Hidden in Plain Sight
@hips-project.bsky.social
Hidden in Plain Sight is a collaboration between @qmul.ac.uk, @QMUL_HSS, @theul.bsky.social, @MAACambridge, @NLWales, and other leading libraries.
Website: https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/inplainsight/
Website: https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/inplainsight/
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Hidden in Plain Sight is a collaboration between
@qmul.ac.uk , @QMUL_HSS, @theul.bsky.social, @MAACambridge, @NLWales, and other leading libraries. We’re using cutting-edge technology at Cambridge University Library to reveal the hidden stories of premodern religious books.
@qmul.ac.uk , @QMUL_HSS, @theul.bsky.social, @MAACambridge, @NLWales, and other leading libraries. We’re using cutting-edge technology at Cambridge University Library to reveal the hidden stories of premodern religious books.
The HiPS Team took part in the British Bible Society conference The Future of Research in Bible Society Collections at CRASSH, Cambridge - sharing findings, methodologies, and collaborations with 2024/25 Munby Fellows, Josh Fitzgerald and Harry Spillane.
September 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The HiPS Team took part in the British Bible Society conference The Future of Research in Bible Society Collections at CRASSH, Cambridge - sharing findings, methodologies, and collaborations with 2024/25 Munby Fellows, Josh Fitzgerald and Harry Spillane.
X-raying the Great Bible: Science and History in the Study of Henry VIII’s and Cromwell’s Books
📍 The National Library of Wales, Ceredigion, SY23 3BU
📅 Thursday, 28 August 2025 1 PM
Join Professor Eyal Poleg for a rare and fascinating look at two of the Tudor Court’s most important artefacts.
📍 The National Library of Wales, Ceredigion, SY23 3BU
📅 Thursday, 28 August 2025 1 PM
Join Professor Eyal Poleg for a rare and fascinating look at two of the Tudor Court’s most important artefacts.
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August 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
X-raying the Great Bible: Science and History in the Study of Henry VIII’s and Cromwell’s Books
📍 The National Library of Wales, Ceredigion, SY23 3BU
📅 Thursday, 28 August 2025 1 PM
Join Professor Eyal Poleg for a rare and fascinating look at two of the Tudor Court’s most important artefacts.
📍 The National Library of Wales, Ceredigion, SY23 3BU
📅 Thursday, 28 August 2025 1 PM
Join Professor Eyal Poleg for a rare and fascinating look at two of the Tudor Court’s most important artefacts.
📖 For the first time in 500 years, Henry VIII & Cromwell’s copies of the Great Bible are displayed side by side.
Join Prof. Eyal Poleg (@HiPS) on Wed 27 Aug 2025 @ National Library of Wales for a lecture on this monumental book.
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#Reformation
Join Prof. Eyal Poleg (@HiPS) on Wed 27 Aug 2025 @ National Library of Wales for a lecture on this monumental book.
🎟 ticketsource.co.uk/llgcnlw/e-pbooez
#Reformation
August 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📖 For the first time in 500 years, Henry VIII & Cromwell’s copies of the Great Bible are displayed side by side.
Join Prof. Eyal Poleg (@HiPS) on Wed 27 Aug 2025 @ National Library of Wales for a lecture on this monumental book.
🎟 ticketsource.co.uk/llgcnlw/e-pbooez
#Reformation
Join Prof. Eyal Poleg (@HiPS) on Wed 27 Aug 2025 @ National Library of Wales for a lecture on this monumental book.
🎟 ticketsource.co.uk/llgcnlw/e-pbooez
#Reformation
Hidden in Plain Sight @ #IMCLeeds2025!
You’re invited to join us for a 🥂 Reception on 8 July at 18:30 in University House (St George Room), right after the ⚗️ Scratching the Surface session at 16:30 in the Brotherton Gallery (Sheppard Room). Looking forward to seeing you there!
You’re invited to join us for a 🥂 Reception on 8 July at 18:30 in University House (St George Room), right after the ⚗️ Scratching the Surface session at 16:30 in the Brotherton Gallery (Sheppard Room). Looking forward to seeing you there!
July 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hidden in Plain Sight @ #IMCLeeds2025!
You’re invited to join us for a 🥂 Reception on 8 July at 18:30 in University House (St George Room), right after the ⚗️ Scratching the Surface session at 16:30 in the Brotherton Gallery (Sheppard Room). Looking forward to seeing you there!
