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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Migrations. From ‘Ortus sanitatis’ (Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491). Inc.3.A.1.8[37] @theulspeccoll.bsky.social cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-INC-...
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 28/07/2026
Why does one of the Royal Society's portraits of Isaac Newton contain a depiction of a snake eating its own tail, a symbol with alchemical connotations known as the ouroboros? Ainsley Vinall looks closer on our blog: royalsociety.org/blog/2026/07/snake…
A painted portrait of a man in 18th century clothing. He has a large wig, robes, and his hand rests on a book. Barely visible in the background is the symbol of a snake eating its own tail.
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In Ipswich for #Constable250 and an exciting line up exploring Ground - Horizon - Sky! ... and Digitally augmented walking! walking-the-landscape.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
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MAHSA Project @mahsa-project.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Pillars of Punjab 🕌🛕👑 Old Survey of India maps reveal many forgotten monuments of bygone eras. Plenty remain standing today but have melded into the background of everyday life in South Asia. Enter the Kos Minar!
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The subcircular Iron Age hillfort of Thundersbarrow in West #Sussex covers 1.2ha with entrances at the SE and North It has sadly been levelled by ploughing, as this dramatic aerial photo from 1975 shows 📷 © CACUP @camdiglib.bsky.social cambridgeairphotos.com/location/bsr60/ #HillfortsWednesday
Black and white aerial photograph of a ploughed out Iron Age hillfort with ditches showing up dark against the white chalk
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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
1/8 5th July 1687 is often cited as the publication date of Isaac Newton’s “Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica,” one of the masterpieces of modern science.⚛️ 🧪 🔭 But is it really so? Image source➡️ cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-ADV-... #histsci #Principia #Newton #science
The image shows the title page of Isaac Newton’s personal annotated copy of the first edition of the Principia. 

It includes the official imprimatur granted by Samuel Pepys, then President of the Royal Society, dated 5 July 1686, and the publication year 1687.
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The @libereurope.bsky.social 2026 Conference in Trondheim was a roaring success! An amazing time delivering a conference workshop exploring digital cultural heritage WHILST exploring the city and seeing what it could teach us about 'the power of libraries in uncertain times'! More soon! #LIBER2026
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Libraries Without Borders' 'Ideas Box' provides safe spaces during times of crisis. A glimmer of hope and humanity during challenging times! www.librarieswithoutborders.us/ideas-box-pr/ Amazing!
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Salvation Army International Heritage Centre @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Read our latest Blog Post about three female Salvation Army Officers in civilian internment during the Second World War. Colonel Mary Booth in Liebenau, Germany Major Margaret Burns in Changi, Singapore Major Mary Layton in Weixian, China www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/int...
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Imprisoned: three Salvationist internees during World War Two
Read some of the stories and experiences of three women officers who were held in internment camps...
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Which is not just relevant to the sciences - the way Humanities and social sciences are now just as much a battlefield. A sobering but powerful start!
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Have you ever wondered what 500 librarians in a room looks like? Full to the rafters to hear about the power of Libraries in uncertain times - in information warfare, Libraries have a vital role! #LIBER2026
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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If you're a tech billionaire, or even just a millionaire, you could do something astounding
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
'Francis Bacon and the crisis of the palatinate' Quentin Skinner Lecture, 19 June bit.ly/442lfre Dr Samuel Zeitlin (UCL) will discuss Bacon’s evolving responses to the crisis of the Palatinate through writing and civil histories, in response to the onset of the Thirty Years War
Quentin Skinner lecture 2026.
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Humanity has long been captivated by rainbows - this collage contains over 1000 years of curiosity and wonder from all over the world! bit.ly/CamDigLib-Ra... This universal fascination is one reason 🌈 symbolise inclusion and a reason to have #Pride in the wonderful diversity of the world!
A collage of pages, texts, illustrations, photographs and thoughts relating to rainbows from the collections found in Cambridge Digital Library.
