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The Hereford Gospels online symposium is on 26 June. It's a free opportunity to hear about this remarkable manuscript from the experts. I'm also pleased to confirm that it will be recorded for those who may not be able to come in real time! www.herefordcathedral.org/Event/herefo...

This was fun! (No Greek for me, but I think the spirit is accurate.)

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This could be the best dragon I've ever seen.

CALCA was great! But the true highlight was meeting someone else who went to University of Missouri! Poor guy probably thought I was a bit mad, but I never mert people from the Midwest much less somewhere I actually lived.

Delighted with this. Gloucester Cathedral is a great place.

I am a one-woman marketing machine.😂 Looking forward to the CALCA conference today!

😆 But also, when I returned the Gospels to the display case after Pentecost Sunday, I did give it a gentle pat and say "Well done".

Hereford Gospels bookmark complete.🪡

Join us for an afternoon talk with Orly Amit, Maciej Pawlikowski and Eyal Poleg.

I had a lovely hour with the broderers! Really impressed with how well the drop-in sessions are going. We had about 7 people while I was there, one of whom had deliberately made her exhibition visit coincide with an embroidery session.🥰

Watched a show on TV and got distracted by: a) an amazing knitted vest and b) a Norman font. Who have I become? (I love it.)

today my son asked me why one of our books has silvered edges so I explained to him that there’s a Silverman who works for the Lord of the Morning who makes dew all silver and then has fun with it if there’s extra, though sometimes he gets bored and dumps it on the moon

Sunday morning scribal practice.

It was an absolute pleasure and I loved every minute! Thank you so much for inviting me ❤️

What an utter delight it has been to have @saracharles.bsky.social at Hereford Cathedral the last few days! Finished up with ink & quill making and calligraphy in the reading room today.

Another critbib boom: vindicating Wynkyn de Worde as a top-tier printer and innovator and worthy of scholarly research YEAH CAXTON-HEADS YOU HEARD ME

Happy #Caturday from a cat who does not belong to me.

Run out of pickles? Dill issue.

Green's Books at @worcestercathedral.bsky.social library: 📚 Understanding Bookbindings Course 🗓️ Mon 22 & Tues 23 June 2026 | 10am-4pm 📝 Focus: the structural features of bookbindings, their development over time, and the reasons they degrade. 💰 £360 www.worcestercathedral.org.uk/whats-on/und...

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...Text from a psalter was erased from the parchment, which was then reused to produce the gospel book. The image of the Cathach has been included to show what that psalter may have looked like. If you are in Hereford, don't miss the exhibition! If you are in Dublin, come and see the Cathach today!

I think I need to get a private jet to go see it today! The Cathach is such an amazing manuscript. Hope it gets many visitors today.

Top work from my friend who is on holiday in Whitby and sending me pictures of the Caedmon info boards.❤️

Epic thunderstorm in Cheltenham! I called it a couple of days ago. It was getting too hot; this was inevitable.

Only classy graffiti in cathedrals.

Have you signed our petition yet? Ydych chi wedi arwyddo ein deiseb eto? tinyurl.digital/qhc4cs It's not too much hassle to #saveourassl

There are a few tickets left for @saracharles.bsky.social talk on Friday evening at Hereford Cathedral. What better way to spend a Friday night than immersed in thinking about manuscript production? www.herefordcathedral.org/Event/from-p...

I do get very fed up with people saying what a shame it is the Hereford Gospels doesn't have a jewelled binding, as though a plain binding devalues it. (It is a very sad binding from my perspective, but that's more to do with the lack of wooden boards than decoration.)

31 degrees (nearly 88°F) at 8:30 PM. It is officially hot. On the up side, humidity is only 41%, so really could be worse.

Everyone’s bedroom in the UK right now…

Reposting because once again we are suffering in this heat

It is officially hot, which means this is probably my only cup of tea for the day. I'm actually too hot to drink it, but genuinely might not function without it. #TeaUp

It's over 30° and 6 year old has just asked for a cup of tea. This is how I know she's British and I'm not.

It's our 12th wedding anniversary! I was working and there was a kid's party, so we're celebrating next week. But I did wear my wedding earrings and recreate the wedding bouquet with flowers from our garden, picked in the morning just like on our wedding day.❤️

Getting all my materials together for my trip to Hereford Cathedral next week - I’ll be giving a talk about medieval manuscripts followed by an ink-making workshop @bibliojenni.bsky.social

A very Anglo-Saxon day for me. I had the honour of processing the Hereford Gospels during the Cathedral's Pentecost eucharist service. Then I finally stopped at Deerhurst, which I drive past most days, to see Odda's Chapel and St. Mary's.

Work is not too shabby.

If you follow me, live in Edinburgh and left some super nice feedback in the chained library visitor book, I think I owe you a fiver!😂

27°. It would be rude not to.

We're running a competition to name the creature (dog? deer? unsure!) on the John incipit of the Hereford Gospels. Exhibition has been open for 7 weeks and we have just over 100 entries!

Look what exists now! A small trade book about the Herefordshire Gospels, featuring two pictures by me. I proofread this several times, so looking forward to hearing everything that is wrong with it.

LIbrarians. A moment of silence for our museum colleagues.

My very wild, untidy and beautiful flower bed is full of bees. #TinyJoys

"Oh where...is my hairbrush?!" Classic.

Settling in to watch Kevin McCloud's Visit to Hereford. I was too busy cleaning to meet him, alas, but apparently he was very nice.

Busy reading room this morning: clergy-in-training, GCSE student on exam break, regular reader who comes with a suitcase amongst others. Always so delighted to see people learning here. #TinyJoys

An absolutely packed room at @antiquaries.bsky.social )and more on Zoom!) to hear Andrew Honey from @bodleian.ox.ac.uk: “Graham Pollard revisited: New observations on the construction of English twelfth-century bindings at the Bodleian Library”