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Colleen Curran

@ccurran.bsky.social
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Sermone nitidus. Early Insular, Irish, British, Breton, Cornish, Welsh and wider Palaeography & Manuscripts. I love the letter g.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨📚📜🚨 "With a chirograph, Pope Leo has granted the Vatican Apostolic Archive and Vatican Apostolic Library an additional area within the Vatican City State, and asked that a new building be constructed."❗️ www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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Pope orders expansion of Vatican Apostolic Archive and Library - Vatican News
Given the increase in the Holy See’s bibliographic holdings and documentary production, the Pope expands the Vatican’s archive and library, and asks ...
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TOEBI @toebi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📢Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky! 📜The #OldEnglish Resource of the Week 📖 The Anglo-Latin Poetic Tradition: Sources, Transmission, and Reception, ca. 650-1100 ✍️Editor: Colleen M. Curran 📲ARC Humanities Press: www.arc-humanities.org/978180270062...
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The Anglo-Latin Poetic Tradition - Arc Humanities Press
This volume presents new perspectives on the sources, transmission, and reception of Anglo-Latin poetry, ca. 650–1100. In the wake of recent seminal studie...
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
21,627 applications for the Marie Curie early career fellowships.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Galway City Council has changed the g letterform they use for their public branding, claiming that the new one is more ‘Irish’ than the previous one. My time has come. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
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Galway City Council unveils new corporate branding
New corporate branding for Galway is being unveiled, as part of an effort by the City Council to "make it easier" for the public to recognise the services it provides.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Plese repost & share! Teachinge or studyinge *The Canterbury Tales* at the universitye level? Heere ys a free, open access, scholar-creatid resource: #OA #OER opencanterburytales.lsusites.org
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The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales – The new way to learn about old books
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
On International Literacy Day, we're looking back on how tablets were made of wood and wax. This wax tablet is a 2,000-year-old homework book, with a Greek maxim copied out by a student. How do you 'clear the screen' on a wax tablet? Find out in our blog: link.bl.uk/blw
A 2,000-year-old wax tablet with a Greek maxim copied out over several lines.
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Dr Sian Witherden @sianwitherden.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’m pleased to share that records for parish churches and chapels are now available on Medieval Libraries of Great Britain - mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk #provenance #manuscripts @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Elaine Treharne @etreharne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"It’s that honesty that makes this not just a fascinating medieval relic but a universal depiction of the madness that is war...The dead bodies pile up in mounds as Saxon after Saxon falls.." Jonathan Jones's heartfelt review of the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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The Bayeux tapestry: a stupefying, thrilling, horrifying masterpiece that shakes the earth
The greatest battle ever depicted in art is here at last – and it hurtles along, making your heart pound with its sense of doom and destiny, culminating in fires and corpses on a battlefield full of p...
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/09/2026
You know what's not down? The library.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just when I thought I was finished with Alcuin and another uncollated manuscript pops up in a very small footnote 🫠🫠🫠
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
One of my favourite hobbies is purchasing palaeography tomes and having them shipped to my parents' house to see my Dad's (not a palaeographer) reaction.
A copy of the 1972 reprint of E A Lowe's Codices Latini Antiquiores
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Medieval Manuscripts @blmedieval.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Hwæt! A new edition of the Electronic Beowulf has been released by Kevin Kiernan (University of Kentucky). You can explore it here: ebeowulf.uky.edu Beowulf is one of our greatest literary treasures, and the unique manuscript is held at the British Library.
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Electronic Beowulf 5th ed
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If only there had been the time to finish this initial 'T'(empore). BnF MS Latin 989; Various including 'Vita, inventio et miracula sancti Taurini' and 'Sermo in sollemnitate sancti Taurini'; 11th century; f.24v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Save the date! The next Dorothy Whitelock Lecture will take place on 3 December at 4pm in the Schwarzman Centre. Prof Joyce Hill will talk on 'Nostri didascalus aevi: Pedagogic Creativity in the work of Bede and Ælfric’. All welcome! No booking required english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/nostri...