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
... and the prize for, 'No, not THAT type of bee-day...' goes to: "A sentimental journey through France and Italy", part of the Sterne & Sterneana Collection: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-OATE... 🧵 8/7... #WorldBeeDay
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Sterne and Sterneana : A sentimental journey through France and Italy
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
... And finally, don't get stung now! It's too late for Oliver Rackham, who's little bee sting is getting worse by the day! ... we wish him all the "bee"st! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-CCCC... 🧵 7/7... #WorldBeeDay
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Corpus Christi College : Notebook 177, covering 30 May to 26 July 1970
Locations featured include: Bradfield Woods, Bradfield St Clare, Suffolk [3325-69], [3373-81] and [3401-03], Cambridge [3370-81],
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The bees in this early 13th century bestiary might be less elaborate, but are no less charming! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-II-0... 🧵 6/7... #WorldBeeDay
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Darwin needs a hand - or several! When he tried to map the paths of bees around his garden he posted his "bee"dy-eyed kids at strategic locations to follow their flight paths! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... 🧵 5/7... #WorldBeeDay
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Something about these bees is bugging me?! They're buzzing around in this 1566 Persian copy of 'The cosmography of Qazwini': cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-NN-0... 🧵 4/7... #WorldBeeDay
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
How do you make sense of a honeycomb? Welsh mineralogist William Hallowes Miller sent this cut-out-and-stick model to Charles Darwin when he was trying to figure it ou! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... 🧵 3/7... #WorldBeeDay
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
First up, it's bee-chaos in this c.1230 bestiary! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-KK-0... 🧵 2/7... #WorldBeeDay
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We ❤️ Bees! Here's a few of our favourite Bee-things for #WorldBeeDay! There's medieval bees, a model honeycomb, Darwin's kids help-out with an experiment, and poor Oliver Rackham gets stung! 🐝 🧵 1/7...
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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · 19/05/2026
We're pleased to announce a new RLUK project exploring the role of special & heritage collections in civic engagement & how collections can contribute more actively to institutional priorities, public value, & community engagement, led by @ckamposiori.bsky.social 📑 www.rluk.ac.uk/RLCE
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Research libraries and civic engagement: introducing a new RLUK project exploring the role of special and heritage collections
Research Libraries UK (RLUK) is pleased to announce a new project exploring the role of special and heritage collections in civic engagement and societal impact. Developed as part of RLUK’s new strate...
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
So valuable to hear Samba Yonga's talk complexities of sacred objects in colonial collections! Imagine if we thought this deeply about all collection items? Check out her article: www.dataspace-culturalheritage.eu/en/news/why-... The Women’s History Museum of Zambia: www.whmzambia.org #DigiStoryFest
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The Women's History Museum of Zambia
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Loving the tea break filler! - Stories and poems from the Europeana Creative Climate Action Award 2026 www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitio... #DigiStoryFest
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Europeana Creative Climate Action Award 2026
The first Europeana Creative Climate Action Award invited the creation of new short stories or poems inspired by cultural heritage content on the theme of climate action.
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Great to see a solution as simple as pepper's ghost being used for innovative digital story telling! ...And what a great idea to incorporate through the idea of a postcard! #DigiStoryFest 5dculture.eu/scenario/cit...
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Tuning in to @europeana.bsky.social's Digital Storytelling Festival - Looking forward to hearing from some great speakers and thinking about the impact of technology on story telling! 'Inspiring' start from @paulinemackay.bsky.social, seeking inspiration from Robert Burns! #DigiStoryFest
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
💎Join us for Afterlives of Fragments, an event exploring making and unmaking across anthropology, archaeology, art & architecture We will engage with fragments not just as objects but as ways of thinking, sensing, and collaborating 16 May 1.30-5.30pm Online & CRASSH CB3 9DP bit.ly/4dd2O7I
Afterlives of Fragments: (Un)Making across anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture. 16 May 2026
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Coming up this afternoon!
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Can digital collections make research more inclusive and equitable? Join us to discuss as part of an @rluk.ac.uk research shift webinar on Tues 12 May, 2-3pm! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rluk-rsp-m... #ResearchShift #Inclusive #Libraries
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RLUK RSP: Making Research More Inclusive and Equitable
RLUK's Research Shift series of events are open to all and free to attend.
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A time-capsule of biodiversity! This recently digitised Hanmer Herbarium contains almost three hundred specimens of pressed plants, collected by barrister and naturalist Edward Hanmer (1758–1821). cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-...
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Treasures of the Library : Edward Hanmer: Herbarium
This two-volume herbarium contains almost three hundred specimens of pressed plants, collected by barrister and naturalist
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National Heritage Science Forum @nhsf.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📣 Our April newsletter is now out - featuring our second user needs survey to help develop the Heritage Science Data Service as well as news from our members, funding, events and jobs. Read it here:
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NHSF newsletter - April 2026 | National Heritage Science Forum
Read the April newsletter here - NHSF newsletter April 2026
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
One of our absolute favourites! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-LL-0...
