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Julia Walworth

@juliawalworth.bsky.social
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Medievalist, book and library historian, lover of all libraries, Fellow Librarian at Merton College Oxford

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
2026 is the 550th anniversary of England's first printer, William Caxton, establishing his printing press in Westminster, London. To celebrate, the Bibliographical Society is hosting a series of videos from libraries in the UK and around the world introducing viewers to items printed by Caxton ...
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Caxton 550 - YouTube
2026 is the 550th anniversary of England's first printer, William Caxton, establishing his printing press in Westminster, London. To celebrate, the Bibliogra...
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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🧵(1) Cataloging is complete for the collection of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln, the city archive for Cologne, Germany—one of the largest archives in Europe. Between 1979 and 1982, HMML microfilmed 1,385 manuscripts in the archive. Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...
Illuminated initial depicting King David in a 14th-century psalter from the diocese of Trier, collection of Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln in Cologne, Germany. (HMML 36852)
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The day after the end of a wonderful walking holiday.
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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Joyce Hill will give this year's Dorothy Whitelock lecture on 'Pegagogic Creativity in the Work of Bede & Aelfric'. 3 December 2026 16.00, Schwarzman Centre, Oxford. All welcome. @oxmedstud.bsky.social @oxembi.bsky.social
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Now out, latest from d’Avray. Great for conversation starters!
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Still time to register for tomorrow’s virtual visit to Vatican Apostolic Library!
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Congrats to the amazing Oxford Conservation Consortium team for their new article in the @araukie.bsky.social journal on their projects to rehouse estates and livings records of @lincoln.ox.ac.uk and other colleges! 📜🎉 doi.org/10.1080/2325...
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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Very interesting position at ASNC for a Celticist: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor in Celtic
The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, within the Faculty of English wishes to appoint an Assistant Professor in Celtic from 1 September 2026. We seek applicants who have research and
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
When they said the library could have some additional study spaces, this wasn’t what I had in mind.
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Will you be spending time with extended family over the holidays? Avoid those tedious annual arguments about politics & life choices — instead, this year try debating papal history! Out now, d’Avray’s new book offers themes & case studies galore! Tis the season! 🎄
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The Parker Library @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
15 and + years 🎉 Our teenage years online are all about unrestricted screentime Go and explore Parker Library On the Web and find our 560 medieval and early modern manuscripts www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/cel...
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Celebrating 15 years of Parker Library On the Web
The Parker Library guards the legacy of Matthew Parker: a remarkable heritage that is safe, unharmed and yet accessible to all through Parker Library On the Web
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
There is still time to apply for the position of Fellow Librarian at All Souls College Oxford (deadline is 5 December). Read more: www.asc.ox.ac.uk/fellow-libra... Please spread the word--this is a special opportunity!
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Fellow Librarian | All Souls College
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Thrilled that the Merton Library window project has been awarded the plaque for Building Conservation by @oxfordprestrust.bsky.social Thanks to York Glaziers Trust who did magnificent work!🎉🎉
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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 03/11/2025
It's a busy month: join me on Nov. 18, the UNESCO International Day of #IslamicArt, for an in-depth talk about "Kufi" as defining a self-contained early tradition of Arabic calligraphy. For Islamic Art Week 2025, I've prepared a brand new, exhaustive (& kickass) presentation that will take us from…
Promotional image for Islamic Art Week 2005 including the title of my talk (Reclaiming Kufi: A deeper understanding for more rooted creation), he date (18 november at 15:30), an old photo of me and my circular Book of the Moon as sample of my work.
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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
MAA News - The Academy’s First Members As the Medieval Academy marks its centenary, today’s members may be interested in learning about their counterparts a hundred years ago. www.themedievalacademyblog.org/maa-news-the...
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Intermediate Latin palaeography will run online in February 2026 for those who want more advanced training. Book now 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Intermediate Latin Palaeography
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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 31/10/2025
Tonight’s #Halloween special was a highly atmospheric visit of Merton College’s 14th c. library, guided by @juliawalworth.bsky.social. Talk about gothic…
Medieval facade with gothic windows letting out light as the sky darkensCentral aisle of the library showing stacks of books on either side and the 16th century woodwork ceiling. A stained glass window at the end of the aisle and medieval tiles, red with some traces of patterns remainingBook stack labelled Libri Theologiae, with rows of really old looking booksGothic window at the end of a reading aisle
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
An atmospheric Halloween visit to the Merton library tonight.
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
A great pleasure to display some of the beautiful book creations by Paul Johnson and @majnouna.com for the Oxford Bibliophiles this evening!
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Next Tuesday the Medieval Manuscripts Seminar is online. Kate Gerry will be sharing her work on the Guthlac Roll. Book 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Friends of the Nations’ Libraries @thefnl.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Delighted we could help! The manuscript comprises eight tables, which bring together the fundamental tools for computing conjunctions (a term encompassing planetary conjunctions and lunar and solar eclipses), one of the most complex phenomena to compute in the Middle Ages.
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
A new academic year & the Upper Library is finally re-opened. The exhibition this term features Merton's 'newest' medieval manuscript (MS 329) acquired this year with the generous help of @thefnl.bsky.social. Booklet of 14th-century astronomical tables! Eclipses, conjunctions and more!
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Merton College Chapel putting on a good welcome for today’s wedding! 😍
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The joy of the pop-up display—greatly enhanced by the cup of tea afterwards!
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
It was too cloudy to see the lunar eclipse tonight, so here’s some fun diagrams of eclipses from a 13th century astronomical compilation, now @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Arch. Selden. B. 34, f. 47v 🌘
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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Call for Papers - The Sale of Governance in Pre-Modern Europe and the Mediterranean (1100-1600) Call for Papers The Sale of Governance in Pre-Modern Europe and the Mediterranean (1100-1600) Workshop www.themedievalacademyblog.org/call-for-pap...
