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Special collections library at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge
https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/parker-library

Parker Library On the Web - our medieval and early modern MSS digitised
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The Parker Library @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social · Jan 21
Happy 15th birthday!

For the past 15 years Parker Library On the Web has made our 560 digitised medieval and Renaissance MSS accessible worldwide

The physical library is in Cambridge (UK) and is a sight on its own right - witness it for yourself:
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/cel...
Celebrating 15 years of Parker Library On the Web
From the perspective of history, considered in hundreds of years (our oldest manuscript was made over 14 centuries ago!), a decade and a half is barely even a blip. However, the collaboration between ...
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juliawalworth.bsky.social
There is still time to apply for the position of Fellow Librarian at All Souls College Oxford (deadline is 5 December).

Read more: www.asc.ox.ac.uk/fellow-libra...
Please spread the word--this is a special opportunity!
Fellow Librarian | All Souls College
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November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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tainonen.bsky.social
Monday mood

Baldwin of Ford (d. 1190) focused on writing his text On the sacrament of the altar (De sacramento altaris)

CCCC MS 200, f. 1r (c. 1184-1190s) - fully digitised and online:
tinyurl.com/4s9v9j9t
Bearded man sitting at a sloping desk, under an arch that forms part of the capital letter A. He is dressed in an archbishop's mitre, light pink chasuble with pall, green dalmatic, and alb. Background is decorated with gold. Image taken from Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 200, f. 1r that contains Baldwin of Ford's text on the Sacrament of the altar (De sacramento altaris).
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
20th November is the feast of St Edmund King and Martyr. Here his severed head crying 'hic,hic,hic' adorns the vellum repairing f.322r.

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 002III; 'The Bury Bible'; 12th c; Bury St Edmunds Abbey; f.322r
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November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
A table of the Hebrew alphabet at the beginning of Lamentations

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 048; Bible; c.1170 CE; England (St Albans); f.121r
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November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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siobhanconvery.bsky.social
📢 Delighted to announce that our Visiting Research Fellowships scheme for 2026 is now open for applications. Wonderful collections, world-class library & a brilliant @uofglasgow.bsky.social team to support you. Find out more 👇
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
We're delighted to digitally contribute to @theul.bsky.social Curious Cures project

Curator James Freeman highlights some of way Middle English medical writings have survived to us:
specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=30906

One more month to catch the physcial exhibition, do not miss it!
In their own words: medical writings in Middle English – Cambridge University Library Special Collections
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November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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amarc.bsky.social
🗞️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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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
Compare and contrast with the exquisite initial 'F'(rater) at the beginning of Jerome's letter to Paulinus in 'The Bury Bible', which is the work of Master Hugo.

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 002I; The Bury Bible; 12th century; f.1v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
Initial 'V'(erbum) at the beginning of the prophet Jeremiah:

"A A A, Dominus Deus, ecce nescio loqui,
Qui puer ego sum."
#lostforwords
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 003; The Dover Bible, Volume I; 12th century; f.195r
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October 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
Our most famous manuscript, available on Parker Library On the Web: tinyurl.com/4a62s8s6

In case you havent noticed, you can have a copy of this too! Download full manuscript pdf directly from the image viewer for you personal enjoyment 📖

We have released all our images with CC BY-NC 4.0 licensing
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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timekeptcity.bsky.social
I'm excited to speak at this week's instalment of the 'Staging the Middle Ages' project in Cambridge - Fri 24th Oct 5:30pm - reflecting on what I learned from the reading of 'The Conversion of the Harlot Thais' which I hosted last year @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/session-2-...
Session 2: Redeeming medieval drama?
Dr Alicia Smith will give a talk on 'The Conversion of the Harlot Thais', and the St Just Ordinalia host a performance workshop.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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etreharne.bsky.social
Had fun filming a short video about the fabulous Parker.stanford.edu with @blalbritton.bsky.social today. We have a super NEH project (Global Currents) on the automated retrieval of features of manuscript layout using Parker data.
October 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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amarc.bsky.social
🚨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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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
A comet appears; Bishop Wilfrid is driven out; AElfwine is killed, and St AEthelthryth dies.

