Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryDr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Migrations. 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-... 14212
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 28/07/2026Why 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… 5135
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026In Ipswich for #Constable250 and an exciting line up exploring Ground - Horizon - Sky! ... and Digitally augmented walking! walking-the-landscape.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk 001
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryMAHSA Project @mahsa-project.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Pillars 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! 144
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryDurotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The 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 111114
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryNereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 05/07/20261/8 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 47224
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The @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 041
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Libraries 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! 053
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibrarySalvation Army International Heritage Centre @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Read 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...salvationarmy.org.ukImprisoned: three Salvationist internees during World War TwoRead some of the stories and experiences of three women officers who were held in internment camps... 132
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Which 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! 000
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Have 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 140
Reposted by Cambridge Digital Librarymia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 18/06/2026If you're a tech billionaire, or even just a millionaire, you could do something astounding 12912
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryCRASSH @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 196
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Humanity 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! 0144
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... #WorldBeeDaycudl.lib.cam.ac.ukSterne and Sterneana : A sentimental journey through France and Italy 010
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... #WorldBeeDaycudl.lib.cam.ac.ukCorpus Christi College : Notebook 177, covering 30 May to 26 July 1970Locations featured include: Bradfield Woods, Bradfield St Clare, Suffolk [3325-69], [3373-81] and [3401-03], Cambridge [3370-81], 110
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The 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 120
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Darwin 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 110
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Something 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 110
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026How 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 110
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026First up, it's bee-chaos in this c.1230 bestiary! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-KK-0... 🧵 2/7... #WorldBeeDay 100
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026We ❤️ 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... 1236
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryRLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · 19/05/2026We'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/RLCErluk.ac.ukResearch libraries and civic engagement: introducing a new RLUK project exploring the role of special and heritage collectionsResearch 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... 0105
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 19/05/2026So 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 #DigiStoryFestwhmzambia.orgThe Women's History Museum of Zambia 030
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Loving the tea break filler! - Stories and poems from the Europeana Creative Climate Action Award 2026 www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitio... #DigiStoryFesteuropeana.euEuropeana Creative Climate Action Award 2026The 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. 010
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Great 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... 010
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Tuning 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 121
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryCRASSH @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 062
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Can 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 #Librarieseventbrite.co.ukRLUK RSP: Making Research More Inclusive and EquitableRLUK's Research Shift series of events are open to all and free to attend. 011
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 05/05/2026A 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-...cudl.lib.cam.ac.ukTreasures of the Library : Edward Hanmer: HerbariumThis two-volume herbarium contains almost three hundred specimens of pressed plants, collected by barrister and naturalist 093
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryNational 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:buff.lyNHSF newsletter - April 2026 | National Heritage Science ForumRead the April newsletter here - NHSF newsletter April 2026 002
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 25/04/2026One of our absolute favourites! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-LL-0... 140
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 24/04/2026See The Guidonian Hand, the Medieval System for Reading Music, Get Brought Back to Lifeopenculture.comSee The Guidonian Hand, the Medieval System for Reading Music, Get Brought Back to LifeSinging 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. 03610
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 23/04/2026Last 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 0173
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026He'd probably have liked these shoes @theul.bsky.social that ate decorated with beetle shells! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-LEWI...cudl.lib.cam.ac.ukCurious Objects : Decorated slippersThis type of slipper or jutti is common in India. The design, with the sharp extended tip or nokh curving upwards, derives 030
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Long live Edward! - He had a way better smile! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-EE-0... 050
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 22/04/2026And the more recent ... Charles Darwin's kids doodles on the draft of origins: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... 030
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 22/04/2026A 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...cudl.lib.cam.ac.ukCairo Genizah : Education; poetryTwo bifolia of similar size, but P1 contains a child's early attempts at writing the alphabet, along with childish drawings 252
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryCambridge Archaeological Unit @cambridgearch.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Fen 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. 12810
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Two 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 1284
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 13/04/2026We've got plenty across other collections too: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?Facet... 010
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryMAHSA Project @mahsa-project.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The 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. 153
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryJack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Here'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/...ccc.cam.ac.ukCambridge University Library, University Museum of Zoology and the University of Cambridge - Collections Connections Communities 05754
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 02/04/2026If 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-... 031
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...cudl.lib.cam.ac.ukWestern Medieval Manuscripts : Vie de seint Aedward le ReiThis is the only known surviving copy of an illustrated Anglo-Norman verse Life of St Edward the Confessor, written in England 152
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 21/03/2026A 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...theguardian.com‘A fascinating discovery’: research challenges Battle of Hastings narrativeHarold may have sailed, not marched, in 1066, reshaping explanations for his defeat in England’s historic battle 173
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryCRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Apply 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 21314
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Wow, we hadn't noticed that one... cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FF-0... 020
Reposted by Cambridge Digital LibraryPhil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Working 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...open.substack.comWhat Data Leave OutScience tells us what's happening. These artists make us feel it. 135