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Kloster Andechs in Bavaria August 1985 and August 2025! We’ve changed, but the church is still stunning.
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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Apply now! John W. Baldwin Post-Doctoral Fellowship Application Deadline: November 3, 2025 POSITION DESCRIPTION The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies is pleased to announce a John W. Baldwin Post-Doctoral Fellowship for a recent Ph.D. www.themedievalacademyblog.org/apply-now-jo...
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Zwetschgenkuchen 2023 and 2025– thank goodness some good things don’t change. #vacation #Allgäu
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Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures @mediumaevum.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The Society was kindly gifted a replica model of 'The Monk Astride a Wyvern' from The Met Museum by Prof. Mary Carruthers. The original dates from the mid c.12th, and was made in Magdeburg, Germany. We need your help naming our new wyvern-riding wordsmith mascot! Comment your suggestions below 👇
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Astrolabes and quadrants return to display in the Upper Library at Merton College with special thanks to Nikki Tomkins, Oxford Conservation Consortium, Khris Watts, Harriet Campbell Longley, and @stephenaj.bsky.social It took many hands! #astronomy #astrolabes
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Seb Falk @sebfalk.com · 16/07/2025
I'm so thrilled to have this published! Starting from a chat over lunch at @girtoncollege.bsky.social, James Wade & I chipped away at this & have made some fascinating discoveries. The actual article should be published later today. In the meantime, more here: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...
Girton Fellows solve a 130-year-old Chaucerian literary mystery
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
@sebfalk.com Who do I hear on the radio this morning?? 👏👏
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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Books, Beer, and Murder! Excited to give this upcoming talk on scribal shenanigans in Medieval Oxford on 14 August in the incredible @oxfordprestrust.bsky.social Painted Room, check out the OPT’s event page to join the fun! 📜🍺🗡️🎉 www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/event/books-...
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Books, Beer, and Murder: The Medieval Scribes of Oxford
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
In 17c Netherlands you could enjoy drinking your cool beer from a ‘book’. Very nice blindstamped boards, raised bands, fore-edge ties. #Rijksmuseum #Bookart
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
A 17c ‘hidden’ church in Amsterdam made a memorable venue for a conference dinner. #CIHEC2025
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London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
There's still plenty of times to get tickets for our 80th anniversary event on 'Memory and Commemoration' on Saturday 18th June: www.eventbrite.com/e/memory-and...
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Ana de Oliveira Dias @ana0dias.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Join us this Friday in Lincoln college, Oxford
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Art conservation requires specialized materials. What happens when one vital material is threatened? gty.art/4kEb6Yg
Reinventing a vital art conservation material
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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The Bibliographical Society and CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group and have joined together for an event (4 June) on acquisitions, aimed at librarians, archivists and curators although all are welcome! bibsoc.org.uk/introduction...
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Introduction to Special Collections Acquisitions - Bibliographical Society
The Bibliographical Society and CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group and have joined together for an event on acquisitions, aimed at librarians, archivists and curators although all are welc...
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Mark Thakkar @brunellus.com · 06/05/2025
Registration DEADLINE Friday 16th for online summer school Advanced Readings in Medieval Latin, May 27–July 3. Two 1½-hour classes per week for 6 weeks, $500 (£375ish). We've not had many takers, so at just over £20 per hour this is pretty cheap for small-group tuition. marco.utk.edu/summerlangua...
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Marco Summer Language Program | The Marco Institute for Medieval & Renaissance Studies
"Dubitando enim ad inquisitionem venimus;inquirendo veritatem percipimus." - Peter Abelard, Sic et Non, c. 1120 Overview: The Marco Institute offers non-credit medieval language training for six to eight weeks every summer. Previously the Marco Summer Latin Program, we are pleased to expand our offers to include Syriac in 2025, and to transform the program into
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UCL Early Modern Exchanges @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
CfP ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’ Submit by 16th May This 2-day symposium (9-10 Sept at UCL) will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The best way to end the week—looking at manuscripts with a great group! 😍
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Ana de Oliveira Dias @ana0dias.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Amazing evening in Merton College Library analysing this beauty! Thank you @juliawalworth.bsky.social and @oxfordmedievalmss.bsky.social #OMMG #medievalsky
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Dramatic results of cleaning late medieval masonry at Merton College.
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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
We love card indexes! Gorgeous 1970s vibe at the National Széchényi Library in Budapest during visit of the Consortium for European Research Libraries #cerl
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Wonderful setting at Harvard for the opening plenary of @medievalacademy.bsky.social 2025!
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
And last week…
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Dr David Rundle @drdavidrundle.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Very much looking forward to this event on 21st March about a new arrival at the Bodleian, a manuscript formerly owned by Oxford's great benefactor, Henry V's youngest brother, and heir presumptive to the throne, Humfrey, duke of Gloucester. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/mar25/...
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From Jean le Bon to Good Duke Humfrey
A discussion from leading librarians on the current and future of libraries
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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 05/03/2025
Just announced! On April 12 I'm holding a 1-day workshop at the Arab British Centre, where we'll be having fun using abjad numerals and writing them in unusual Kufi styles. Details in here: www.arabbritishcentre.org.uk/courses/joum...
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When letters were numbers: the Abjad numerals - 1 Day Course with Joumana Medlej - The Arab British Centre
Joumana Medlej is back at the Arab British Centre with a new course open to calligraphers and artists of all levels (including beginners!). In this one-day workshop you will learn all about the Abjad ...
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