Bénédicte Miyamoto
@miyamotoben.bsky.social
Historian of 18c Britain (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris - CREW EA 4399)
Book history, Art World, Pigment, Auction, Migration, Circulation of knowledge & Artists. Currently resident scholar at CNRS (délégation)
She/her/Dr
Book history, Art World, Pigment, Auction, Migration, Circulation of knowledge & Artists. Currently resident scholar at CNRS (délégation)
She/her/Dr
A few places left for non-members! Come and meet us! 👇
Rejoignez la Société de l'Histoire des Collections! Retrouvez nous le 5 décembre 2025 Visite guidée du musée de Cluny "Le Moyen Âge du XIXe siècle. Créations et faux dans les arts précieux" avec le commissaire F. Tixier. Inscription thesocietyforthehistoryofcollecting.wildapricot.org/event-6430785
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A few places left for non-members! Come and meet us! 👇
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Feeling like things are tipping you over the edge? Look at this gorgeous detail from Quentin Pierre Chedel's book of prints, with fisherman falling out of the page...
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Feeling like things are tipping you over the edge? Look at this gorgeous detail from Quentin Pierre Chedel's book of prints, with fisherman falling out of the page...
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Every time someone asks me if nails existed in the 18th cent, I lose an hour off my life.
Every time someone INSISTS that nails didnt exist in the 18c, I lose 2 years.
Why do so many people think that nail making is some insane modern marvel?
Every time someone INSISTS that nails didnt exist in the 18c, I lose 2 years.
Why do so many people think that nail making is some insane modern marvel?
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Every time someone asks me if nails existed in the 18th cent, I lose an hour off my life.
Every time someone INSISTS that nails didnt exist in the 18c, I lose 2 years.
Why do so many people think that nail making is some insane modern marvel?
Every time someone INSISTS that nails didnt exist in the 18c, I lose 2 years.
Why do so many people think that nail making is some insane modern marvel?
Feeling like things are tipping you over the edge? Look at this gorgeous detail from Quentin Pierre Chedel's book of prints, with fisherman falling out of the page...
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Feeling like things are tipping you over the edge? Look at this gorgeous detail from Quentin Pierre Chedel's book of prints, with fisherman falling out of the page...
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*small embarrassed voice*
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A Provincial Market in Second-Hand Books: Book Sales in Devon, 1688–1725
Abstract. Comparatively little is known about England’s early book-auction trade outside of London and the university towns, with few catalogues surviving
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
*small embarrassed voice*
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
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Rejoignez la Société de l'Histoire des Collections! Retrouvez nous le 5 décembre 2025 Visite guidée du musée de Cluny "Le Moyen Âge du XIXe siècle. Créations et faux dans les arts précieux" avec le commissaire F. Tixier. Inscription thesocietyforthehistoryofcollecting.wildapricot.org/event-6430785
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Rejoignez la Société de l'Histoire des Collections! Retrouvez nous le 5 décembre 2025 Visite guidée du musée de Cluny "Le Moyen Âge du XIXe siècle. Créations et faux dans les arts précieux" avec le commissaire F. Tixier. Inscription thesocietyforthehistoryofcollecting.wildapricot.org/event-6430785
Rejoignez la Société de l'Histoire des Collections! Retrouvez nous le 5 décembre 2025 Visite guidée du musée de Cluny "Le Moyen Âge du XIXe siècle. Créations et faux dans les arts précieux" avec le commissaire F. Tixier. Inscription thesocietyforthehistoryofcollecting.wildapricot.org/event-6430785
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Rejoignez la Société de l'Histoire des Collections! Retrouvez nous le 5 décembre 2025 Visite guidée du musée de Cluny "Le Moyen Âge du XIXe siècle. Créations et faux dans les arts précieux" avec le commissaire F. Tixier. Inscription thesocietyforthehistoryofcollecting.wildapricot.org/event-6430785
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Retrouvailles 💑
Ces deux bustes sont réunis pour la première fois depuis leur séparation en 1893 ! Ils étaient alors présentés comme les chefs-reliquaires médiévaux de Ferdinand d’Aragon et Isabelle la Catholique. 👑
En réalité, il s'agit de créations du 19e siècle.
