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The Parker Library @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

VIRUS ALERT! Sheeppox virus found in our parchment! Luckily, it is the ancient kind, so no extra precautions needed 😅 What a multidisciplinary effort - congrats to everyone involved! (Incidentally, the culprit MS is currently on display in our exhibition) www.science.org/content/arti...

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Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Important blogpost by the wonderful colleague, @olivehigham.bsky.social. I was also approached to talk to these executives about the use of AI, and then turned down when I raised my reservations! open.substack.com/pub/olivehig...

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GenAI is producing historical slop

Factual inaccuracies, the attention economy, and a GenAI Jesus

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Delighted that my article, 'Fragments of Manuscripts and Print from Four Early-Printed Books in the Old Library of Trinity Hall, Cambridge' is now available, open access! diamond-oa.lib.cam.ac.uk/entities/pub...

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Fragments of Manuscripts and Print from Four Early-Printed Books in the Old Library of Trinity Hall, Cambridge

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My article for Epoch magazine is out today, inspired by the numerous questions my lovely undergraduate supervisees were asking about how medieval people calculated Easter, and why it was such a contentious issue! www.epoch-magazine.com/post/its-all...

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It’s All Computus To Me!

The Venerable Bede (c.627/3– 735) depicts the moment in 710 CE when Nechtan III, king of Pictland (what is now northern and eastern Scotland) accepted Abbot Ceolfrith’s lengthy arguments in favour of ...

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Over the past four months I’ve had the pleasure of teaching a group of year 10 students on Fitzwilliam College’s Young Researchers’ Program about Medieval Manuscripts. We explored how parchment and inks were made, how books were constructed and how manuscripts were used. 1/2

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I finished off my tour of Reykjavík’s research libraries with Landsbókasafn yesterday (rescheduled from the 23rd after I broke my wrist, and a later start than expected due to a snowstorm)! Some fascinating fragments added to my database and lots to think about when I get home.

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I’ve had a wonderful time examining fragments in Þjóðskjalasafn Íslands and Árnastofnun! Next stop, Lansdsbókasafn (when this snowstorm clears).

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Not the best start to my Reykjavík research trip as I slipped on ice under snow and broke my wrist! Really looking forward to hitting the archives tomorrow.

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I gave my first lecture today, to undergraduate students taking Palaeography and Codicology! Such an amazing, full circle, pinch-me moment, as this was very much my favourite undergraduate paper! I’m very happy to have now taught all three ways undergraduate contact hours are delivered in ASNC.

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Missing my first Evensong in six years with my chapel choir today. I’m really unwell but it’s still devastating.

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I was delighted to teach a third year seminar this week. We discussed movement of books and book culture, new research (such as finds at St Catherine’s Sinai and biocodicology) and heard excellent presentations from three students on the Augustine Gospels, the Codex Grandior and the Vercelli Book.

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I’m 24 today! Had a lovely time celebrating with my partner, parents and sibling this afternoon.

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

It’s my last half an hour as a 23 year old!

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Happy Þorláksmessa! I enjoyed working on the Icelandic fragments of the medieval office of St Þorlákr this year, including AM 241 b III α fol and AM 241 b III β fol! The fragments are digitised: handrit.is/manuscript/v...

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

This was the first manuscript I ever handled, on work experience at the Parker Library when I was 16!

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Working on a scribal profile today to discuss identifying hands working across Latin and Old Norse! Weirdly I always find keeping my hands busy helps when I’m doing focused palaeography…

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

While I sadly couldn’t make Trinity Hall’s 675th Birthday celebrations at the Barbican last night due to teaching commitments, it was lovely to be asked to create a poster to explain a bit of my doctoral research to alumni, staff and students!

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

As someone who works on medieval Icelandic liturgy, and who sings Evensong regularly in my colleges chapel choir, I was very excited to see some familiar texts in BL Add. 4895 today!

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I had the best time examining some liturgical fragments in Kansalliskirjasto on Wednesday, ahead of the colloquium ‘Books, Music and the Liturgical Life of the Medieval Church’. After a fascinating day of papers yesterday, I’m excited to give my own today.

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Me, my college scarf, and free department instant coffee against the world.

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

The year is 2025. I’m doing a PhD researching medieval manuscripts, Dan and Phil are dating and I’m seeing MCR play all of the Black Parade in the summer. This was my dream timeline at 13…

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Very excited to be contributing a chapter (titled ‘Collecting Culture: Árni Magnússon’s Latin Liturgical Manuscript Fragments’) to this volume!

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I chatted to @trinityhallcamb.bsky.social’s ‘Cambridge from the Inside’ podcast about my time in @department-asnc.bsky.social (and a little bit about my research) a while back! youtu.be/cfx6XXzyTZs?...