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 173; The Parker Chronicle; started in 9th & continued into 11th century; England (Winchester); f.8r
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October 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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richove.bsky.social
MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
Grumpy apprentice grinding some pigment while master painter paints. Have to love the mustach! 👨‍🎨 😍
enniusredloeb.bsky.social Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · Sep 17
Ditto

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 004; The Dover Bible, Volume 2; 12th century; f.242v
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October 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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carinr.bsky.social
This glorious day for the Church is a good chance to repost my thread for St. Augustine's day, featuring our new Archbishop of Canterbury proclaiming the Gospel from the St. Augustine Gospels—or so it seems! I very much hope we will see the manuscript come out again at her installation in March. ⚓
carinr.bsky.social Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · May 26
This is the feast of Augustine of Canterbury, d. 604, Apostle to the English 🕯️, which gives me a chance to share my favorite moment of liturgical book theatre so far this millennium. The Gospels of St. Augustine, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 286, is a 6th-c. Italian manuscript ... 🧵
Evangelist Luke portrait page, CCCC 286 fol. 129v: Luke in Roman dress, seated on a throne-like chair, holding an open book, with Gospel scenes either side of him and his symbol the winged ox above. CCCC 286 fol. 130r: opening of the Gospel of Luke, Uncial script in 2 columns, per cola et commata, with dark red for first line at top and start of line three lines from the bottom, left column.
October 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
What a success!

We recently held our doors open for Open Cambridge celebrations. Over 300 visitors had a chance to check out our exhibition, the room & talk to the Conservation and the Archives of @corpuscambridge.bsky.social

www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/ope...
Open Doors at the Parker Library
Successful Open Cambridge event at the Parker Library in September 2025
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October 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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oewordhord.bsky.social
a-sēon, str.v: to look at or upon, set eyes on (something). (ah-SAY-on / a-ˈseːɔn)
Image: Peterborough Bestiary; England (Peterborough), c. 1300-1310; @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social MS 53, f. 197v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Medieval manuscript image of a grey cat curiously gazing down its nose, giving it a cross-eyed appearance.
October 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
30th September is the feast of St Jerome. This portrait of St Jerome was added perhaps c. 1070 CE.

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 389; Jerome's Life of St Paul (Vita Pauli, ); 10th century CE; St Augustine's, Canterbury; f.1v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
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September 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
Getting ready for Open Cambridge at the Parker:
Thursday 18 Sept, 10-12 and 2-4pm we'll keep the doors open for anyone to drop by
www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/open-...

Did you know we also have Youtube Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dsv...
Why not listen and find out what we're all about
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YouTube video by Corpus Christi
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September 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
Initial 'Q'(uid gloriaris) at the beginning of Psalm 51

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 411; Psalterium (Cantuariense); 10th c; probably written at Tours, but with some ornament added in England in 11th c; f.40r
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September 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
Come and see what the fuss is all about!

In one week we're taking part in Open Cambridge. Visitors are welcome on Thu 18 Sept, 10-12 and 14-16. Conservation and Archives will be there too!

youtu.be/1dsvMieq01o?...
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YouTube video by Corpus Christi
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September 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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jdmccafferty.bsky.social
9 Sept 1559: Elizabeth I issues letters patent for the consecration of her mother's former chaplain (Anne Boleyn), Matthew Parker as Archbishop of #Canterbury #otd (Lambeth Palace)
September 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
Earliest extant portrait of an English king: Aethelstan (r. 924–927) with St Cuthbert from the Parker Library copy of Bede's two Lives of St Cuthbert (CCCC MS 183)

Prof David Woodman of @camhistory.bsky.social highlights Aethelstan's impact on England's history
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Opening of a 10th-century manuscript that is now in the Parker Library as CCCC MS 183. Opening shows a full page portrait of King Aethelstan (d. 939) presenting a book to St Cuthbert, or rather the community of St Cuthbert, then already in exile from Lindisfarne. The full page image has a floral border in red, king under an arch on the left and St Cuthbert in front of a brick structure topped with a cross. Right of the image contains the beginning of Life of St Cuthbert, written in Latin. First three lines in red (rubric) is followed by two lines of monumental script in multiple colours, after which the text itself continues in usual brown ink.
September 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM