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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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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're pleased to present the Earlier Middle Ages seminar schedule for this autumn! Event registration pages will very shortly be available on the IHR website. And please note that no sign-up is required for this week's David Wilson lecture with Sarah Semple (info: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...).
The schedule of seminars for the IHR Earlier Middle Ages seminar, autumn 2026.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Apparently, I submitted my PhD ten years ago today. I do not like this math.
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Four exciting opportunities to co-supervise a PhD studentship with the Library We’re seeking proposals from academics who can bring their own expertise to four fascinating research projects exploring our collection and programme. Sound like you? Find out more and apply here link.bl.uk/9vj
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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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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The best medieval portrait of St Matthew, hands down.
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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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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Aw, thanks guys!
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Aw, thank you 😀
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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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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Congratulations, Nina!
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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 · 19/08/2026
Also, I purchased this book through powellsbookschi.bsky.social; 100% recommend.
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Powell's Books Chicago (@powellsbookschi.bsky.social)
Chicago’s largest independent dealer in quality used, bargain, antiquarian, and out-of-print books. Visit us at 1501 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637, or at powellschicago.com.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Dad's reaction to this volume? 'The Irish get their own minuscule??' He even spelled minuscule correctly. Very proud.
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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
Nope, second existential crisis of the day. 'On the other hand, as he matured, William [of Malmesbury] came to regret the amount of time he had spent in researching and writing history.'
The OMT edition states: 'On the other hand, as he matured, William [of Malmesbury] came to regret the amount of time he had spent in researching and writing history.'
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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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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
'Can you afford it?' No, Rightmove, I cannot.
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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
All of my affiliated institutions have it so.... (that means I get to purchase it myself right?)
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Oh I was being selfish and thinking of adding it to my collection. Your idea is much more altruistic.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I hate the fact that I am trying to justify this to myself.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Don't encourage me, Carin!!!!!
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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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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Happy to supervise!
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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 · 18/07/2026
I loved it so much that I told my parents I was going to move there and be a tour guide in the champagne houses. That, uh, did not happen.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I did this after I submitted my PhD and it was by far the best decision I've ever made.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It would be a very niche but very fun target audience.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I am available for parties and other gatherings of merriment.
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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'm really sorry to hear this.
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It went for only £19k! A steal! www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
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At Auction: Leaf from Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job, in pre-Carolingian Germanic minuscule, in Latin, manuscript on parchment, southern Germany (perhaps Reichenau), most probably last decades of t...
Bid now on Invaluable: Leaf from Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job, in pre-Carolingian Germanic minuscule, in Latin, manuscript on parchment, southern Germany (perhaps Reichenau), most probably last d...
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Okay, this comment wins
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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
Oh, only £18,000! If I live on rice and beans...
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