
Harry Spillane
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Munby Fellow in Book History @theUL and Research Fellow @DarwinCollege. Interested in all things bookish. Forthcoming book on 'Bible Printing' @BodPublishing
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📘New issue out now!⭐️ Featuring articles from #twitterstorians including Harry Spillane, Eamonn O'Keeffe, Rowan Thompson, Brian Casey, Dr. Tiia Sahrakorpi & more! Read online here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…


It’s finally here! “Edinburgh’s Unruly Women: Gender, Discipline & Power, 1560-1660” 📚 So happy to see it in print! On sale now Routledge Books: routledge.com/Edinburghs-Unr…

Do join if you can on May 28th to hear about my work on Francis Fry and his Bibles at Cambridge UL Special Collections Cambridge University Library Francis Fry: "A Maker of Chocolate and Bibles" 📔🍫📔🍫📔🍫📔🍫

📘From our latest issue! Harry Spillane (Harry Spillane) (Cambridge History) on 'Debating Biblical Translation in Late Elizabethan England' #Translation #Religion #Christianity #Language 16thc 17thc 📖 👉Read open access here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…


Do come along on May 28th to hear all about Francis Fry, his bibles, and a little bit about his chocolate...which you might even get to try🍫 The fruits of my Munby Fellowship research Cambridge University Library Cambridge UL Special Collections Darwin College Cambridge University

Archbishop Matthew Parker died on this day 450 years ago today. He was Elizabeth I's first archbishop of Canterbury, a dedicated collector of manuscripts, and wearer of a very fine moustache The Parker Library Corpus Christi I discuss his portraiture here corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/matth…


In advance of my Munby talk next week, my digitization of Francis Fry's magnum opus, his 'Description of the Great Bible', is available now It has bonkers fold-outs and stunning illustrations! Cambridge UL Special Collections Cambridge University Library cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-SSS-00…

Happening today! Looking forward to sharing all things Francis Fry Cambridge University Library 📖🍫📖🍫📖🍫📖🍫📖🍫

On Ascension Day, here is one of my favourite illustrations from the series of English New Testaments printed by Richard Jugge in the 1550s, depicting some lovely dangling feet and Christ's sandals left behind on the ground...🦶🦶 Cambridge University Library Cambridge UL Special Collections , BSS.201.B52.3, sig. L3v


With Whitsunday approaching, here is a lovely depiction of Pentecost from Coverdale's 1538 English New Testament, with some lovely flames/Mohican haircuts on the heads of figures.... Cambridge UL Special Collections Cambridge University Library CUL, BSS.201.B38.7 (STC 2836), sig. R2r


Analysis: Preparation for holy communion should be taken more seriously, writes Andrew Davison churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/…

An intriguing piece by Andrew Davison for Church Times When writing about how early modern Protestants edited and reprinted Catholic guides for Eucharistic preparation, I was struck by the decline in such literature in recent years tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…