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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 20h

A lovely gilded acorn binding for this sunny autumn day. From our 17th century manuscript copy of Aristotle's physics.

Top right corner of a 17th century binding showing a gilded acorn inside a single gold fillet.

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share

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Dexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Amazon users are discovering a bizarre "About You" page that reveals what the company thinks it knows about them One woman found Amazon had determined she "has flat buttocks"

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This... has not published... because CUP is still broken... SIGH! have a little launchy thing scheduled for next week so I'll be waving around a printed PDF methinks 😂

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Harry Spillane @harryspillane.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

490 yrs ago today, William Tyndale was strangled and burned, having produced the English New Testament we celebrate 500 yrs of across 2026 His is a story that shows the violence and messiness of the early English Reformation and it opens my own study of how the English Bible became a bestseller

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

An early reader left many #manicules to indicate important sections in our 14th century medical #manuscript. It is on display in our current exhibition, 'The Medieval Manuscripts of Marsh's Library', open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am-5pm and Saturday 10am-5pm.

detail of a page of a 14th century manuscript. It shows script in brown and red ink, with pointing fingers or manicules in the margins

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Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Have you ever thought about the fact that queens were some of the richest persons in their realms? Our Special Issue of Essays in Economic & Business History looks at 14th to 16th century queens as business owners, investors, administrators, or all around badass CEOs. www.ebhsoc.org/journal/inde...

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Vol. 44 No. 1 (2026): Essays in Economic & Business History | Essays in Economic & Business History

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Sophie Bacchus-Waterman @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended the Women and Their Books study day at Christ Church yesterday 🥳 The event has been in the works for almost a year, and it was amazing to see it finally come together.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You may think you're cool, but you'll never be as cool as Lithuanian folk art St Francis doing stigmata kung fu (via limis.lt)

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Sophie Bacchus-Waterman @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Huge thanks to @drdavidrundle.bsky.social, @tamarajatkin.bsky.social, @michelinewhite.bsky.social @emherstory.bsky.social, and Anna-Nadine Pike for sharing their expertise. We had an incredible line-up of speakers, and it was a privilege to speak alongside them 💕

Photo of the last slide of my talk, showing the Lady of the Garter depicted in the Black Book of the Garter

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Tudorfp @tudorfp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yesterday’s Women and their Books study day at Christchurch College Oxford library was riveting throughout, thanks to @drdavidrundle.bsky.social, @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social, @tamarajatkin.bsky.social and many others. Intrigued by MS 715, including Katherine Parr’s 1545 prayers or meditations.

A very small vellum notebook, its red velvet cover just visible, open at one of its two title pages with its main content, Katherine Parr’s prayers or meditations, written in a mid sixteenth century hand.

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is a project that started with a workshop I ran at @rsaorg.bsky.social in 2021 (online). Of the great contributors to that session, three of us were rash enough to commit to producing an edition of Anne Southwell - the best early modern poet you’ve not yet read 1/2

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ImPRESSed Yet? I am thrilled to announce that Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric will be published October 27 in print and Open Access with @acmrs.bsky.social, thanks to 30 textile and print scholars, and 1 groundbreaking exhibition @newberrylibrary.bsky.social! #CoverReveal 1/5

Cover art for Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric!

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is very auspicious that two graduates of the same undergrad art history program have such IMPRESSIVEly titled books coming out, and, having gotten a preview of this one, I can assure you it's not something you want to miss.

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A unicorn trampling a snail with the head of a man, a c1520 misericord in the Tunstall Chapel of Durham Castle for #Woodensday.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is a beautiful example of a pair of late 16th — early 17th-century chopines. A chopine is a women’s platform-style shoe that was popular in Europe, especially in Venice and Spain, from the 15th to 17th centuries.

A pair of leather, silk and silver brocade chopines.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.

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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins

The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you're not supposed to eat Jesus then why did they make him Fun Size? [Hans Burgkmair the Elder, St. Jerome, c. 1510, 41.4 x 29.3 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich]

A half-lenth St. Jerome, bearded and haggard, holding a rock and kissing (or eating??) a crucifix https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/RQ4XJVgL10

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026

On September 17th, we filled our 200,000th pothole. See something that needs fixing in NYC? Call 311, tag @nyc311.bsky.social or go to portal.311.nyc.gov.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

17 Sept 1609: The translation of William Morgan from the bishopric of Llandaff to St. Asaph is confirmed #otd Morgan was the maker of the first full translation of #Bible - 1588 - into #Welsh #Cymraeg (NLW)

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Vermont to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-24. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/vermon...

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🚨 United States of America v. Hanzas

Learn more here.

