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Dr Alison Ray
@liber-ray.bsky.social
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Archivist at Lincoln College, Oxford and Support Officer for Academic Engagement at Bodleian Libraries 📖 Medievalist 📜 I like big books and cannot lie! (she/her) 📕
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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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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 1d
It’s so much fun! 🤗
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 1d
Got some fun Oxford rooftop snaps on my Rollei 35S camera with Ilford XP2 400 film! 📸
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 2d
PSA to always follow the ‘tea and cake served in the church’ sign! 🍰☠️
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 2d
Enjoyed a fun autumnal day out to @nationaltrust.org.uk Chastleton House and Gardens! 🏰🍁
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 5d
Spooky season is finally here! This Office of the Dead features a scene of the raising of Lazarus with skull-tacular details ☠️

Book of Hours produced in Italy and dated 1507, now @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Douce 9, fols. 182v-183r
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 6d
That was such a lovely book to see, I wish we knew what happened!!
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 6d
This week we’re celebrating 50 years of the @lincoln.ox.ac.uk Library! Had lots of fun sharing our historic collections with the College community and we had All Saints Church Tower-themed cupcakes! 📖🎉
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 7d
Happy Birthday, raise that roof!! 🥳🏠
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 7d
It’s running until April, there are a couple of online talks scheduled as well! visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre
John le Carré: Tradecraft
Free exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 7d
Oh no, hope the pox clears up and they feel better soon!!
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 7d
The exhibition was opened by author Mick Herron, who kindly signed my copy of Slow Horses! 🤗
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 7d
An exciting evening at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for the opening of the new ’John le Carré: Tradecraft‘ exhibition, featuring materials we have loaned from @lincoln.ox.ac.uk! 🕵️📖🎉
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 11d
Also had fun popping in to see St Cross Hospital having a Michaelmas Fair, St Swithun upon Kingsgate, and the Great Hall’s Round Table!
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 11d
A fun church crawl to Winchester Cathedral today, my highlight was seeing the Winchester Bible under a medieval wall painting of a scribe at work! 😍📜
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 11d
No worries at all! 😂
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 11d
I’m running out of space! 😂
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 11d
And lo! An Apocalypse tattoo just dropped, inspired by the imagery of @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Douce 180 and @labnf.bsky.social MS. Fr. 13096! 😇😈
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 11d
Amazing day raising the roof of the @bodleianlibrary.bsky.social Radcliffe Camera and a fantastic Coffee Morning with John Johnson Curator Jo Maddocks creating a ‘Come Dine with Me’ game around historic menus in the collection! 🎉
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 13d
A fun evening at Christ Church College and Cathedral, where I gave a talk for the wonderful incumbents’ conference on Oxford medieval scribes! 📜🎉
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 14d
Go dome or go home! A fantastic @lincoln.ox.ac.uk away day to @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social led by Architectural History Fellow Mark Kirby and the collections team today 🎉
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 17d
Lomochrome Purple film is tricky to scan, but here are some fun pics taken at @nationaltrust.org.uk Avebury yesterday on my Yashica A medium format camera! The first one is a 3-in-1 layered image 📸🪨
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 18d
Sound on for fun Wicker Man vibes from the druids chanting behind me while I was stone-crawling! 😂👻
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 18d
A fun autumnal walk around @nationaltrust.org.uk Avebury and the stones today! 🪨🍂
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 22d
Ah thank you, it’s so fun to share my nerdy love of manuscripts with everyone!! 📜❤️
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