You’re invited to join us for a 🥂 Reception on 8 July at 18:30 in University House (St George Room), right after the ⚗️ Scratching the Surface session at 16:30 in the Brotherton Gallery (Sheppard Room). Looking forward to seeing you there!
🕵️♀️ Hidden in Plain Sight @ #IMCLeeds2025!
Discover how cutting-edge tech reveals secrets of medieval manuscripts in 2 free events in Brotherton Gallery (Sheppard Room):
⚗️ 8 July, 16:30 – Scratching the Surface
🔬 9 July, 16:30 – Below the Surface
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/inplainsight...
Discover how cutting-edge tech reveals secrets of medieval manuscripts in 2 free events in Brotherton Gallery (Sheppard Room):
⚗️ 8 July, 16:30 – Scratching the Surface
🔬 9 July, 16:30 – Below the Surface
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/inplainsight...
July 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🕵️♀️ Hidden in Plain Sight @ #IMCLeeds2025!
Discover how cutting-edge tech reveals secrets of medieval manuscripts in 2 free events in Brotherton Gallery (Sheppard Room):
⚗️ 8 July, 16:30 – Scratching the Surface
🔬 9 July, 16:30 – Below the Surface
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/inplainsight...
Discover how cutting-edge tech reveals secrets of medieval manuscripts in 2 free events in Brotherton Gallery (Sheppard Room):
⚗️ 8 July, 16:30 – Scratching the Surface
🔬 9 July, 16:30 – Below the Surface
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/inplainsight...
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A write up of our wonderful 'Great Bible Exhibition' and the scientific analysis carried out on the two stunning presentation copies for Henry VIII and Cromwell @hips-project.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social and National Library of Wales
Such a joy to spend time with these books!
Such a joy to spend time with these books!
June 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A write up of our wonderful 'Great Bible Exhibition' and the scientific analysis carried out on the two stunning presentation copies for Henry VIII and Cromwell @hips-project.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social and National Library of Wales
Such a joy to spend time with these books!
Such a joy to spend time with these books!
On May 21, 2025, we hosted a workshop on Erasures in Medieval Manuscripts, exploring the material and historical dimensions of manuscript alterations. Experts from conservation, history & heritage science discussed intentional vs. accidental erasures, and how new tools help uncover hidden traces.
May 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
On May 21, 2025, we hosted a workshop on Erasures in Medieval Manuscripts, exploring the material and historical dimensions of manuscript alterations. Experts from conservation, history & heritage science discussed intentional vs. accidental erasures, and how new tools help uncover hidden traces.
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#exciting last couple of days of #CH #science and #photography workshops at Royal Heritage Museum in Trongsa with @hips-project.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk Hands on sessions with lots of positive attitude and curiosity.
March 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#exciting last couple of days of #CH #science and #photography workshops at Royal Heritage Museum in Trongsa with @hips-project.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk Hands on sessions with lots of positive attitude and curiosity.
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Oh wow, this hits me hard, as I have to be away from my kids half of very work week. Children are often silent in early sources.
Child's hand: "mon cher papa vené" (Dear papa, come [home].)
Adult hand: "cest de la petite main de notre enfans" (This is in the little hand of our child.)
Child's hand: "mon cher papa vené" (Dear papa, come [home].)
Adult hand: "cest de la petite main de notre enfans" (This is in the little hand of our child.)
Today's most adorable research find: A child's message scrawled at the bottom of this c1700 letter from Madras, asking their dad to come home
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
March 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Oh wow, this hits me hard, as I have to be away from my kids half of very work week. Children are often silent in early sources.
Child's hand: "mon cher papa vené" (Dear papa, come [home].)
Adult hand: "cest de la petite main de notre enfans" (This is in the little hand of our child.)
Child's hand: "mon cher papa vené" (Dear papa, come [home].)
Adult hand: "cest de la petite main de notre enfans" (This is in the little hand of our child.)
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Last few days were extremely humbling and challenging. We were delivering workshops on heritage photography and science to audiences of different professionals from Bhutan Museums and National Library. What unites us all is true passion for heritage. @theul.bsky.social @hips-project.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Last few days were extremely humbling and challenging. We were delivering workshops on heritage photography and science to audiences of different professionals from Bhutan Museums and National Library. What unites us all is true passion for heritage. @theul.bsky.social @hips-project.bsky.social
Team members from Hidden in Plain Sight do heritage science in Bhutan 🇧🇹, with support from @qmulhss.bsky.social & @theul.bsky.social. Hosted by Bhutan's Museum Division, we're assisting museums & departments in integrating new tech for conservation and analysis, leaving equipment with our partners.