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Prof. Joyce Hill, 'Nostri didascalus aevi: Pedagogic Creativity in the work of Bede and Ælfric' (Dorothy Whitelock Lecture 2026)
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Well, that's my existential crisis for the day.
A captcha check asks to 'confirm humanity'.
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The psalms in gold and silver script on purple-dyed parchment BnF Latin 9380; 'Bible of Theodulf'; 9th century (between 801 CE and 818 CE); Orléans or Fleury (?); f.146v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I’ve seen in two culture /higher ed magazines recently the claim that the printing press engendered a crisis of authority at universities bc anyone could publish what they wanted and people could learn things without universities. This is not true.
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Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🚨 rare news item alert: you actually CAN describe this one as “so medieval” 🚨
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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
So it is written
German text over potential Hildegard von Bingen Playmobil figure.
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are open. We're inviting proposals from early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project. Learn more: bit.ly/4xWduAS
A colour block banner promoting Postdoctoral Fellowships funding. Deadline: Wednesday 30 September 2026
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A copy of the 1956 facsimile of the Lindisfarne Gospels is going for a mere €1,500. www.rarebooks.ie/books/litera...
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Such splendid script and what a 'g'! Thanks for bringing this ms to our attention. BnF MS Latin 10575; Pontificale; 10th century; England (South, Wessex?); f.3v @gallicabnf.bsky.social archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c...
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ERC DiDip @didip-erc.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
Planning a bit of diplomatics in the next week? Attend our "The Methodologies of Diplomatics" conference remotely via: didip.hypotheses.org/conference-202… #charterrific #conference #diplomaticrulez
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Have you ever wanted to know how much of the CLA corpus is comprised of Insular manuscripts? I bet you did. It is a hwopping 19%. 19. Percent. Now you too can tell your friends and family this fun fact! You're welcome!
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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 16/07/2026
I'M DYING OVER HERE 💀💀💀 THE CAT GOT AI SCAM EMAIL 🐈 Aeschylus, our orange tabby, got an obviously AI email about selling more copies of the Oresteia on A**zon
This is a photo of an email addressed to "Aeschylus" via our general email inbox infodesk@thehauntedbookshop.com

Hi Aeschylus,
I just finished The Complete Plays, and the moment in the Oresteia when the Furies are transformed into the Eumenides vengeful spirits of the old order persuaded to become guardians of justice in the new stayed with me for hours. What you were really writing about underneath the bloodshed and the curses the fragile, terrifying shift from vendetta to law, from chaos to the rule of reason, and the birth of civilization itself came through clearly. That's the kind of story that deserves to be found.
I'll be honest with you up front, because I know your inbox is probably full of people promising to make you a bestseller overnight: I can't promise that, and anyone who does is lying to you. What I do is quieter and real I help authors make sure their book is actually findable by the readers who would love it.
Here's something I noticed on your Amazon page: the description is just a plain list of the plays. A modern reader scrolling by might see only a dry table of contents, not the thunderous drama that invented tragedy itself. Small things like that quietly cost authors sales every single day and they're completely fixable.
So before I ask you for anything, I'd like to give you something: a free scan of your book's Amazon page, showing exactly what's working and what's holding it back checked against the things the best books in your genre all have:
A scroll-stopping cover is it instantly signalling your genre and earning the click?
A blurb that hooks in the first line not the third.
Keywords & categories are you showing up where readers actually search?
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I beg your finest pardon?
The Internet Archive.org description of W.M. Lindsay's Palaeographia latina labels it as having 'explicit sexual content'.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I endorse this
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Admonitio Generalis fragment went for a whopping £130,500 higher than the estimated high price. I.... wow.
