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CrowdsourceHerBook is a research project about women's history, old books, and participatory science based at the University of Southern Denmark. Project blog: csherbook.hypotheses.org Posts by Charlotte Epple MSCA-DN AntCom, funded by the EU

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Searsapple @sparrersway.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
For @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social : watch out, some wonky steps, but light at the end of the tunnel!
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent
A detail from a 1591 German pamphlet about "Ketzerei", heresy. You see a man standing, carrying 7 cats. This detail is part of a title page: https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/details/bsb00086437
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
My colleague Alexander Björklund Hammar has launched his #participatoryscience project about 19th century frescoes at the University of Copenhagen. Look at the artworks and share your thoughts by answering a few questions. #arthistory #classics
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Hidden cultural heritage – antiquity in the University of Copenhagen
This project invites the public to experience the frescoes in the entrance hall of the University of Copenhagen.
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Elif Oezmen @elifoezmen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Ein Übungsbuch zum Ausstechen und Ausnähenlernen für junge Frauen an der Hauswirtschaftsschule in Berlin (ca 1910er Jahre, bearbeitet sehr hübsch von Grossmutter K)
Das Buch mit einigen bearbeiteten Seiten: bunte Fäden in Linien, Wellen, Kreisen genähtWeitere NähbspUnd noch mehr, mutet alles graphisch und niedlich an
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Elif Oezmen @elifoezmen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Darf in alten Büchern stöbern. Mit diesem lernte die Grossmutter meines Mannes Hauswirtschaftswesen - mit vielen handschriftlichen Notizen. Am liebsten ist mir der Abschnitt zur Nase: „Niemals stecke man die Nase zu tief in eine Blume“
Körperpflege. Ein Merkbüchlein für Mütter und Erzieherinnen. Von Marie Hertzsch, Dresden 1908. Abschnitt Die Nase
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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Amazing treasures of medieval legal history for a medieval Bank Holiday Monday - the Catslechta ˙ (or Cat-sections) - an old Irish legal text on cats (the Senchas Már) which even sets out various categories of cats based on various characteristics or talents. #medievalsky
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
My colleagues Konstantina Tsakona and Panagiotis Leontaridis from the University of Verona will be presenting the results of their wonderful #participatoryscience project on 29 May! They worked with Italian high school students to transcribe a very damaged palimpsest manuscript. #medievalsky (1/2)
Poster for for the International Seminar Virgilio (invisibile) a Verona, happening on 29 May 2026 at Aula T.8, Palazzo di Lingue (University of Verona) and online. Contact paolo.scattolin@univie.it for more information.Programme for the Virgilio (invisibile) a Verona Workshop.
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Where can I look at searchable digitised French-language incunabula/early prints? Currently using Gallica but finding the OCR a bit unreliable. #bookhistory #medievalsky any pointers appreciated.
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Brian Busby 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰 @brianbusby.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
From 1869, the most enjoyable novel read thus far in 2026. You can't go wrong with the crazy world of May Agnes Fleming! (w/ a little something for we @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social fans) #canlit #cdnhist #nbhist #booksky brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...
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The Lady Vanishes (again and again)
Wedded for a Week; or, The Unseen Bridegroom May Agnes Fleming London: Milner, [n.d.] 248 pages We begin on a dark and stormy November night...
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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The arms are described as Symons impaling Miles, which is what I suspected (though not in those exact words given my poor grasp of heraldic terminology!).
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Catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks : Howe, E. R. J. Gambier (Edward Russell James Gambier) : Free Download, Borrow, and Str...
This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London
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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
William Hales Symons married Milly Miles on 23 Dec 1809 at Clifton St Andrew; witnesses were Philip Miles and Eliza Miles. I suspect she was "Sarah Milly Daughter of Philip & Elizabeth Miles (born 24 Decemr. 1784)" baptised 4 March 1785 at Clifton St Andrew.
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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I'm sorry to have only just discovered @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social, so this is a bit late to the party, but here's one of my books previously owned by a woman - in this case Milly Symons, about whom I can find almost nothing, except another of her books for sale on ebay in the US. #bookhistory
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KU Leuven Libraries Special Collections @speccoll-kuleuven.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Books of Duchesses collects, organizes, and presents data related to late-medieval laywomen and their books. Through an interactive map of Europe, users are able to visualize networks of manuscripts, texts, and readers and explore the libraries and peregrinations of woman book owners. #siteoftheweek
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Books of Duchesses
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
What a wonderful read, thank you for this, Brian! Do remember that you can always send photos of women-owned books my way on here.
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
#internationalwomensday #bookhistory
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Today's #herbook used to belong to an Englishwoman named Frances Fenton Cawthorne (1759-1839). Kindly shared by an anonymous participant. #crowdsourcing #bookhistory #womenshistory #nature
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#4 Frances Fenton Cawthorne’s Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty on several parts of England, 1788
This book was generously shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Frances Fenton Cawthorne” Bibliographic dataTitle: Observations, relative chiefly to pic...
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Reposting some favourites for #internationalwomensday!
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Searsapple @sparrersway.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
#rosesagainstviolence. #StopptdieGewaltanFrauenundMädchen zum Wahltag in BW. Mit #Hohenstaufen im Hintergrund #ParitätimParlament Lieber #gleichberechtigt als später!
