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/
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.
📖 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
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!
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.
Working in the National Museum at Paro, supporting the team in using heritage science for conservation.
March 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Working in the National Museum at Paro, supporting the team in using heritage science for conservation.
Our team visited the Tango Monastery to explore the conservation of its stunning 18th-century murals.
March 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Our team visited the Tango Monastery to explore the conservation of its stunning 18th-century murals.
Eyal Poleg @qmul.ac.uk is presenting on interdisciplinary project management.
March 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Eyal Poleg @qmul.ac.uk is presenting on interdisciplinary project management.
David Mills @qmul.ac.uk advocates for using UV light in the analysis of historical artefacts. #HeritageScience #Conservation
March 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
David Mills @qmul.ac.uk advocates for using UV light in the analysis of historical artefacts. #HeritageScience #Conservation
Flavia Fiorillo @theul.bsky.social @Fitzwilliam Museum is leading a workshop on microscopy, here analysing woodblocks from the National Library of Bhutan. #DigitalMicroscopy
March 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Flavia Fiorillo @theul.bsky.social @Fitzwilliam Museum is leading a workshop on microscopy, here analysing woodblocks from the National Library of Bhutan. #DigitalMicroscopy
3. Maciej Pawlikowski @CUL is leading a series of workshops on digitising books and objects.
March 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
3. Maciej Pawlikowski @CUL is leading a series of workshops on digitising books and objects.
A three-day workshop featuring presentations and hands-on demos brought together experts from the Antiquity and Culture Divisions, the National Library and Archives, students, monks, and conservators. #Workshop #Collaboration #Heritagescience #Buhtan
March 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A three-day workshop featuring presentations and hands-on demos brought together experts from the Antiquity and Culture Divisions, the National Library and Archives, students, monks, and conservators. #Workshop #Collaboration #Heritagescience #Buhtan
The visit began with the traditional wine oblation ceremony (Marchange), and a reception with the Home Minister and the head of the Department of Culture and Dzongkha Development.
March 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The visit began with the traditional wine oblation ceremony (Marchange), and a reception with the Home Minister and the head of the Department of Culture and Dzongkha Development.
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
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
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
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!"
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.
🕵️♂️ @theul.bsky.social MS Add.662, a 15th-century Ashkenazi Mahzor, has many Piyutim obscured by ink. However, one gloss In the shape of the seal of Solomon is partially visible only after our MSI and XRF analyses. Can anyone help decipher the text beneath? #HebrewManuscripts #MSI #marginalia
December 1, 2024 at 11:13 AM
🕵️♂️ @theul.bsky.social MS Add.662, a 15th-century Ashkenazi Mahzor, has many Piyutim obscured by ink. However, one gloss In the shape of the seal of Solomon is partially visible only after our MSI and XRF analyses. Can anyone help decipher the text beneath? #HebrewManuscripts #MSI #marginalia
David Mills [@qmul.ac.uk] visited the Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab @theul.bsky.social for an OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) session. We’re investigating the unique black material used to conceal several hymns in a 15th-century Jewish liturgical codex, CUL Add.662. #HebrewManuscripts
November 30, 2024 at 6:11 PM
David Mills [@qmul.ac.uk] visited the Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab @theul.bsky.social for an OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) session. We’re investigating the unique black material used to conceal several hymns in a 15th-century Jewish liturgical codex, CUL Add.662. #HebrewManuscripts
As part of the #HiPSProject, our team conducted an erasures mock-up to support a material taxonomy and assess insights from various technical analysis methods, collaborating with
@theul.bsky.social Conservation Department, Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab, and @qmul.ac.uk . #Conservation
@theul.bsky.social Conservation Department, Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab, and @qmul.ac.uk . #Conservation
November 28, 2024 at 11:24 AM
As part of the #HiPSProject, our team conducted an erasures mock-up to support a material taxonomy and assess insights from various technical analysis methods, collaborating with
@theul.bsky.social Conservation Department, Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab, and @qmul.ac.uk . #Conservation
@theul.bsky.social Conservation Department, Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab, and @qmul.ac.uk . #Conservation
Dd.15.25 @theul.bsky.social is a Latin 15th-c Book of Hours 'Secundum Consuetudinem Anglie’, made in Flanders. Partial erasures target the faces of Mary, Jesus, and Roman soldiers. Microscopy is the first step in distinguishing between devotional and intentional erasures. #MedievalManuscripts
November 28, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Dd.15.25 @theul.bsky.social is a Latin 15th-c Book of Hours 'Secundum Consuetudinem Anglie’, made in Flanders. Partial erasures target the faces of Mary, Jesus, and Roman soldiers. Microscopy is the first step in distinguishing between devotional and intentional erasures. #MedievalManuscripts
Kicking off a new phase in the project! we’ll explore MSS from various libraries, focusing on different types of erasures. Featured MSS: @theul.bsky.social Add.15.25, @FitzMuseum_UK MS 3-1967, Leeds MS 15,
@trincolllibcam.bsky.social MS B.10.15, @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social MS 394.
@trincolllibcam.bsky.social MS B.10.15, @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social MS 394.
November 28, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Kicking off a new phase in the project! we’ll explore MSS from various libraries, focusing on different types of erasures. Featured MSS: @theul.bsky.social Add.15.25, @FitzMuseum_UK MS 3-1967, Leeds MS 15,
@trincolllibcam.bsky.social MS B.10.15, @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social MS 394.
@trincolllibcam.bsky.social MS B.10.15, @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social MS 394.