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Museums + Heritage @museumsandheritage.com · 10/07/2026
News | Bayeux Tapestry arrives at the British Museum after a cross-Channel transport operation, ahead of its exhibition opening on 10 September. 🔗https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/year-long-logistics-operation-sees-bayeux-tapestry-arrive-in-london/
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Always a fun day when you pick up on something Bischoff missed.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This g just can't handle the heatwave (St Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek Cod. Sang. 271)
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Medieval Manuscripts @blmedieval.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Today we remember Humfrey Wanley, one of the greatest manuscript scholars, who died on this day in 1726. Read more about him in our latest blogpost: www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
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Humfrey Wanley at 300
We explore the connections of scholar and librarian Humfrey Wanley with the foundation collections of the British Museum Library.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
'Do you even remember my name? A whole year has passed without a letter to comfort my eyes or a greeting to sound in my ears.' -Alcuin, Letter 13 Alcuin, you would've LOVED Microsoft Teams.
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Five classic English-language articles on medieval history translated into French: and a fine choice! (Southern, Reynolds, McKitterick, Geary, Dutton).
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is HUGE news
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Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
PSA for Everyone Currently Preparing Their Trip To Leeds #IMC2026 If needed: do not forget to (re)apply for your Electronic Travel Authorisation! www.gov.uk/eta/apply
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Get an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to visit the UK
Apply for an ETA to come to the UK if you’re a tourist, visiting family or for certain other reasons for up to 6 months. It costs £20. Find out if you need an ETA or a visa instead.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
What a day to be a medievalist, or a Catholic, but most of all a Catholic medievalist!!!
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Nothing tells historians that someone is not a historian more than their belief that manuscripts should be handled with gloved hands.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Alcuin refers to himself as a 'shrieking goose' in one of his letters, and I just think that's wonderful.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The g is particularly lovely
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Capitularia @capitularia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
In 2017, a previously unknown fragment of the ‘Admonitio generalis’ was auctioned at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury (capitularia.uni-koeln.de/en/blog/hand...). The same fragment will be up for sale again at Christie’s in a few days’ time www.christies.com/lot/lot-6594.... #medievalSky #research
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Manuscript of the Month July 2017 | Capitularia
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Emily Dourish @emilydourish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Meanwhile for only a few K less, King’s is looking for a special collections assistant that requires no specific qualifications or library experience… www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/149805-...
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Tuija Ainonen @tainonen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Job alert! British Library seeks a Curator for their Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts DL 12 July tinyurl.com/25fs9kun #medievalMSS
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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Offre d’emploi – One-Year postdoctoral fellowship: Relations between Frisia, Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia (400-1100) rmblf.be/2026/06/23/o...
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Offre d’emploi – One-Year postdoctoral fellowship: Relations between Frisia, Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia (400-1100)
The Fryske Akademy and the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (ASNC) at the University of Cambridge are offering a one-year postdoctoral fellowship. The postdoctoral fellow will be expecte…
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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
When you dress up for the work party and everyone shows up in business casual 🪶
A pied peacock sitting next to three black and white hens in a barn
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Hello! 📕 This is not a drill: Save 25% on all Loeb Classical Library vol. through July 31, 2026, with code EPICS. This is in celebration of the new Odyssey, so don’t say that Christopher Nolan never did anything nice for you. A full Loeb set is around $20,000 btw. www.hup.harvard.edu/series/loeb-...
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Loeb Classical Library — Harvard University Press
The only existing series that, through original text and English translation, gives access to all that is important in Greek and Latin literature.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It really makes my day when the Libri Carolini gets brought up in conversation.
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Medieval Manuscripts @blmedieval.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The Cotton Genesis (Cotton MS Otho B VI, 5th century) was one of the tragic victims of the Ashburnham House fire in 1731. Today, we’re delighted to release new multispectral imaging of the manuscript, allowing us to read its texts for the first time in hundreds of years. www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
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Rescued from the flames: the Cotton Genesis restored to life
New multispectral imaging at the British Library has helped us to read one of the earliest surviving illuminated Bibles.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Oh no... is e-codices down, too?? 😭🫠😫
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Oh. Huh. Well, this is awkward.
In Eleanor Shipley Duckett's 1951 monograph, 'Alcuin: Friend of Charlemagne', she claims that '[i]t would be tedious to list all the names of Alcuin's correspondents, clerical, monastic and lay, in his native land.' And that is precisely what I am currently doing.
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