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Handschriftenportal @hsprtl.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
📣 #CfA: 10. #Sommerkurs für Handschriftenkultur vom 23. bis 29. August 2026 an der @ubleipzig.bsky.social: „Mittelalterliche Handschriften verstehen lernen“. Ausschreibung 👉 www.ub.uni-leipzig.de/fileadmin/Re... #medievalsky
Plakat zur Ausschreibung des 10. Sommerkurses für Handschriftenkultur an der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig (23.–29. August 2026) zum Thema „Mittelalterliche Handschriften verstehen lernen“.Plakat zur Ausschreibung des 10. Sommerkurses für Handschriftenkultur an der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig (23.–29. August 2026) zum Thema „Mittelalterliche Handschriften verstehen lernen“.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Just because I saw and loved this last week.
18th century book frontispiece with a single elaborately penned word "Book" with a flourish and a decorative bow swirled underneath.
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Just another engineer @jgseng.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
@crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social So just stumbled upon your project. I have an 1882 edition of Leaves of Grass that appears to have belonged to Isabella O. Ford. Been trying to figure out if this really should be part of a collection and not just sitting on my shelf away from the kids.
Very worn cover of Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanInscription reads Isabella O. Ford 23rd October 1882Title page: Leaves of Grass, Rees Welsh & Co, 1882
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The year is coming to an end, and so is this crowdsourcing experiment. A massive thank you to everyone who got in touch! Read about the process and what's next here: csherbook.hypotheses.org/3221 #bookhistory #womenshistory
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The survey is now closed! Reflections, Bonus Books, and Thank You’s
Since launching the project on 8 March 2025, readers of this blog have sent me a lot of books with fascinating contents and object biographies. It has been a joy to look through all the submissions an...
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1886), dedicated to “Belle. from Uncle Edward December 25/91.” csherbook.hypotheses.org/2267 #abookforchristmas #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This copy of Fireside Fairies by Susan Pindar (1849) was given to "dear little Julie, From Cousin Alice, Christmas 1854" csherbook.hypotheses.org/2133 #abookforchristmas #bookhistory #womenshistory
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This Christmas gift was given in 1897, a Victorian novel about a bunch of women deciding to not marry and founding a club together. #abookforchristmas #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
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A Book for Christmas: #46 Minnie H. Brown’s The Old Maids Club, 1892?
This book was kindly shared by Chris Kraus. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Minnie H. Brown December 25th 1897 Pitterton, Pa.” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTranscription...
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Since the holidays are coming up, here's a Christmas gift! Mary Lewis (m. Barnfield) got this bible on Boxing Day 1859. #herbook #bookhistory #abookforchristmas
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Another expertly researched and photographed contribution, with notes on a forgotten Canadian author, thanks to @brianbusby.bsky.social. #bookhistory #canadianliterature #herbook #womenshistory
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#44 Lizzie Beaty’s The Bastonais, 1877
This book was kindly shared by Brian Busby. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Lizzie Beaty” Bibliographic dataTitle: The BastonnaisSubtitle: Tale of the American invasion in Canada 17...
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Scottish and English Ballads, belonging to “Emily Marion Bourne from Katie & Clara Oct 22nd 1877” #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
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#43 Emily Marion Bourne’s Ballads, around 1877
This book was kindly shared by Ida Aaskov Dolmer. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Emily Marion Bourne from Katie & Clara Oct 22nd 1877” Bibliographic dataTitle: Ballads: Scottish an...
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
New books on the blog! This one is from the substantial library of Welshwoman Elizabeth Greenly (1771-1839). #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
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#42 Elizabeth Greenly’s Poetical Works of Mr Gray, 1785
This book was kindly shared by Natalie Vultaggio-Steger. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Eliza Greenly 1789” Bibliographic dataTitle: The Poetical Works of Mr. Gray. A New Edition.A...
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Survey is closing on 17 Dec!
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Any ideas what "Flopy" (?) might be short for? #bookhistory #skystorians
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
No YOU'RE still mucking around with a family record in an account book that also includes daughters' marriage portions. A few $$, some "household utensills." Late 1720s, Massachusetts.
Screen shot of rough manuscript with text ""May ye 31 1726 "Received of my Father in Cash... and in household utensills...which money and goods I Say Received by me Sarah Cook.

Jan 28 1728 Rec3eived of my Father in cash and in ... Household utensills...I say Received per me Elizabeth Cook."
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Bristol PGR Medieval Conference 2026 @bristolcmspgr.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance! All proposals to be sent to cms-conference-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk by 17:00 on Friday 9th January. #medievalsky #skystorians
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
18th century book of sermons with neat provenance inscription of Amelia Graham from Truro, Ohio. #herbook #bookhistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2997
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#40 Amelia Graham’s A little treatise of being born again, 1727
This book was kindly shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Amelia Graham’s book Truro, Franklin County Ohio MDCCCXXXV 1831” Bibliographic dataTitle: A ...
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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Some more book entries out on the blog today, among them a novel by Frank Norris with a very sweet Valentine's inscription and traces of pressed flowers inside, contributed by @brianbusby.bsky.social. Thank you! #bookhistory
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#39 Lulu Bird’s Blix, 1899
This book was kindly shared by Brian Busby. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Heres [sic] a true little story of the land – you are going to – For Lulu Bird from – the skipper of the ...
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