Ces deux bustes sont réunis pour la première fois depuis leur séparation en 1893 ! Ils étaient alors présentés comme les chefs-reliquaires médiévaux de Ferdinand d’Aragon et Isabelle la Catholique. 👑
En réalité, il s'agit de créations du 19e siècle.
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Retrouvailles 💑
Ces deux bustes sont réunis pour la première fois depuis leur séparation en 1893 ! Ils étaient alors présentés comme les chefs-reliquaires médiévaux de Ferdinand d’Aragon et Isabelle la Catholique. 👑
En réalité, il s'agit de créations du 19e siècle.
Ces deux bustes sont réunis pour la première fois depuis leur séparation en 1893 ! Ils étaient alors présentés comme les chefs-reliquaires médiévaux de Ferdinand d’Aragon et Isabelle la Catholique. 👑
En réalité, il s'agit de créations du 19e siècle.
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NEW PUBLICATION
Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes
doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes
doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
The Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes: Proteomics, Medicine, and the Body in the Material Renaissance
Abstract. Collaborations between the humanities and sciences allow for novel insights into the material world of Renaissance recipe cultures, and in partic
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
NEW PUBLICATION
Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes
doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes
doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
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Very pleased to be hosting the 13th Sammelband 15-16 event in Nicosia from tomorrow, co-organised with @lankian.bsky.social
You can take a look at the programme here:
sammelband.hypotheses.org/2810
You can take a look at the programme here:
sammelband.hypotheses.org/2810
Nicosia conference programme
. The thirteenth event organised by the Sammelband 15-16 project group on Sammelbände and instruction will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus from 19-21 November 2025. We are delighted to share the programme ...
sammelband.hypotheses.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Very pleased to be hosting the 13th Sammelband 15-16 event in Nicosia from tomorrow, co-organised with @lankian.bsky.social
You can take a look at the programme here:
sammelband.hypotheses.org/2810
You can take a look at the programme here:
sammelband.hypotheses.org/2810
Anyone identifies this french currency?
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Anyone identifies this french currency?
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Besides meaning liquid mud, the etymology of the word “slop” literally comes from old english for “(cow) dung”, so it feels like an appropriate modern day re-usage for bullshit.
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Besides meaning liquid mud, the etymology of the word “slop” literally comes from old english for “(cow) dung”, so it feels like an appropriate modern day re-usage for bullshit.
Reposted by Bénédicte Miyamoto
The way the word “slop” has re-entered the lexicon as a general purpose word describing “someone’s made-up bullshit that’s being forced on people” (even outside of AI contexts) is good because it feels like we didn’t have a simple way to point out how common that is aside from domain-specific jargon
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The way the word “slop” has re-entered the lexicon as a general purpose word describing “someone’s made-up bullshit that’s being forced on people” (even outside of AI contexts) is good because it feels like we didn’t have a simple way to point out how common that is aside from domain-specific jargon
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When you really need to stress where the most important bit of the text is - 15th century, Avignon, Bibliothèque Ceccano - 1094, f. 195v
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
When you really need to stress where the most important bit of the text is - 15th century, Avignon, Bibliothèque Ceccano - 1094, f. 195v
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Are you up for some more palaeographical excitement? Then ready yourself for next Tuesday's seminar in London's Senate House where we can offer you not one but two scintillating papers featuring new research from early career scholars.
Register here:
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Register here:
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Early Career Researcher Papers
ies.sas.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Are you up for some more palaeographical excitement? Then ready yourself for next Tuesday's seminar in London's Senate House where we can offer you not one but two scintillating papers featuring new research from early career scholars.
Register here:
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Register here:
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Hone your secretary!
✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for apprentice Early Modern palaeographers
gjhilton.github.io
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Hone your secretary!
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Staggering harm is being done to #language learning in Higher Ed. No oversight or strategic thinking, with cold spots now present. Petitions alone this week in response to closures:
Nottingham · Change.org
Leicester · Change.org
#edusky #langsky @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
Nottingham · Change.org
Leicester · Change.org
#edusky #langsky @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
Change starts here
Join over 500,000,000 people creating real change in their communities.
Change.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Staggering harm is being done to #language learning in Higher Ed. No oversight or strategic thinking, with cold spots now present. Petitions alone this week in response to closures:
Nottingham · Change.org
Leicester · Change.org
#edusky #langsky @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
Nottingham · Change.org
Leicester · Change.org
#edusky #langsky @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
An RQ&R should be a moral obligation to review the resubmit paper. Take less reviews, do it better.
I'm both an author & an associate editor & in both roles a hill on which I will die is that attaching a new reviewer at R&R is bad practice at best & often unfair.
That said, given how often original reviewers refuse to review a R&R (no shade), editors are often stuck with how to evaluate a R&R.
That said, given how often original reviewers refuse to review a R&R (no shade), editors are often stuck with how to evaluate a R&R.
Paper gets 2 positive reviews & 1 very critical one
Authors work very very hard on R&R
Journal sends it back to critical reviewer (only) and 1 new reviewer
Critical reviewer is quite positive about revision
New reviewer is negative
Editor sits on reviews for 1 month, then rejects
Authors sad
Authors work very very hard on R&R
Journal sends it back to critical reviewer (only) and 1 new reviewer
Critical reviewer is quite positive about revision
New reviewer is negative
Editor sits on reviews for 1 month, then rejects
Authors sad
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
An RQ&R should be a moral obligation to review the resubmit paper. Take less reviews, do it better.
Reposted by Bénédicte Miyamoto
I'm both an author & an associate editor & in both roles a hill on which I will die is that attaching a new reviewer at R&R is bad practice at best & often unfair.
That said, given how often original reviewers refuse to review a R&R (no shade), editors are often stuck with how to evaluate a R&R.
That said, given how often original reviewers refuse to review a R&R (no shade), editors are often stuck with how to evaluate a R&R.
Paper gets 2 positive reviews & 1 very critical one
Authors work very very hard on R&R
Journal sends it back to critical reviewer (only) and 1 new reviewer
Critical reviewer is quite positive about revision
New reviewer is negative
Editor sits on reviews for 1 month, then rejects
Authors sad
Authors work very very hard on R&R
Journal sends it back to critical reviewer (only) and 1 new reviewer
Critical reviewer is quite positive about revision
New reviewer is negative
Editor sits on reviews for 1 month, then rejects
Authors sad
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'm both an author & an associate editor & in both roles a hill on which I will die is that attaching a new reviewer at R&R is bad practice at best & often unfair.
That said, given how often original reviewers refuse to review a R&R (no shade), editors are often stuck with how to evaluate a R&R.
That said, given how often original reviewers refuse to review a R&R (no shade), editors are often stuck with how to evaluate a R&R.
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New acquisition for the Cromwell Museum… this ‘pocket’ road map of Huntingdonshire by Thomas Jenner. In 1643 Jenner republished Matthew Simmon's book 'A Direction for the English Traveller' which had 37 county maps accompanied by a distance table.
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New acquisition for the Cromwell Museum… this ‘pocket’ road map of Huntingdonshire by Thomas Jenner. In 1643 Jenner republished Matthew Simmon's book 'A Direction for the English Traveller' which had 37 county maps accompanied by a distance table.
Link to the students' petition: c.org/CqGHZq6tbW
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Link to the students' petition: c.org/CqGHZq6tbW
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.
Nottingham university is where I taught my first ever course, as French lectrice in Trent Building ... from day one I was hooked, and loved Academia.
Oh Academia, you never love us back. Such cruel news.