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
See The Guidonian Hand, the Medieval System for Reading Music, Get Brought Back to Life
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See The Guidonian Hand, the Medieval System for Reading Music, Get Brought Back to Life
Singing a piece of music for the first time while reading the notes from a sheet is hard, and requires complete control of one's vocals.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 23/04/2026
Last week, we co-hosted the annual 'History and Archives in Practice' conference, with partners @ihr.bsky.social, The National Archives and @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social. This year's theme was ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives'. More about #HAP26 and the projects showcased here: bit.ly/48j0Dhj
Opening page of Royal Historical Society blog: 'Shaping societies, improving lives: History and Archives in Practice 2026.'

Full text of abstract: "On Thursday 16 April 2026, the Royal Historical Society co-hosted the annual ‘History and Archives in Practice’ conference. This year’s conference organised around the theme: ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research.’ A partnership of The National Archives, Royal Historical Society, and the Institute of Historical Research, ‘History and Archives in Practice’ (HAP) is where historians and archivists come together to consider shared interests in archive collections, their interpretation and use. Every other year we endeavour to partner with a UK archive or institution which similarly specialises in the bringing together of archivists and researchers. For History and Archives in Practice 2026, we were delighted to partner with the University of Sheffield Library and members of their Special Collections, Heritage and Archives team."
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
He'd probably have liked these shoes @theul.bsky.social that ate decorated with beetle shells! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-LEWI...
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Curious Objects : Decorated slippers
This type of slipper or jutti is common in India. The design, with the sharp extended tip or nokh curving upwards, derives
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Long live Edward! - He had a way better smile! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-EE-0...
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
And the more recent ... Charles Darwin's kids doodles on the draft of origins: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-...
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A timeless classic that bridges time! There's some fab examples of this sort of thing... Like this example from the Cairo Genizah: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-TS-K...
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Cairo Genizah : Education; poetry
Two bifolia of similar size, but P1 contains a child's early attempts at writing the alphabet, along with childish drawings
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Cambridge Archaeological Unit @cambridgearch.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Fen to Fire brings to life the Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement, showing activity from construction to destruction. Each run-through is different with varied activities, events, weather and camera angles while the seasons change over time. The cause of the site’s fiery demise can also vary.
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Two fiery dragon form the initial 'M'(oriente) which tells of events 'upon the death of King Agrippa'. Trinity Hall Cambridge Library, MS 4; Flavius Josephus, Historiae Antiquitatis Judaice; 12th century; Herefordshire, England; f.207v @camdiglib.bsky.social
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
We've got plenty across other collections too: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?Facet...
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MAHSA Project @mahsa-project.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The hidden histories of cities 🏙️ Heritage underpins our lives in so many ways, often unseen. But these hidden entanglements with the past can be revealed in historical maps. For today’s #MappingMonday we look at Bahawalpur, Pakistan, in 1908.
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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Here's an awesome natural history humanities PhD opportunity, working with Cambridge University Library & our insect & archive collections here at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social, exploring the links between entomology, life writing & environmental change. Please share! www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
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Cambridge University Library, University Museum of Zoology and the University of Cambridge - Collections Connections Communities
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
If only all catalogue entries were this beautiful?! The catalogues of Pitt-Rivers’ archaeological and anthropological collections, 1891-1896 - Nine volumes of stunningly detailed miniature paintings of each object, like this Japanese silver and enamel plate: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-...
A small painting of a Japanese silver and enamel plate, with decorative floral border and central scene featuring two ducks swimming, that forms part of a descriptive catalogue entry alongside hand written details of the object.
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
@estheraddley.bsky.social - Your lead image originates from @theul.bsky.social Would you please consider adjusting the credit and maybe including a link to the source? cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-EE-0...
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Western Medieval Manuscripts : Vie de seint Aedward le Rei
This is the only known surviving copy of an illustrated Anglo-Norman verse Life of St Edward the Confessor, written in England
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
A slightly misleading depiction of the Battle of Stamford Bridge... www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... The Battle of Hastings is four pages later on... cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-EE-0...
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‘A fascinating discovery’: research challenges Battle of Hastings narrative
Harold may have sailed, not marched, in 1066, reshaping explanations for his defeat in England’s historic battle
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Apply for CRASSH events funding! 💫 Have you got an idea that may: - Foster the exchange of ideas across disciplines and cultures? - Forge new collaborations ? - Bring academic research to wider publics? - Explore research and artistic practice? Apply by 17 May 2026 bit.ly/3CaV97M
What will your event be?
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Wow, we hadn't noticed that one... cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FF-0...
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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Working on TheNatureRecord.org means living inside data about US nature. But numbers carry only part of the story. In partnership with BowSeat.org, we’re excited to announce youth art winners whose work captures what data leave out—wonder, grief & belonging open.substack.com/pub/naturere...
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What Data Leave Out
Science tells us what's happening. These artists make us feel it.
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