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You might also want to check the URUS database: urus.uw.edu.pl (techniques and reception of prints in Central and Eastern Europe 15th-18th c.). I hope it helps!

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Here are some much newer varia on the topic of news/ephemera/calendars which you might find helpful in your research (a thread): brill.com/view/journal...

brill.com

This is still the best bibliography on this type of print in early modern Poland: katalogi.bn.org.pl/discovery/fu...

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Biblioteka cyfrowa Polona

Thank you, @karlgalle.bsky.social. I'm still here, but not as often as I would like to. In (a thread) answer to your question, @dbellingradt.bsky.social you may want to take a look at the following database on the beginnings of newspapers and ephemera in Poland: polona.pl/public-colle...

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

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You all have seen #earlymodern books bound in recycled #medieval manuscript pages. And while this is already fun, let me show you that some European libraries used additional gold embossing provenance markers on the recycled bindings. Meet the stamped "OBER*RATH*" remark from ... 1/2

Binding of a 1580 German print (VD16 ZV 29218) with the gold embossing "OBER RATH". Source: http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/purl/bsz37982387X

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Julianna Bratt @bjulianna.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Happy to announce that the #Transkribus model I've had the pleasure of working on for the last few years is live! It is built on a variety of hands used in English courts around 1530-1650 (just hit over 1 mil words in the training set!) Take a look: #earlymodern app.transkribus.org/models/publi...

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Egerton: English Secretary Hand

This model transcribes English secretary hand, which was in use during the 16th and 17th centuries. The model was primarily, but not exclusively, trained on equity court material from the National Arc...

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Z is for ZZZ – bumblebees everywhere; we need them 🐝

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Y is for Yellow – the colour I’ve proudly embraced this Spring/Summer season

An academic at the Wellcome Library in London; dressed in a yellow sweater

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X is for eXperience – many important lessons learnt.

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U is for the University Library in Cambridge - hours spent in its quiet brilliance #CambridgeUL @theul.bsky.social

T is for Tea – lots of tea. Earl Grey.

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S is for the SRS @srsrensoc.bsky.social conference in Bristol – had such a good time there and was so happy to meet the early modern crowd. #RenSoc25 #earlymodern

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R is for Research time – I’m so grateful I could visit so many inspiring places and meet incredible people.

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Q is for Questions – I’ve answered some, raised many, and been asked a few that I’ll be pondering for a while.

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P is for Punting – cliché, yes. But has its charm.

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O is for “Oh, so many flowers!”

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N is for Newton – Here is his lock from the Wren Library exhibition. Be sure to check the digitised Newton Papers. @trincolllibcam.bsky.social

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M is for Museums – I already mentioned Whipple, but the Fitzwilliam and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge are also sublime. #CambridgeMuseums

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

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L is for Librarians – best people ever. Before, during, and after my stay. Truly the heartbeat of any great institution. #libraries #bookhistory @britishlibrary.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social

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K is for Knowledgeable colleagues – I learned so much from so many.

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J is for Jigsaw Puzzles – these came in the post, as I had no place in my luggage. #Tudors #earlymodern

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I is for “I, Barbara” – putting myself first for the first time in a very long time. #FellowshipAlphabet

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H is for the History of Science – no better place than Cambridge if you have a passion for HoS. Whipple Museum, Hawking, Newton (we’ll get to that)… #HistoryOfScience #WhippleMuseum @whipplemuseum.bsky.social

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G is for Gelato – Jack’s Gelato in Cambridge, to be precise.

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F is for Farrow & Ball – I went to the one on Regent Street in Cambridge and chose a new colour scheme for my bathroom remodel. Not many people know I’m a colour master 🎨 @farrowandball.bsky.social

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D is for Digital Humanities at the CUL @camdighum.bsky.social – what a great team. Thank you for the warm welcome and inspiring conversations. #DigitalHumanities #CambridgeUL

C is for Colleges, especially Emmanuel College, where I did some research.

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B is for Bridges – trying to build new ones, across disciplines, places, and people. (All photos, unless otherwise stated, are mine).

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A is for Almanacs; Always. Image credit: @wellcomecollection.bsky.social (such a wonderful research and study space)!