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À l’occasion de la journée mondiale de la langue arabe en 2025, l’IRHT s’associe à l’Institut du du monde arabe pour une table ronde autour de la calligraphie arabe, le vendredi 19 décembre 2025 (14h30-17h30).
L’école calligraphique de Bagdad. Quand l’innovation révèle le geste d’un maître
À l’occasion de la journée mondiale de la langue arabe en 2025, l’IRHT s’associe à l’Institut du monde arabe pour une table ronde autour de la calligraphie arabe, le vendredi 19 décembre 2025 (14h30-1...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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sibyllacumae.bsky.social
At the December meeting of the Philobiblon Club every year, members share favorite items from their collections. This year I talked about my copy of the first American bookseller catalogue devoted exclusively to incunabula and E. Miriam Lone, the lady who wrote it.
OP standing in a green room holding a book before an audience of engaged looking bibliophiles
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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hagenilda.bsky.social
🤡 these managers. Yeet!
ceebarnacles.bsky.social Christian @ceebarnacles.bsky.social · 12h
“Outside [the British Library] a railway worker stopped by the picket line and offered the strikers a ten-pound note. ‘That’s terrible,’ he said when he was told what was going on. ‘Hope you win.’” 🥹

Meanwhile the interim CEO says we “don’t live in a real world”?! 🙄

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Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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lisafdavis.bsky.social
Look what my awesome @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social Library Science students did! This year, we studied a manuscript broken in the 1980s (likely by Ferrini, but we don't know for sure). It's generally known as the Hours of St. Alexis because many of the roundels illustrate scenes from his Vita...
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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laurajcleaver.bsky.social
It’s a busy time of year, but don’t forget to book your Winter School place… #MedievalSky
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Christmas cake made ✅
List sent to Santa ✅
Don’t forget to book your Winter School place… #MedievalSky
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
laurajcleaver.bsky.social
Christmas cake made ✅
List sent to Santa ✅
Don’t forget to book your Winter School place… #MedievalSky
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
laurajcleaver.bsky.social
It’s a busy time of year, but don’t forget to book your Winter School place… #MedievalSky
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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davidveevers.bsky.social
Is there a Humanities-specific interest group pushing back against AI at University level? I think it’s important that this organisation exists to call out the permissible culture around AI and how in a generation that might absolutely destroy the soul of learning.

Seriously. Or I’m gonna start it.
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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mediev-el.bsky.social
The research group 'Loyalty in the Medieval World' is looking for papers for our online workshop on the 24 January 2026! Proposals can be on any topic relating to loyalty during the Middle Ages, abstracts due by 17 December to be sent to myself and @katybennett.bsky.social via email!
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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ies-sas.bsky.social
We are super excited to announce the launch of our flagship London Rare Books Summer School!

There are a number of bookish courses for you to choose from, check our website for details.

Book now to avoid disappointment: buff.ly/7cpbeU1

#RareBooks #SummerSchool
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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ihr.bsky.social
Announcing IHR Discovery Courses: Historic Maps, Townscape & Architecture, and Archaeology for Historians. Suitable for historians working in all contexts, or anyone looking for new learning experiences, and inspiration. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
Now all I need is the final one in the series, Close To Your Garden But Not Technically In It (Due To The Restraining Order).
Vita Sackville-West’s books In Your Garden and In Your Garden Again.
December 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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laurajcleaver.bsky.social
Can’t get to London for summer school? In Jan we are running online courses. Forget the cold by exploring medieval manuscripts. Classes are small so book now! 👇
@ies-sas.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social #MedievalSky
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IES: LIPS & LRBS Winter School | 2026
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December 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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v-h-t.bsky.social
#medievalsky
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We’ll be running our introduction to manuscript studies again in June 2026. There’s an early bird discount if you book this month, but if students are interested please encourage them to book early as this course has limited places 👇 📚📖✏️💻
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Introduction to Palaeography and Manuscript Studies
This course introduces students to key skills for the study of medieval manuscripts, from the making of parchment to reading text and imagery
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December 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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laurajcleaver.bsky.social
Do you or your students work with English manuscripts? We have a summer school course for you👇 Book now for June 2026 in person in London. #MedievalSky #RenaissanceSky 📖✏️ #palaeography

