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

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Matthew Holford @matthewholford.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Lovely day in beautiful Bangor for the @amarc.bsky.social summer meeting. Great to learn more about the institute for the Study of Welsh estates and to see some of the amazing archives including this charter of Richard I (afraid I didn't get the shelfmark)
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A fantastic @amarc.bsky.social Summer Meeting today on Welsh estate records hosted by @ystadaucymru.bsky.social and the @bangoruniversity.bsky.social archive collections team! 📜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎉
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Our 2026 Summer meeting has come to a close, with huge thanks to @archpbu.bsky.social for hosting such an excellent day ☀️📜 #Manuscripts #Archives #Bangor
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I’m on a boat! Excited to head to Wales for our @amarc.bsky.social Summer Meeting at Bangor University, and here’s an image of Noah’s Ark from the Book of Ballymote to celebrate, @rialibrary.bsky.social MS 23 P 12, f. i-v 🚢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎉
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Booking is now open for the AMARC 2026 Summer Meeting and AGM: Discovering Welsh Estate Archives and Records 📜 📍Bangor 📅 15 July ⏰ 10.00-16.00 See our website for info and registration 🔗https://amarcsite.wordpress.com/meetings/forthcoming-meetings
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Less than a month to go until our Summer meeting, and booking is still open!📜 #Archives #BookHistory
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Booking is now open for the AMARC 2026 Summer Meeting and AGM: Discovering Welsh Estate Archives and Records 📜 📍Bangor 📅 15 July ⏰ 10.00-16.00 See our website for info and registration 🔗https://amarcsite.wordpress.com/meetings/forthcoming-meetings
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Lovely to see @madden1826.bsky.social a project by @ies-sas.bsky.social students featured in the latest AMARC newsletter!
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
There's still time to sign up for our online event this Friday 👇
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🚨1 week left!🚨
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Deadline approaching for our next round of AMARC grants. See our website for more information on what we fund and how to apply. 📆Deadline: 1 April
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🚨Booking is now open for our AMARC Spring Event🚨 Exploring Business Archives: Collections and their Use 💻Virtual seminar hosted by the University of Glasgow 🕰️24th April 2026, 13.00-16.30 For booking and a schedule, see our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/meetings/for...
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Deadline approaching for our next round of AMARC grants. See our website for more information on what we fund and how to apply. 📆Deadline: 1 April
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Applications for the BL's PhD placement scheme come to a close at the end of this week (27 Feb). Some juicy manuscripts projects included!
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation. Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
The front page of the Daily Graphic newspaper published Saturday 25 August, 1917, featuring portraits of 'Women in the Order of the British Empire', including Lady Byron, the honourable Mrs Alfred Lyttelton, Her Majesty the Queen.
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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Our latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February. www.bl.uk/services/res...
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PhD placement scheme
Our annual placement scheme offers doctoral researchers from all disciplines the chance to develop and apply skills and expertise outside the university sector.
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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🗞️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! amarcsite.wordpress.com/newsletters-...
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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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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🚨Manuscripts Event🚨 Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages 📆13-14 November 📍The Queen's College, Oxford
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🚨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/
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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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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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! 🏰🎉
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Booking is still open for our Summer event and AGM on 15 July. Schedule below! #BookHistory #ManuscriptMonday #MedievalSky📜
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Tuija Ainonen @tainonen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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!
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🚨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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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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...
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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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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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
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Refolding the Lambeth bat book
YouTube video by Lambeth Palace Library
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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 📜📖
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From Jean le Bon to Good Duke Humfrey
A discussion from leading librarians on the current and future of libraries
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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 📜📖
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From Jean le Bon to Good Duke Humfrey
A discussion from leading librarians on the current and future of libraries
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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
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Hybrid symposium: Medieval miniatures from Byvanck to the RKD
On 18 March 2025, the RKDwill host a symposium on illuminated manuscripts.
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
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
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
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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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
There's still time to apply for an AMARC grant. Deadline = this Friday 📜
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
🚨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/
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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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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Thanks to all those who submitted. Our next newsletter is in the making! 📜📰
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
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/
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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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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
🚨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/...
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Her booke – Lambeth Palace Library
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
🚨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.
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
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. amarcsite.wordpress.com/newsletters-...
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Newsletters 81-90
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
🚨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.
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
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... 📜
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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
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 05/08/2024
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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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 29/07/2024
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 papertrailsiceland.wixsite.com/papertrails/...
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USE AND REUSE OF PAPER 27-28 ... | Papertrails
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 22/07/2024
A reminder that recordings of two of our past online events are available on the AMARC website 🎥🎥🎥 See our past meetings page for more! amarcsite.wordpress.com/meetings/pas...
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Past Meetings
These pages include details of AMARC's meetings since 2000, with information on papers given and the speakers. Posters of AMARC meetings from 2014 onwards can be explored below and on the pages for in...
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 24/06/2024
Our Summer meeting has come to an end. A huge thanks to our speakers-@hwaetspur.bsky.social, @drdavidrundle.bsky.social, Sheila Sweetinburgh & David Shaw- and to the Canterbury team for hosting us. Keep your eyes open for details of our next meeting 👀 amarcsite.wordpress.com/meetings/for...
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Forthcoming Meetings
Details of our forthcoming meetings will be available here soon.
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 18/06/2024
Today is the last day to book onto our Summer meeting at Canterbury Cathedral! See below for booking details 👇
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 17/06/2024
🚨2 days left 🚨 to book onto our Summer meeting at Canterbury Cathedral ⛪📜
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 17/06/2024
🚨Digital MSS Project🚨 The Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (CNRS) has launched ARCA: a directory of manuscripts, incunabula and antiquarian books kept in libraries around the world Explore the database here: arca.irht.cnrs.fr
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Arca, accueil
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 13/06/2024
We still have some spaces left on our 24 June meeting at Canterbury Cathedral - an event that is open to everyone! See below for more info 👇📜
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 10/06/2024
🚨CFP deadline on 15 June🚨 The New England Medieval Consortium 2024 will take place at Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA, on 9 November, with the theme: Books and Transgressions 📚 For more information on how to submit, see: newenglandmedieval.org/upcoming/ 📜
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conference 2024
The 2024 conference will mark the quinquagenary (fiftieth anniversary) of the NEMC's founding. As the conference returns to Boston College for the first time since 1981, we hope to make it an especial...
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AMARC @amarc.bsky.social · 03/06/2024
The next Edward Worth Library seminar will take place on 4 July: Giles Mandelbrote (@warburginstitute.bsky.social) 'Exploring the London Book Trade in the Seventeenth Century' 📜 For how to book and a list of the rest of their 2024 lectures, see: edwardworthlibrary.ie/news-and-eve...
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The Edward Worth Library 2024 Lecture Series – Edward Worth Library
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