One of my favorite medieval illustrations. #hawk ‘The Cloisters Apocalypse’, Normandy ca. 1330

Did you write your doctoral thesis on #manuscripts or other written artefacts? Then take part in the competition for the J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award 2024! The winner will receive 5,000€ and a research fellowship at the CSMC. csmc.uni-hamburg.de/news/2024-09-1…

We are seeking papers dealing with digital manuscript studies for a series of sessions entitled ‘Digital Approaches to Materiality of Manuscripts’ at IMC_Leeds 2025 (UK).  Deadline for proposals: 25 September 2024, 23:59 CST.

#InternationalDayofSignLanguages Did you know that sign language was used in monastic houses where vows of silence were observed? We thought we'd re-create some of the signs... With thanks to Dr James Freeman, Sarah Sykes and Emily Dourish.

We are delighted to see one of our 9thC manuscripts displayed in the remarkable 'Silk Roads' exhibition at British Museum The display features an added incense recipe from 10thC England. A collective College effort recreated it in our Chapel! corpus.cam.ac.uk/parker-library…

Can now officially call myself Dr. Falardeau! It’s only been 2 hours and I’ve already been mistaken for a medical doctor

'...ne schule ye habben nan beast bute cat ane' (Ancrene Wisse, Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, f. 193r) No pets allowed, except for a cat (of course)! 🐈‍⬛Learn more about rules for medieval anchoresses in today's blogpost. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

Medieval Women exhibit at the British Library was fantastic! So glad I could make it before leaving the UK

We're delighted to say that four more of our digitised manuscripts have now returned! Lindisfarne Gospels (Cotton MS Nero D IV) Codex Sinaiticus (Add MS 43725) Moutier Grandval Bible (Add MS 10546) Chronicle of the Isle of Man (Cotton MS Julius A VII) bl.uk/research/digit…

Upcoming conference looks jam-packed, registration available for in-person and online!

The various stages in making a manuscript book Bamberg State Library Msc.Patr.5; Opera varia; c.1130 CE; Bamberg, Benedictine monastery of St. Michael; f.1v

Preparing a manuscript for publication is daunting, but the process is made brighter by De Gruyter Medieval ➡️ @dgb-mem.bsky.social's stellar team & by the very tangible progress we're making with authors, editors, & production team... Get a sneak peek here! degruyter.com/document/isbn/… And back to indexing 👋

Ok, it’s time to ‘fess up. Who ate a Fry’s Crunchie bar in the UL and hid the wrapper behind some books? Mark in our facilities team got a surprise when he unearthed this chocolate relic recently. Who can help us date it? #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #Cambridge

We're delighted to have loaned items to LambethPalaceLibrary's new exhibition Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar, looking at a remarkable collection of concertina-fold almanacs. Check out today's blogpost to learn more about these incredible items! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

A bound almanac (Harley MS 2332), featuring a table of prognostics concerning the dominical letters. This method of predicting the future was based on the day of the week on which the new year fell, with colourful symbols representing different outcomes. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…