For @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social : watch out, some wonky steps, but light at the end of the tunnel!
CrowdsourceHerBook
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CrowdsourceHerBook is a research project about women's history, old books, and participatory science based at the University of Southern Denmark. Project blog: https://csherbook.hypotheses.org/ Posts by Charlotte Epple MSCA-DN AntCom, funded by the EU
My colleague Alexander Björklund Hammar has launched his #participatoryscience project about 19th century frescoes at the University of Copenhagen. Look at the artworks and share your thoughts by answering a few questions. #arthistory #classics
Hidden cultural heritage – antiquity in the University of Copenhagen
This project invites the public to experience the frescoes in the entrance hall of the University of Copenhagen.
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Ein Übungsbuch zum Ausstechen und Ausnähenlernen für junge Frauen an der Hauswirtschaftsschule in Berlin (ca 1910er Jahre, bearbeitet sehr hübsch von Grossmutter K)
Darf in alten Büchern stöbern. Mit diesem lernte die Grossmutter meines Mannes Hauswirtschaftswesen - mit vielen handschriftlichen Notizen. Am liebsten ist mir der Abschnitt zur Nase: „Niemals stecke man die Nase zu tief in eine Blume“
Amazing treasures of medieval legal history for a medieval Bank Holiday Monday - the Catslechta ˙ (or Cat-sections) - an old Irish legal text on cats (the Senchas Már) which even sets out various categories of cats based on various characteristics or talents. #medievalsky
My colleagues Konstantina Tsakona and Panagiotis Leontaridis from the University of Verona will be presenting the results of their wonderful #participatoryscience project on 29 May! They worked with Italian high school students to transcribe a very damaged palimpsest manuscript. #medievalsky (1/2)
Where can I look at searchable digitised French-language incunabula/early prints? Currently using Gallica but finding the OCR a bit unreliable. #bookhistory #medievalsky any pointers appreciated.
From 1869, the most enjoyable novel read thus far in 2026. You can't go wrong with the crazy world of May Agnes Fleming! (w/ a little something for we @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social fans) #canlit #cdnhist #nbhist #booksky brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...
The Lady Vanishes (again and again)
Wedded for a Week; or, The Unseen Bridegroom May Agnes Fleming London: Milner, [n.d.] 248 pages We begin on a dark and stormy November night...
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The arms are described as Symons impaling Miles, which is what I suspected (though not in those exact words given my poor grasp of heraldic terminology!).
Catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks : Howe, E. R. J. Gambier (Edward Russell James Gambier) : Free Download, Borrow, and Str...
This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London
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William Hales Symons married Milly Miles on 23 Dec 1809 at Clifton St Andrew; witnesses were Philip Miles and Eliza Miles. I suspect she was "Sarah Milly Daughter of Philip & Elizabeth Miles (born 24 Decemr. 1784)" baptised 4 March 1785 at Clifton St Andrew.
I'm sorry to have only just discovered @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social, so this is a bit late to the party, but here's one of my books previously owned by a woman - in this case Milly Symons, about whom I can find almost nothing, except another of her books for sale on ebay in the US. #bookhistory
Books of Duchesses collects, organizes, and presents data related to late-medieval laywomen and their books. Through an interactive map of Europe, users are able to visualize networks of manuscripts, texts, and readers and explore the libraries and peregrinations of woman book owners. #siteoftheweek
Books of Duchesses
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CrowdsourceHerBook@crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 9mo agoAnd finally, this endearing children's book about a kitten that decided to leave home and become a robber. It belonged to Nellie Woodford. Nellie was raised by her aunt Sophia after her mother Sarah Comfort's death. #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2176
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CrowdsourceHerBook@crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 10mo agoThis prize was awarded to Katie Seymour of Ryde, Isle of Wight, "for attention to studies" in 1893. Thanks to @brianbusby.bsky.social for sharing the book and its story! #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
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CrowdsourceHerBook@crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 10mo agoMore #botany: another book by Frances Theodora Parsons! The former owner was not a botanist herself though. She was professor of zoology and physiology at Wellesley College. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
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CrowdsourceHerBook@crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 10mo agoThis exciting book, passed down the female line, is a remarkable witness of women in #botany around 1900. For her botany guides, author Frances Theodora Parsons worked with several women artists - illustrators, photographers, and a binding designer. #herbook #bookhistory
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CrowdsourceHerBook@crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 11mo agoSomething special to mark the 20th contribution on the blog: the oldest book crowdsourced so far! Thanks to an anonymous participant, here's a wonderful print from 1638, with an inscription from 1660. #herbook #bookhistory #crowdsourcing #womenshistory