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Cambridge from the Inside #48: Studying ASNC: What's It Like? | University of Cambridge

YouTube video by Trinity Hall Cambridge

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Can’t help but think I’d find #KingAndConqueror much more enjoyable if I didn’t work on medieval history…

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I'm looking forward to returning to Reykjavík to present my paper at the 31st Congress of Nordic Historians on Wednesday. I am very grateful to the AHRC’s Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership for funding my attendance!

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Thank you for your submissions so far - don’t be shy, keep them coming!

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

#CFP for #IMC2026 'New Approaches to Medieval Office Liturgy'. @imc-leeds.bsky.social Please share widely and get in touch if you have any questions!

The image is of a poster with the following text on a dark blue background:

CFP: Leeds International Medieval Congress (6-9 July 2026)
Thematic Focus: ‘Temporalities’

The past decades have seen exciting developments in medieval liturgical scholarship, moving beyond analysis of texts to examining liturgical practices as diverse, lived, localised, and contested devotional frameworks. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than in the study of the Divine Office or Liturgy of the Hours: the cycle of daily prayers structured around the eight canonical hours (Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline) central to the spiritual, intellectual, temporal and communal life of the medieval Christian world.

This panel invites proposals for 15-20 minute papers on any aspect of Medieval Office Liturgy, especially those that address new perspectives, methodologies, or understudied sources.

Topics may include (but are not limited to):
⁃ Office Manuscripts
⁃ Intersections with visual and material culture
⁃ Lay experiences of the Divine Office
⁃ Liturgical Reform
⁃ Performance Practices and/or Prescriptions
⁃ The Liturgy of the Hours in Medieval Literature
⁃ Temporality and the Canonical Hours
⁃ Saints lives, cults and offices

Please send an abstract of up to 250 words and short biography including your affiliation(s) to Rhiannon Warren (rlow2@cam.ac.uk) by the 31st of August 2025

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Rain on St Swithun’s Day! On the plus side, just after I planted some flowers in our garden…

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Really enjoyed presenting my paper at @imc-leeds.bsky.social this morning in Session 1121: ‘Medieval Fragments II: Theological/ Liturgical Manuscripts + Incunabula’. Thank you @manuelmunoz.bsky.social for organising such an exciting and insightful set of four sessions! So many ideas to think about…

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Quick update: I passed my registration viva last Thursday, and am now officially a PhD Candidate! There’s a lot more work to do over the next few years but I’m excited to have reached this milestone in my research career.

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I'm looking forward to presenting my research on the máldagabækur and the use of the breviary in the medieval Icelandic parish church at the 16th Bergen International Symposium in Old Norse Studies this coming week! This paper is based on a chapter of my PhD thesis.

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Looking forward to presenting a paper on the máldagar (Icelandic church inventory charters). I will be exploring what they can tell us about liturgical books and devotional practices in the parish church at the 31st Congress of Nordic Historians in Reykjavík this August!

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Spending this morning transcribing a fragment of a 12th century Icelandic lectionary. It’s somehow easier than my task yesterday (checking one name in a litany in Cotton Vitellius A VII in the British Library) though I think the cotton fire had a lot to do with that!

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Even more excited for IMC Leeds this July now that the program has been published!

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Dr Manuel Muñoz García @manuelmunoz.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Now that the programme has been published, it’s a great opportunity to remind you of the 4 #medievalfragments sessions that we’ll hold at Leed’s IMC! #IMC2025

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I (finally) finished my first large tapestry project! Now time to block it and acquire a cushion the right size to sew it on to…

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Today is the feast of the translation of St Þorlákr, bishop of Skálholt 1178-1193. AM 241 a II fol contains the rhymed office Þorlákstíðir (fol. 1v-2r pictured). The entire manuscript is digitised online: handrit.is/manuscript/vie…

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I am delighted to be attending #IMC2025! I'll be moderating the panel I organised on Christian Practices in the Medieval North and presenting a paper on Árni Magnússon's fragmentation of Latin Liturgical Manuscripts.

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I identified this fragment (AM 241 III α fol) the other day! The ‘In Natalicio Sancti Olaui Regis et Martyris’ beginning with the (partial) response for the seventh lesson at first vespers. Best feeling ever!

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

A little life update: I’m delighted to have received a distinction in my MPhil and am very excited to be starting my PhD in ASNC in October, funded by the AHRC OOC-DTP and Trinity Hall! I’ll be researching Latin Liturgical Manuscript Fragments in the collection of Árni Magnússon!

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Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

A little thread to introduce myself: I’m Rhiannon (she/her) and I’m a postgraduate medievalist in the ASNC department at the University of Cambridge, researching Icelandic liturgical manuscript fragments in the Arnamagnaæn collection (AM 241 b I fol) and hopefully a future codicologist!

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