March 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Team members from Hidden in Plain Sight do heritage science in Bhutan 🇧🇹, with support from @qmulhss.bsky.social & @theul.bsky.social. Hosted by Bhutan's Museum Division, we're assisting museums & departments in integrating new tech for conservation and analysis, leaving equipment with our partners.
After the last challenge was met with empathy, we turned to another inscription from a 14th c. devotional codex, B.10.15, Preces. Vita Christi Versifice, in the Wren Library. At the bottom of the final image in a sequence of 58 (some smudged), an inscription is added. Can you help transliterate it?
February 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
After the last challenge was met with empathy, we turned to another inscription from a 14th c. devotional codex, B.10.15, Preces. Vita Christi Versifice, in the Wren Library. At the bottom of the final image in a sequence of 58 (some smudged), an inscription is added. Can you help transliterate it?
Preparing for our 2.5-week visit to Bhutan, Dr. Ayesha Fuentes hosted a workshop at the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology Cambridge, with cultural heritage colleagues from Tibetan & Himalayan communities to explore new ways of writing material histories shaped by diverse identities and values
February 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Preparing for our 2.5-week visit to Bhutan, Dr. Ayesha Fuentes hosted a workshop at the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology Cambridge, with cultural heritage colleagues from Tibetan & Himalayan communities to explore new ways of writing material histories shaped by diverse identities and values
🚨 We're Hiring! 🚨
We're looking for a Research Project Coordinator to join our team! 📊 Interested? Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT885/r... Feel free to share and spread the word! #JobOpening #Hiring #ResearchJobs
We're looking for a Research Project Coordinator to join our team! 📊 Interested? Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT885/r... Feel free to share and spread the word! #JobOpening #Hiring #ResearchJobs
Research Project Coordinator at Queen Mary University of London
Explore professional service vacancies, like the Research Project Coordinator role, on jobs.ac.uk. Apply today and learn more about the position.
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February 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚨 We're Hiring! 🚨
We're looking for a Research Project Coordinator to join our team! 📊 Interested? Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT885/r... Feel free to share and spread the word! #JobOpening #Hiring #ResearchJobs
We're looking for a Research Project Coordinator to join our team! 📊 Interested? Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT885/r... Feel free to share and spread the word! #JobOpening #Hiring #ResearchJobs
Who's up for a challenge? Some 16th-century Middle English handwriting is proving quite difficult to decipher, as part of our historical context study of CUL MS Dd.15.25, a 15th-century Horae. Any help or insights would be greatly appreciated! #Paleography #BookofHours #MiddleEnglish
February 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Who's up for a challenge? Some 16th-century Middle English handwriting is proving quite difficult to decipher, as part of our historical context study of CUL MS Dd.15.25, a 15th-century Horae. Any help or insights would be greatly appreciated! #Paleography #BookofHours #MiddleEnglish
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This is wonderful news, as the Leiden MSS were pretty inaccessible. Among them are these beautiful copies of Gregory of Tours Historia Francorum (VLO 86) and of Pliny (VLF 61), both dating to the early ninth century.
January 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is wonderful news, as the Leiden MSS were pretty inaccessible. Among them are these beautiful copies of Gregory of Tours Historia Francorum (VLO 86) and of Pliny (VLF 61), both dating to the early ninth century.
This week, CHIL at CUL kicked off our series on optical techniques for studying erasures in premodern Western religious manuscripts! First up: MS CUL Dd.15.25, a 15th-c. Flemish Book of Hours, made for the English market features various erasures. #ManuscriptStudies #Erasures #HeritageScience
January 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This week, CHIL at CUL kicked off our series on optical techniques for studying erasures in premodern Western religious manuscripts! First up: MS CUL Dd.15.25, a 15th-c. Flemish Book of Hours, made for the English market features various erasures. #ManuscriptStudies #Erasures #HeritageScience
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Commonly used for eye examinations and imaging teeth, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) can also be used to examine heritage objects. David Mills from @qmul.ac.uk Dentistry Lab paid us a visit to analyse some of the sacred books in the @hips-project.bsky.social project (HiPS)
December 18, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Commonly used for eye examinations and imaging teeth, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) can also be used to examine heritage objects. David Mills from @qmul.ac.uk Dentistry Lab paid us a visit to analyse some of the sacred books in the @hips-project.bsky.social project (HiPS)
HiPS team took a day trip to the Science departments @nhm-london.bsky.social and V&A London! Highlights included 3D scanning a meteorite and Kinder Egg, and an extreme close-up of Marie Antoinette’s earrings from her Dauphine days. Huge thanks to Lucia Burgio and Paola Ricciardi for hosting us!"