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Introduction to Handwriting in England c. 700-1700
Introduction to Handwriting in England c. 700-1700
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December 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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laurajcleaver.bsky.social
We’ll be running our introduction to manuscript studies again in June 2026. There’s an early bird discount if you book this month, but if students are interested please encourage them to book early as this course has limited places 👇 📚📖✏️💻
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
Introduction to Palaeography and Manuscript Studies
This course introduces students to key skills for the study of medieval manuscripts, from the making of parchment to reading text and imagery
ies.sas.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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balhnews.bsky.social
Do you have a #LocalHistory you'd like to tell? Why not share it through the BALH's website! Whether it's a podcast, blog piece, 10-minute talk or other format, we have a range of ways of sharing your stories.

Find out more, here: www.balh.org.uk/blog-ways-to...

#WeAreLocalHistory
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December 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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sonjadrimmer.bsky.social
The Psalters exhibition at the Morgan Library surpassed my already high expectations. This case was among my favorite: two manuscripts of the psalms made 600 years apart, on the left with Old English (the little words in between the main text) from c.750 & on the right in Middle English from c.1400.
An insular manuscript on the left open and showing psalms in Latin with old English interlinear glosses and on the right a Wycliffite translation open to a page containing a large initial with the figure of king David inside.
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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laurajcleaver.bsky.social
New for 2026, we’re running an intensive short course on Arabic manuscripts! Ideal for those wanting to get to grips with Arabic sources. In person, in London. 📖👇 @ies-sas.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social @soaslibrary.bsky.social

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Unlocking the Islamic Literary Heritage: An Intensive Practical Introduction to Arabic Manuscripts
Unlocking the Islamic Literary Heritage: An Intensive Practical Introduction to Arabic Manuscripts
ies.sas.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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laurajcleaver.bsky.social
Our intensive course on editing Medieval Latin texts returns for summer 2026! Ideal for graduate students working with unpublished texts. In person, in London. Book now👇 ☀️📖📚✍️ @ies-sas.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social #MedievalSky

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Textual Editing: philosophical and theological texts throughout the Middle Ages
This course introduces students to textual editing, especially of Latin writings belonging to the earlier and later medieval philosophical and theological tradition
ies.sas.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
laurajcleaver.bsky.social
Can’t get to London for summer school? In Jan we are running online courses. Forget the cold by exploring medieval manuscripts. Classes are small so book now! 👇
@ies-sas.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social #MedievalSky
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IES: LIPS & LRBS Winter School | 2026
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December 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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drlauravarnam.bsky.social
Attention creative medievalists! Eleanor Barraclough & I are co-editing a special issue of Public Humanities entitled CREATING THE MEDIEVAL NOW! See the cfp for details: essays of 2,000-3,000 words due 1 May 2026. (Amazing artwork by @hellomizk.bsky.social). 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
laurajcleaver.bsky.social
New for 2026, we’re running an intensive short course on Arabic manuscripts! Ideal for those wanting to get to grips with Arabic sources. In person, in London. 📖👇 @ies-sas.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social @soaslibrary.bsky.social

ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
Unlocking the Islamic Literary Heritage: An Intensive Practical Introduction to Arabic Manuscripts
Unlocking the Islamic Literary Heritage: An Intensive Practical Introduction to Arabic Manuscripts
ies.sas.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
laurajcleaver.bsky.social
Our intensive course on editing Medieval Latin texts returns for summer 2026! Ideal for graduate students working with unpublished texts. In person, in London. Book now👇 ☀️📖📚✍️ @ies-sas.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social #MedievalSky

ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
Textual Editing: philosophical and theological texts throughout the Middle Ages
This course introduces students to textual editing, especially of Latin writings belonging to the earlier and later medieval philosophical and theological tradition
ies.sas.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM