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The Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections - promoting the study, accessibility and preservation of manuscripts and archives

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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · Dec 11
AMARC brings together all those who share interests in manuscripts, documents and records as well as book illumination and early libraries. Membership is open to individuals and institutions and costs from as little as £10 a year.

Find out more on www.amarcsite.wordpress.com/how-to-join
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🗞️Newsletter alert🗞️

Issue 85 of the AMARC newsletter is en route to our members, which means Issue 84 is now available online - take a look!

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Newsletters 81-90
AMARC Newsletter No. 81: Newsletter81 AMARC Newsletter No. 82: Newsletter82 AMARC Newsletter No. 83: Newsletter83 AMARC Newsletter No. 84: Newsletter84
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October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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🚨Manuscripts Event🚨

Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages

📆13-14 November
📍The Queen's College, Oxford
ana0dias.bsky.social Ana de Oliveira Dias @ana0dias.bsky.social · Oct 23
The programme is out 📣
Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages!
A two-day colloquium organised by the #CraftingDocuments project in partnership with the @cmtc-oxford.bsky.social
(We are working on hosting it as a hybrid event. more soon)
Registration info 👇🏼
#medievalsky
October 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🚨AMARC GRANTS: upcoming deadline🚨

We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives.

📅Deadline: 1 November

Read more on our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
Grants
AMARC awards small grants in support of initiatives that are in line with our objective of promoting the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives of all periods. AMARC invi…
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October 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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We had an amazing @amarc.bsky.social visit today to the Royal Library and College of St George at Windsor Castle for tours and displays of archives, mss and artworks, including the Sobieski Hours and drawings by Da Vinci! 🏰🎉
July 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Booking is still open for our Summer event and AGM on 15 July. Schedule below!

#BookHistory #ManuscriptMonday #MedievalSky📜
amarc.bsky.social AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · Apr 15
Booking for the AMARC 2025 Summer Meeting and AGM is now open!

📍Royal Library and Royal Archives at Windsor Castle and St George’s Chapel Archives and Chapter Library
📅 15 July
⏰ 11.00-15.30

See our website for booking info:
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Forthcoming Meetings
Summer Meeting and AGM 2025 Royal Library and Royal Archives at Windsor Castle and St George’s Chapel Archives and Chapter Library 15 July 2025, 10.00-16.00 Exploring Windsor’s Library and Archive …
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June 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Next AMARC meeting in Windsor, don't forget to sign up

Two positions for board membership will be filled: Web editor and Newsletter editor

Interested? Check how to apply from our latest newsletter that just arrived to the mailbox closest to you!
amarc.bsky.social AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · Apr 15
Booking for the AMARC 2025 Summer Meeting and AGM is now open!

📍Royal Library and Royal Archives at Windsor Castle and St George’s Chapel Archives and Chapter Library
📅 15 July
⏰ 11.00-15.30

See our website for booking info:
amarcsite.wordpress.com/meetings/for...
Forthcoming Meetings
Summer Meeting and AGM 2025 Royal Library and Royal Archives at Windsor Castle and St George’s Chapel Archives and Chapter Library 15 July 2025, 10.00-16.00 Exploring Windsor’s Library and Archive …
amarcsite.wordpress.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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🚨Newsletter online🚨

While we’re putting the finishing touches on our next edition, you can catch up on the latest updates in Issue 83 of the AMARC Newsletter.

📬 Read it here: amarcsite.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
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April 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Booking for the AMARC 2025 Summer Meeting and AGM is now open!

📍Royal Library and Royal Archives at Windsor Castle and St George’s Chapel Archives and Chapter Library
📅 15 July
⏰ 11.00-15.30

See our website for booking info:
amarcsite.wordpress.com/meetings/for...
Forthcoming Meetings
Summer Meeting and AGM 2025 Royal Library and Royal Archives at Windsor Castle and St George’s Chapel Archives and Chapter Library 15 July 2025, 10.00-16.00 Exploring Windsor’s Library and Archive …
amarcsite.wordpress.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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For our current exhibition #UnfoldingTime, we refolded one of our almanacs back into its original medieval ‘bat book’ form. 🦇📖📜
Curious about these fascinating folded books? Watch our new video to learn more about them and the refolding process.
🎥 youtu.be/zZ68dfK5hug
#MedievalSky #BookHistory
Refolding the Lambeth bat book
YouTube video by Lambeth Palace Library
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March 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Register now for this free event @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social!

📆Friday 21 March
🕓11am-5pm

visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/mar25/...

For those of you who can't make it to Oxford, the event will also be live streamed.

#MedievalSky 📜📖
March 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Register now for this free event @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social!

📆Friday 21 March
🕓11am-5pm

visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/mar25/...

For those of you who can't make it to Oxford, the event will also be live streamed.

#MedievalSky 📜📖
March 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Registration is open for the Byvanck symposium, hosted by the RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History:

Medieval miniatures from Byvanck to the RKD 📜

📆 18 March 2025
💻 Hybrid

Admission is free, but registration is required.

www.rkd.nl/en/current/e...

#MedievalSky
Hybrid symposium: Medieval miniatures from Byvanck to the RKD
On 18 March 2025, the RKDwill host a symposium on illuminated manuscripts.
www.rkd.nl
January 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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It's out!

Issue 83 of the AMARC Newsletter is out in the wild, so members, check your post.

AMARC members are sent the latest newsletter biannually, with individual membership costing just £10/year

amarcsite.wordpress.com/how-to-join

📜📰 #BookHistory #Manuscripts
Copy of issue 83 of the AMARC Newsletter
November 7, 2024 at 3:38 PM
amarc.bsky.social
Now that our next Newsletter is almost ready, we've uploaded our latest issue for everyone to see!

Find issue 82 of the AMARC Newsletter here:

amarcsite.wordpress.com/newsletters-...

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Newsletters 81-90
AMARC Newsletter No. 81: Newsletter81 AMARC Newsletter No. 82: Newsletter82
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November 4, 2024 at 10:03 AM
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There's still time to apply for an AMARC grant.
Deadline = this Friday 📜
amarc.bsky.social AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · Oct 14
🚨AMARC GRANT DEADLINE🚨

Just over 2 weeks left to apply for an AMARC grant (deadline 1 November).

We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives 📜📚

amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
Grants
AMARC aims ‘to promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives of all periods in libraries and other research collections in Great Britain and Ireland’. AM…
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October 28, 2024 at 8:24 AM
amarc.bsky.social
🚨AMARC GRANT DEADLINE🚨

Just over 2 weeks left to apply for an AMARC grant (deadline 1 November).

We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives 📜📚

amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
Grants
AMARC aims ‘to promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives of all periods in libraries and other research collections in Great Britain and Ireland’. AM…
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October 14, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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Thanks to all those who submitted. Our next newsletter is in the making! 📜📰
amarc.bsky.social AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · Sep 16
Members!

You have 2 weeks left to submit your manuscript announcements to our newsletter editors.

📅Deadline 1 October

For inspiration on the kinds of news we usually include, take a look at our website, and our past newsletters📜

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Newsletter
Twice a year members of AMARC receive the AMARC Newsletter (ISSN 0263-3442 until issue no. 45, thereafter ISSN 1750-9874). The newsletter provides information under the following headings: Recent and ...
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October 2, 2024 at 8:36 AM
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Members!

You have 2 weeks left to submit your manuscript announcements to our newsletter editors.

📅Deadline 1 October

For inspiration on the kinds of news we usually include, take a look at our website, and our past newsletters📜

amarcsite.wordpress.com/newsletter/
Newsletter
Twice a year members of AMARC receive the AMARC Newsletter (ISSN 0263-3442 until issue no. 45, thereafter ISSN 1750-9874). The newsletter provides information under the following headings: Recent and ...
amarcsite.wordpress.com
September 16, 2024 at 7:19 AM
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🚨Exhibition alert🚨

'Her Booke' at Lambeth Palace Library highlights material owned, written, commissioned, and translated by women during the long early modern period 📜📖

This free exhibition will be on display until 21 November

www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/exhibitions/...
Her booke – Lambeth Palace Library
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September 9, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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🚨EXHIBITION ALERT🚨

'Part of the Furniture: The Library of John Bedford' at Leeds University Library until 21 Dec.
The exhibition charts the evolution of furniture design over the centuries and the journey from drawing board, to workshop, to home.

library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

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Part of the Furniture: The Library of John Bedford
Rare and beautiful books chart the evolution of furniture design over the centuries and the journey from drawing board, to workshop, to home.
library.leeds.ac.uk
September 2, 2024 at 7:51 AM
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Each of our newsletters includes a list of new accessions - manuscripts acquired by our institutional members 📜📖

Take a look at one of our most recent newsletters to find out more.

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Newsletters 81-90
AMARC Newsletter No. 81: Newsletter81
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August 26, 2024 at 11:35 AM
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🚨Exhibition alert🚨

'Renaissance: Scotland and Europe 1480 to 1630' at the National Library of Scotland shines a light on the many intellectual, political, commercial and artistic links between Scotland and other European countries during that period.

www.nls.uk/whats-on/ren...

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Renaissance: Scotland and Europe 1480 to 1630
Visit our exhibition about the Renaissance which explores Scotland's culture and its connections with Europe between 1480 and 1630.
www.nls.uk
August 19, 2024 at 8:01 AM
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The 'Murder by the Book' exhibition at @theul.bsky.social
is in its final month 📚🗡️

Visit before it closes on 24 August

www.lib.cam.ac.uk/murderbytheb...

📜
Murder by the Book: A Celebration of 20th Century British Crime
Murder by the Book: A Celebration of 20th Century British Crime Fiction 23 March – 24 August 2024 Monday – Friday 9am – 6:30pm Saturday 9am – 4:30pm Closed Sundays, and 29 March to 1 April 2024
www.lib.cam.ac.uk
August 12, 2024 at 8:12 AM
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Curious about the types of projects we fund?

Check out our 'Past grants' page on our website:
amarcsite.wordpress.com/past-grants/

Next grant deadline 📅 1 November

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Past Grants
2023- Conference ‘Church, Saints and Seals 1150–1300’. Submitted by Cressida Williams, Archives and Library Manager, Canterbury Cathedral Archives (Newsletter80)- Attendance of a conference on medieva...
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August 5, 2024 at 6:35 AM
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Just a couple of days left to register for

Use and Reuse of Paper in the Pre-Industrial World 📜

📍Cork, Ireland
📅27–28 August 2024
Register by 31 July

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USE AND REUSE OF PAPER 27-28 ... | Papertrails
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July 29, 2024 at 7:40 AM