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Rebecca Menmuir

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Darby Fellow (Simon and June Li) in English Literature at Lincoln College, Ox. Interested in the medieval Ovid, forgeries, exile, Chaucer, Gower, medievalism.

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · Aug 13

My book is out! Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile, with Cambridge UP @universitypress.cambridge.org.

I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...

Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile

Cambridge Core - Classical Literature - Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile

www.cambridge.org

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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 2h

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

www.arc-humanities.org

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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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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant, thank you!

Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 1d

Completely new Purcell?! Amazing archival work here
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

‘Almost unheard of’: experts find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk

www.theguardian.com

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely! As long as it relates to teaching in some way, that's exactly the topic that would be of interest.

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 1d

Of potential interest to @neolatinsociety.bsky.social @classicsforall.bsky.social @ics.bsky.social @acrsn.bsky.social @bodleian.ox.ac.uk @apgrd.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 1d

Call For Papers: Teaching With Ovid.

Any aspect of teaching Ovid in the classroom, for a 2-day symposium on 12-13 June 2026.
Classicist teaching Ovid? Medievalist teaching the Ovide moralise? Librarian/archivist with historic copies of Ovid to share? Take a look: shorturl.at/RiviU

Deadline 16 Jan.

The full Call For Papers can be accessed at the following link: https://shorturl.at/RiviU

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 3d

All I can do is try to make Oli Glasner proud of me tomorrow

Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 3d

... and synthesis (it's 5pm and I'm done for the day 😌)
- was he really?

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 3d

But is it in MY power?? Unclear

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 3d

Fairly difficult writing day. Feeling the pressure to both be concise and for every sentence to be majestically perfect and powerful.

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 3d

Two brilliant scholars on the history of book recycling are Hannah Ryley (with a fantastic book on manuscript recycling. www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...) and Tamara Atkin (e.g. her recent piece on the value of reuse and of binding waste, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)

Re-using Manuscripts in Late Medieval England

Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Re-using Manuscripts in Late Medieval England

www.cambridge.org

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Jenny Richards @jennyrichards.bsky.social · 5d

What a great opportunity 👇

Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social · 8d

Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

University English Funding

universityenglish.ac.uk

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 9d

And most of all, SOMEONE needs to give the world a good Troilus and Criseyde film. I need Criseyde arch looks (”what? May I not stand here?” eyebrows), Troilus wallowing (tossing and turning like Ixion in hell!), cool Trojan-London sets…

Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 9d

This was a really tremendous production. One gender swap I did not like at all. Hector looked like my favourite footballer (but wasn’t). Riotous laughter from the crowd at times which I didn’t expect at all. Very gripping! Horribly nauseating! Determinedly ambiguous!

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 12d

Troilus and Cressida at the Globe later today. Looking forward to feeling unremittingly bleak about everything (in a good way?).

Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 14d

Yes, this is exactly what I was after, thank you!

Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks so much! This looks like a fantastic collection, thanks for letting me know about it

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 15d

Oh, sorry, I replied before you posted this. Do you think it'd be possible to request examples of a particular alphabet letter?

Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 15d

I don't! What are they? (Although I've seen initial postcards in the Bodleian gift shop from a ?Plato? manuscript.)

Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 15d

Hello #medievalsky. Where's the best place to search for images of manuscript initials? (Bonus: that I could use in an academic publication?)

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 16d

Now with poster! The Middle English Reading Group this Michaelmas.

Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 17d

Yes, I'd love to go! Better with a friend, though... 😇

Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks!

Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · 19d

Right! 😬