For my newsletter, I wrote about how wantonly illegal and unconstitutional ICE is, how it must come to a stop now, how it's up to all of us to stop it, and how we will need to develop a way so the federal government can never do this to us again.
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We Can't Live Like This
Trump's ICE agents are wantonly breaking the law across the country, while he sends the national guard to forcibly occupy blue states. It's up to the good citizens of this country to oppose this uncon...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
For my newsletter, I wrote about how wantonly illegal and unconstitutional ICE is, how it must come to a stop now, how it's up to all of us to stop it, and how we will need to develop a way so the federal government can never do this to us again.
burns-notice.ghost.io/we-cant-live...
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The online catalog at work has been getting slammed with bot traffic recently so if you find ABIGAIL timing out immediately after a search I am so sorry. We made an FAQ for it, even libanswers.masshist.org/faq/431698
September 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The online catalog at work has been getting slammed with bot traffic recently so if you find ABIGAIL timing out immediately after a search I am so sorry. We made an FAQ for it, even libanswers.masshist.org/faq/431698
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📅 Deadline: 3 November – Don’t miss your chance to apply! Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities
📅 Deadline: 3 November – Don’t miss your chance to apply! Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities
September 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🚨 Funding Alert! 🚨 Are you passionate about book history, bibliography, or book arts? Check out this funding opportunity to support events in your community! 📖✨
📅 Deadline: 3 November – Don’t miss your chance to apply! Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities
📅 Deadline: 3 November – Don’t miss your chance to apply! Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities
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Scottish medieval plainchant as it may have been sung by Augustinian monks on the Feast day of St Columba (9th June) in the Abbey church on Inchcolm in the 13th & 14th century. The music is preserved in a 14th c. manuscript known as the Inchcolm Antiphoner MS 211, IV, f.2r #earlymusic #medieval
September 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Scottish medieval plainchant as it may have been sung by Augustinian monks on the Feast day of St Columba (9th June) in the Abbey church on Inchcolm in the 13th & 14th century. The music is preserved in a 14th c. manuscript known as the Inchcolm Antiphoner MS 211, IV, f.2r #earlymusic #medieval
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Join us @ the #medievalseminar next Monday, as we welcome @lauramorreale.bsky.social for a talk on the fascinating "Image du Monde" and its digital afterlives! 9/29, 5:30p, Barker 133. @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social @medievalacademy.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Join us @ the #medievalseminar next Monday, as we welcome @lauramorreale.bsky.social for a talk on the fascinating "Image du Monde" and its digital afterlives! 9/29, 5:30p, Barker 133. @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social @medievalacademy.bsky.social
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This document marked the end of the Maison Dieu's 300-year religious life and its transfer to royal control during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
This record, held at The National Archives, UK, is one of thousands still undigitised.
We can help you access them.
This record, held at The National Archives, UK, is one of thousands still undigitised.
We can help you access them.
September 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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It's nearly the Autumnal Equinox. The year continues to turn. Here's Stonehenge as depicted in the 16th century. #AutumnEquinox
BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
September 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's nearly the Autumnal Equinox. The year continues to turn. Here's Stonehenge as depicted in the 16th century. #AutumnEquinox
BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r
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Graduate students & faculty: Join us on September 17 for our Graduate Student Reception! Enjoy free refreshments and learn about the resources we offer to support your scholarship, from research fellowships to our seminars. Virtual attendees also welcome.
Register: www.masshist.org/events/gradu...
Register: www.masshist.org/events/gradu...
September 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Graduate students & faculty: Join us on September 17 for our Graduate Student Reception! Enjoy free refreshments and learn about the resources we offer to support your scholarship, from research fellowships to our seminars. Virtual attendees also welcome.
Register: www.masshist.org/events/gradu...
Register: www.masshist.org/events/gradu...
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The first 86 volumes of the Libri Conciliorum of the Archives of the Order of Malta at the National Library of Malta are now digitized and available online in HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org).
Learn about the collections HMML has photographed at the National Library of Malta: hmml.org/collections/...
Learn about the collections HMML has photographed at the National Library of Malta: hmml.org/collections/...
September 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The first 86 volumes of the Libri Conciliorum of the Archives of the Order of Malta at the National Library of Malta are now digitized and available online in HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org).
Learn about the collections HMML has photographed at the National Library of Malta: hmml.org/collections/...
Learn about the collections HMML has photographed at the National Library of Malta: hmml.org/collections/...