December 14, 2024 at 2:51 PM
HiPS team took a day trip to the Science departments @nhm-london.bsky.social and V&A London! Highlights included 3D scanning a meteorite and Kinder Egg, and an extreme close-up of Marie Antoinette’s earrings from her Dauphine days. Huge thanks to Lucia Burgio and Paola Ricciardi for hosting us!"
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A medieval Post-it note (well, actually a Sew-it note!)
A piece of 13th century parchment with some additional info sewn onto a margin of an 11th century Martyrology.
BnF Latin 9085
A piece of 13th century parchment with some additional info sewn onto a margin of an 11th century Martyrology.
BnF Latin 9085
December 13, 2024 at 9:30 AM
A medieval Post-it note (well, actually a Sew-it note!)
A piece of 13th century parchment with some additional info sewn onto a margin of an 11th century Martyrology.
BnF Latin 9085
A piece of 13th century parchment with some additional info sewn onto a margin of an 11th century Martyrology.
BnF Latin 9085
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Flying visit to @[email protected] and some exquisite mineral pigment specimens with @hips-project.bsky.social
@suzpaul.bsky.social
@mmpawlikowski.bsky.social
@suzpaul.bsky.social
@mmpawlikowski.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Flying visit to @[email protected] and some exquisite mineral pigment specimens with @hips-project.bsky.social
@suzpaul.bsky.social
@mmpawlikowski.bsky.social
@suzpaul.bsky.social
@mmpawlikowski.bsky.social
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Also a good time to recall that the Newberry offers a variety of short-term fellowships for research in many different areas, and the application deadline is coming up on January 3rd: www.newberry.org/research/fel... #earlymodern #envhist #histsci
December 9, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Also a good time to recall that the Newberry offers a variety of short-term fellowships for research in many different areas, and the application deadline is coming up on January 3rd: www.newberry.org/research/fel... #earlymodern #envhist #histsci
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Squished (sixteenth-century?) spider in a vast 11-volume edition of the works of St Augustine (Basel, 1506) @theulspeccoll.bsky.social (Peterborough.A.6.1-6). #spider #marginalia #saints #christianity #rarebooks #augustine #collecting #basel
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Squished (sixteenth-century?) spider in a vast 11-volume edition of the works of St Augustine (Basel, 1506) @theulspeccoll.bsky.social (Peterborough.A.6.1-6). #spider #marginalia #saints #christianity #rarebooks #augustine #collecting #basel
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An excellent piece of scholarship on #Jewish intellectual history, this is Nadia Vidro's contribution to our Cairo #Genizah anniversary volume (it's free! doi.org/10.1163/9789...). She proves that 2 disputed texts by the famed #medieval rabbi, Saadya Gaon, are, in fact, the same book. #skystorians
December 4, 2024 at 11:45 AM
An excellent piece of scholarship on #Jewish intellectual history, this is Nadia Vidro's contribution to our Cairo #Genizah anniversary volume (it's free! doi.org/10.1163/9789...). She proves that 2 disputed texts by the famed #medieval rabbi, Saadya Gaon, are, in fact, the same book. #skystorians
Hidden in Plain Sight is a collaboration between
@qmul.ac.uk , @QMUL_HSS, @theul.bsky.social, @MAACambridge, @NLWales, and other leading libraries. We’re using cutting-edge technology at Cambridge University Library to reveal the hidden stories of premodern religious books.
@qmul.ac.uk , @QMUL_HSS, @theul.bsky.social, @MAACambridge, @NLWales, and other leading libraries. We’re using cutting-edge technology at Cambridge University Library to reveal the hidden stories of premodern religious books.
December 1, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Hidden in Plain Sight is a collaboration between
@qmul.ac.uk , @QMUL_HSS, @theul.bsky.social, @MAACambridge, @NLWales, and other leading libraries. We’re using cutting-edge technology at Cambridge University Library to reveal the hidden stories of premodern religious books.
@qmul.ac.uk , @QMUL_HSS, @theul.bsky.social, @MAACambridge, @NLWales, and other leading libraries. We’re using cutting-edge technology at Cambridge University Library to reveal the hidden stories of premodern religious books.