I’ve seen in two culture /higher ed magazines recently the claim that the printing press engendered a crisis of authority at universities bc anyone could publish what they wanted and people could learn things without universities. This is not true.
Colleen Curran
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Sermone nitidus. Early Insular, Irish, British, Breton, Cornish, Welsh and wider Palaeography & Manuscripts. I love the letter g.
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A copy of the 1956 facsimile of the Lindisfarne Gospels is going for a mere €1,500. www.rarebooks.ie/books/litera...
Such splendid script and what a 'g'! Thanks for bringing this ms to our attention. BnF MS Latin 10575; Pontificale; 10th century; England (South, Wessex?); f.3v @gallicabnf.bsky.social archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c...
Planning a bit of diplomatics in the next week? Attend our "The Methodologies of Diplomatics" conference remotely via: https://didip.hypotheses.org/conference-2026/conference-zoom-meeting #charterrific #conference #diplomaticrulez
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Have you ever wanted to know how much of the CLA corpus is comprised of Insular manuscripts? I bet you did. It is a hwopping 19%. 19. Percent. Now you too can tell your friends and family this fun fact! You're welcome!
I'M DYING OVER HERE 💀💀💀 THE CAT GOT AI SCAM EMAIL 🐈 Aeschylus, our orange tabby, got an obviously AI email about selling more copies of the Oresteia on A**zon
The Admonitio Generalis fragment went for a whopping £130,500 higher than the estimated high price. I.... wow.
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Always a fun day when you pick up on something Bischoff missed.
This g just can't handle the heatwave (St Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek Cod. Sang. 271)
Today we remember Humfrey Wanley, one of the greatest manuscript scholars, who died on this day in 1726. Read more about him in our latest blogpost: www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Humfrey Wanley at 300
We explore the connections of scholar and librarian Humfrey Wanley with the foundation collections of the British Museum Library.
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'Do you even remember my name? A whole year has passed without a letter to comfort my eyes or a greeting to sound in my ears.' -Alcuin, Letter 13 Alcuin, you would've LOVED Microsoft Teams.
Five classic English-language articles on medieval history translated into French: and a fine choice! (Southern, Reynolds, McKitterick, Geary, Dutton).
Agenda des médiévistes@rmblf.bsky.social · last mo.Publication – « Le Moyen Âge de l’autre solitude. Cinq classiques de la médiévistique anglophone », éd. Richard Matthew Pollard rmblf.be/2026/07/03/p...
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What a day to be a medievalist, or a Catholic, but most of all a Catholic medievalist!!!
Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · last mo.WELCOME TO SCHISM WATCH 2026 WITH CLAIRE
Nothing tells historians that someone is not a historian more than their belief that manuscripts should be handled with gloved hands.
Chris Slaby@cjslaby.bsky.social · last mo.I’ve been curious about the new Dante film since I first heard of it. This negative review has not dampened that interest, esp as the reviewer said “I was out the second I saw an ungloved Nick sifting through priceless Italian historical documents. The librarian watching him should have been fired.”
Alcuin refers to himself as a 'shrieking goose' in one of his letters, and I just think that's wonderful.
The g is particularly lovely
Capitularia @capitularia.bsky.social · last mo.In 2017, a previously unknown fragment of the ‘Admonitio generalis’ was auctioned at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (capitularia.uni-koeln.de/en/blog/hand...). The same fragment will be up for sale again at Christie’s in a few days’ time www.christies.com/lot/lot-6594.... #medievalSky #research
In 2017, a previously unknown fragment of the ‘Admonitio generalis’ was auctioned at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (capitularia.uni-koeln.de/en/blog/hand...). The same fragment will be up for sale again at Christie’s in a few days’ time www.christies.com/lot/lot-6594.... #medievalSky #research
Manuscript of the Month July 2017 | Capitularia
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Meanwhile for only a few K less, King’s is looking for a special collections assistant that requires no specific qualifications or library experience… www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/149805-...
Job alert! British Library seeks a Curator for their Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts DL 12 July tinyurl.com/25fs9kun #medievalMSS
Offre d’emploi – One-Year postdoctoral fellowship: Relations between Frisia, Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia (400-1100) rmblf.be/2026/06/23/o...
Offre d’emploi – One-Year postdoctoral fellowship: Relations between Frisia, Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia (400-1100)
The Fryske Akademy and the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (ASNC) at the University of Cambridge are offering a one-year postdoctoral fellowship. The postdoctoral fellow will be expecte…
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