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Mark Turnbull Author @1642author.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Join me at Leicester's historic guildhall for a talk about the mystery of Charles I's executioners. During research for my biography of Charles, I found archival sources that put a new candidate in the frame Booking via: www.leicestermuseums.org/event-details/?id=5f53ede6-e459-4a19-98b1-598f283752bd

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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Enjoyed chatting with @sbrackenborough.bsky.social in July about my recent chapter on early modern metallic music. Check out the interview and Simon’s other posts on music history here — mosaicoftheair.substack.com/p/a-smithes-...

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'A Smithes Best Chyme'

I chat with Dr. Emily Rowe about music and metal in early modern London.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Alice Thornton's Books @thorntonsbooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

3 Sept. 1656 #OTD Alice Thornton's daughter Elizabeth (Betty) died aged 18 months and was buried at St Anne's, Catterick. The parish register records her burial, leaving out her name, which was perhaps meant to be added later: ' ___ the daughter of Wm Thornton buried the 3rd of Sept'. #EarlyModern 🗃️

A photo of St Anne's church, Catterick, taken on an angle looking towards the tower. The sky is blue and tall dark green trees frame the shot.

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It was recently revealed that this diminutive self-portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi as St. Catherine was purchased in February by billionaire Ken Griffin. The work will be lent to the exhibition “Artemisia Gentileschi: The Triumph of Painting” in Denmark in 2028. news.artnet.com/market/billi...

A self portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi looking out at the viewer, wearing a crown, holding a palm and next to a spiked wheel, the attributes of St. Catherine of Alexandria

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

@enortonhistory.bsky.social has just published a biography of Jane Seymour. As 4th speaker at the Tudor Times Summit on Henry VIII and his In-laws bit.ly/4wOdTnn she will be sharing her discoveries about how Henry & the Seymour family interacted. @catherinefletcher.info @drlindaporter.bsky.social

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Augustine of Hippo looking a little like he's had enough for one day from a Spanish Translation of his "City of God", c. 1446–82 Artist: Cano de Aranda (Met Museum) St Augustine died #otd 28 Aug 430.

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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Congratulations to Sarah Joan Moran on the publication of her new book Unconventual Women in the Habsburg Low Countries, 1585–1794 Visual Culture at the Court Beguinages www.routledge.com/Unconventual...

The front cover of a book. The featured image is a soberly dressed woman wearing a white head covering, with her right hand resting on her left, both hands held in front of her. Her right forefinger is inserted into the pages of a small book with a black cover that she holds in her right hand.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I was one of the manuscript readers of this excellent study, and I'm very glad to see it in print. #earlymodern #reformationinthelowcountries

Blue and red book cover: "War, Revolt, and Saced Space," by Andew Spicer

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Door that appears to lead to nowhere, 1639 style Salomon van Ruysdael (British Museum)

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Sarah Moran @lc-beguines.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Just dropped *today*: Early Modern Women and Religious Innovation, eds Katherine O’Donnell &Francesco Quatrini (Bloomsbury), w/my chapter "Reform and Resistance in the 1540s, or How the Diest Beguines Tried to Get Rid of Their Priest". Preview on GoogleBooks:https://tinyurl.com/r9d59y74 #nuntastic

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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sat 3 Oct 2026 at Christ Church Library, Oxford Univ - Women and Their Books: Women as Book Producers and Owners in Early Modern England and Scotland A study afternoon exploring women as book producers and owners in Early Modern England and Scotland. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-and-...

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Women and Their Books in Early Modern England and Scotland

A study afternoon exploring women as book producers and owners in Early Modern England and Scotland.

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Tudorfp @tudorfp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A whole day based on Katherine Parr’s 1545 prayers and meditations! This would have been impossible to envisage 40 years ago. Count me in.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This is insanity: Trump's DOJ is about to "settle" his lawsuit against the IRS by creating a $1.7 billion slush fund to pay off victims of Biden "weaponization." I talked to Jamie Raskin about this. It's even more corrupt than it first appears. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2105...

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Trump’s $10 Billion Shakedown of IRS Takes Unnervingly Corrupt Turn

The president’s “settlement” with the IRS appears set to give him a slush fund of $1.7 billion to dole out to allies. How unconstitutional is it? Jamie Raskin counts the ways.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

3 May 1667: The date on which Mary Palmer asserted, in Apr 1682, that she had married Andrew Marvell MP & #poet at Holy Trinity, Little Minories (TCC).

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Sophie Bacchus-Waterman @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Elizabeth Boleyn was in the news yesterday, and I had to weigh in on the discussion around the Windsor sketch! Does it depict Elizabeth Boleyn? What are the issues with the research? You can read my post here: open.substack.com/pub/sophieba...

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Did Holbein sketch Elizabeth Boleyn?

Elizabeth Boleyn was in the news yesterday!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

If you want to help me, here is my one ask: pread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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Micheline White @michelinewhite.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

What document is this? I love it.

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