📖 Interested in rare books? This course will give you a personal toolkit to identify and interpret the various kinds of provenance evidence found in books before 1900.
Get your tickets by 31st May 2026: buff.ly/gbcDAU9
#rarebooks #LRBS26
Need an intro to the basics of palaeography?
Book your spot by 22nd May: buff.ly/GEkudq3
#palaeography #paleography #LIPS26
Friday 21st. At ten oC. went to the lecture on Virgil, but found it was such wretched work, that I shall go no more. I know more than the tutor himself ... From 11 till 12. Livy, which I like very much. The Vice is a very sensible gentlemanly man... #otd
Full entry: www.madden1826.com/21-april
Our Partners at the Thames Festival Trust are advertising for a Heritage Project Manager. Could this be you? thamesfestivaltrust.org/about-us/joi...
The hardcover of my edited collection, Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception, is 60% off on the @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social website. So, if you wanted to read some fascinating studies of how the early English past was reinvented in a Norman world...
boydellandbrewer.com/book/pre-con...
Another great #LRBS26 course with spaces still available. Book now: buff.ly/GmwIOdL
#rarebooks
Today we also open the call for applications to our 2026-27 Master's Scholarships programme: bit.ly/4dTHmXe
Scholarships of £5000 are for students from groups currently underrepresented in academic history to study for an MA in history or a related subject. Closing date: Friday 5 June #Skystorians
Book your place to hear Bernard Meehan deliver the John Coffin Memorial Lecture in Palaeography @ies-sas.bsky.social. 10 June 2026 📖👇
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#MedievalSky #Skystorians @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @historians.org
Due to popular demand, we have added additional spaces for the roundtable discussion in memory of Helen Carr
The event is free to attend and open to all, however, it is essential to register to secure your spot
BOOK NOW: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Keen to improve your understanding of Islamic Literary Heritage? This course will give you the opportunity to study manuscripts from a wide range of periods, locations and textual genres across the Islamic world.
Book now 👉️ ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
#palaeography #paleography #LIPS26
Thursday 20th. ... From one till two, lecture on Logic ... I think Aldrich’s text is the very worst that could have been selected by the University. ... I called on the sub-tutor, Mr Tiddiman, & offered to attend his lectures on Virgil & Herodotus. #otd
Full entry: www.madden1826.com/20-april 🎓️
4 PhD funded positions at Swansea University on history, heritage, archives and museums.
#PublicHistory #Museums #Archives #Heritage
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Would love a boost for this post to get it to those interested in Arabic manuscripts please and thank you. #Skystorians #MedievalSky @soasuni.bsky.social @soaslibrary.bsky.social @soas-speccoll.bsky.social @soashistory.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social
The 49th palaeography summer school in Birmingham incudes an advanced course on wills. It could be useful to experienced genealogists. #Skystorians #AncestryHour #Genealogy 🌳📜
‘I leave my soul to God’: Testamentary Records c. 1300-c.1600 (with Shelagh Sneddon)
palaeography.uk/study/short-...
Two hands hold an open book with printed and handwritten text, accompanied by a promotional banner from The Bibliographical Society of America. Transcribed Text: Left Page: THE HIGH TREASVRE... (text continues further down) Imprinted at London, for Gabriell Simson and William White. Right Page: I hate not, having a real note book, but when you order one you, note write... Banner Text: We Need More Bibliographers
The Bibliographical Society of America is participating in a social media campaign with ACLS this week, and we invite you to join in! The message is simple and proactive: we need more humanities and social sciences scholars and research.
#TalkAboutHumanities
Roll up, roll up for the 2026 Lyell Lectures! These will be given by Prof Mercedes García-Arenal on 'Muslim Books in Christian Hands: From Iberian Moriscos to Early Modern Europe' @bodleian.ox.ac.uk on 28, 30 April, & 5, 7. 11, May at 5pm. Free, but book! visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lyell-lectur...
The 49th palaeography summer school in Birmingham incudes an advanced course on wills. It could be useful to experienced genealogists. #Skystorians #AncestryHour #Genealogy 🌳📜
‘I leave my soul to God’: Testamentary Records c. 1300-c.1600 (with Shelagh Sneddon)
palaeography.uk/study/short-...
Dream positions: 3 (!!) PhD placements at the Prize Papers with emphasis on finding students with the following language skills: French, Spanish, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages. (Of course, I emphasize the Dutch language!)
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
Another great #LIPS26 course: further your understanding of medieval texts that have never been edited.
Book your spot by 22nd May: buff.ly/GEkudq3
#palaeography #paleography #LIPS26
Visit the @rialibrary.bsky.social exhibition Ink & Innovation, showcasing some of the earliest printed books produced in Europe.
@liber-ray.bsky.social will host a Curator's Talk & Tour on 28 April. Book your tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
Watch the video for a little sneak peak 👇
Would love a boost for this post to get it to those interested in Arabic manuscripts please and thank you. #Skystorians #MedievalSky @soasuni.bsky.social @soaslibrary.bsky.social @soas-speccoll.bsky.social @soashistory.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social
It’s not too late to book for this summer school course, in London 8-12 June. For anyone who is interested in working with documents from medieval England. #Skystorians #MedievalSky @komldsp.bsky.social
palaeography.uk/study/short-...
Our next lecture will take place on Tuesday 21 April 2026 at 5.30 p.m., at the Society of Antiquaries, London, and online via Zoom. Matthew Payne, Keeper of the Muniments at Westminster Abbey (also Treasurer and a Vice-President of the Society) will deliver the Graham Pollard memorial lecture.
Sunday 16th. ... at 6 oC. I started by the Coach to Wadley, where I spent the day. I found them all well, & Miss Buckworth & Miss Gilman in the House. It was a most lovely day & we walked about the grounds, &c. ... #otd 🌳 🏠️ 🌳
Full entry: www.madden1826.com/16-april
#Skystorians it is not too late to book for this in person summer school course, in London 8-12 June, where we cover the basics of working with medieval manuscripts. Ideal for graduate students, #librarians, or anyone with an interest in medieval books.
'A group of nine UK universities are moving ahead with plans to take legal action against the government following its decision to withdraw maintenance funding from students enrolled on weekend-only courses.'
Saturday 15th. ... There has been a proposal made to me during the week by Mr Gaisford, the Regius Prof. of Greek, & one of the Curators of the Bodln. to undertake to catalogue the whole of their MSS. This, however, I have been obliged to decline ... #otd 📚️
Full entry: www.madden1826.com/15-april
