Our newest blog, by Ph.D. candidate Sukwoo Choi, surveys the presence of early modern books in Southern Korean libraries. Truly a wonderful addition to the USTC! Read more here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/early-m...

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, eleven pipers piping! Our penultimate book from our twelve days of Christmas series, chosen by PhD Student Adyan Sharda, is ‘Dicks loyalty to his true love Nancy: or, a famous wedding’ (USTC 3089075). (1/2)

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, ten lords a-leaping! Up next on our 12 days of Christmas, is ‘A catalogue of the dukes, marquesses, earles, viscounts, bishops, barons, that sit in this Parliament’ (USTC 3021312), chosen by our Deputy Director, @ernestjeb.bsky.social! (1/2)

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, nine ladies dancing. Courtesy of Research Assistant and PhD Student Chloe Akers-Brewer, our next book in the USTC 12 Days of Christmas is ‘Mascherata di ninfe di Senna’ (USTC 4021655) (1/2)

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, eight maids a-milking. The next book in our 12 Days of Christmas series is ‘The milke-maids life’ (USTC 3017206), chosen by PhD student Mhairi Winfield: www.ustc.ac.uk/editions/301... Image courtesy of EBBA 30170, British Library – Roxburghe

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, seven swans a-swimming. Up next in the USTC’s 12 Days of Christmas is ‘The orders lawes and ancient customes of swanns’ (USTC 3015937), chosen by our Deputy Director, Jacob Baxter: www.ustc.ac.uk/editions/301... #12DaysOfChristmas #Swans

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me six geese-a-layin. Our sixth book is from Zachary Brookman, PhD candidate and research assistant, entitled 'Von der zwiefältigen Gans und den sechsfüssigen Ferkeln zu Gugenheim' (USTC 743685). #twelvedaysofchristmas

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me FIVE GOLDEN RINGS! Our fifth books comes from Arthur der Weduwen, co-director of the USTC, and is ''sWerelts begin, midden, eynde beslooten in den trou-ring, met den proef-steen van den selven' (USTC 1827719). #twelvedaysofchristmas

Seventeenth-Century Catalogs and their insights into the Dutch Republic's social state of religion is what Aurora de Thomasson, undergraduate history student, explores in our latest blog. You can read it here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/bibliot...

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me four calling birds. Our fourth book from Arthur der Weduwen, co-director of the USTC, is 'In dit boexken leertmen hoemen sal vogelen ende visschen vanghen metten handen, ende oock andersins' (USTC 422217). #twelvedaysofchristmas

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me three French hens. Our third book coming from Philippa Woodcock, a postdoctoral researcher, is 'Augure prodigieux tiré d'une poule' (USTC 12743). #twelvedaysofchristmas www.ustc.ac.uk/editions/12743

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two turtle doves. Our second book from Mhairi Winfield, a PhD candidate, is 'The turtle-dove, under the absence & presence of her only choise' (USTC 3082784). #twelvedaysofchristmas www.ustc.ac.uk/editions/308...

Welcome to the USTC 12 days of Christmas! On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree. Our first book selected by Philippa Woodcock, a postdoctoral researcher @standrewshistory, is La manière de cultiver les arbres fruitiers (USTC 3142604). #twelvedaysofchristmas

The Times They Are a-Changin' In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII moved the calendar. Rebecca Hirt (@kit.edu), in our blog, explores the impact that this shift had on almanacs. You can read it here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/when-te... #almanacs #earlymodern

The Universal Short Title Catalogue is an essential resource for all who wish to consult early modern printed books and pamphlets, in any language. And it's free on the internet to anyone who wants to take a look, or to dive into some research. www.ustc.ac.uk

There are plenty of newspapers in the USTC, but it’s also great to see the USTC in the press! We recently appeared in Fife Today as we celebrate our 30th anniversary this year: www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/...

CALL FOR PAPERS: Proclaiming, Affixing, Distributing: Disseminating the Law in Early Modern Europe [2nd COMLAWEU conference] (St Andrews: University of St Andrews, 5-6 MAY 2026) [DEADLINE 31 OCT 2025] 📣 @standrewshist.bsky.social esclh.blogspot.com/2025/10/call...

It’s a pleasure to appear alongside such a great group of scholars in ‘The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England’, overseen by the brilliant @elementaladam.bsky.social, Rachel Stenner and Kaley Kramer. You can read it for free over the next two weeks here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Ellen Robertson, a Book History MLitt student @standrewshist.bsky.social, has written on her fascinating research on a book of metrical psalms with extensive manuscript annotations held in the Special Collections @uniofstandrews.bsky.social! university-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/08/19/s...

"EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it!" Catch up on the news from the @universalstc.bsky.social annual conference on 'Newspapers and Periodicals', which took place in June 2025, with our newest blog by @zbrookman.bsky.social (PhD Candidate and Research Assistant). ustc.ac.uk/news/ustc-20...

'Well, sir, learn to jest in good time; there's time for all things'-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors ☛ New on the blog: ‘By a Lover of Ha, Ha, He’: Jest Books in a Cambridge Auction Catalogue by Anna Grace Gragg (MLitt student @standrewshist.bsky.social) 🃏📖😆 ustc.ac.uk/news/by-a-lo...

The call for papers for the second COMLAWEU conference, on the dissemination of the law in Early Modern Europe, is now open! The deadline for proposals is 31 October 2025. Any inquiries can be directed to Dr Arthur der Weduwen.

388 years ago TODAY, a chair was thrown at the Bishop of Edinburgh as he read from a book during a service. Riots followed shortly afterwards. In our latest blog, MLitt student William Lewis explores the book at the heart of the storm: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/a-war-o...

In our latest blog, MLitt student Ellen Robertson examines works that were promised by the catalogues of the Frankfurt Book Fair, but not always delivered. You can read it here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/ellen-r...

The latest issue of our Library Quarterly, dedicated to our work on France, is out now! You can read it and subscribe here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/ustc-li...

🚨Call for Papers: The 18th St Andrews/USTC Book History Conference on 'Print and Education' will take place 18–20 June 2026. 👉 Further details here: www.ustc.ac.uk/conference 📅 Application deadline: 12 December 2025 📖 We look forward to receiving your proposals! #CfP #bookhistory #skystorians

📚Explore the storied lives of Suffolk's parochial library collections in a new blog post: 'Non mihi sed omnibus: Suffolk’s Last Parochial Libraries' by current MLitt student @standrewshist.bsky.social Emily Wildish.📚 #bookhistory #libraryhistory #collectionhistory ustc.ac.uk/news/non-mih...

Our conference on News and Periodicals is underway with a panel on Political News Cultures! #USTC25

Our 2025 conference on Newspapers and Periodicals is underway with our hybrid workshop! #USTC25

Emma Caster, MLitt student @standrewshist.bsky.social, explores the career of the German printer, Wolfgang Stöckel (Müller) in a new blog entitled: 'Struggles and Strifes of a Reformation Printer: Printers and Debt in Germany' ustc.ac.uk/news/struggl... #bookhistory #Reformationhistory #earlymodern

Ahoy there! New blog post! Demi van Breukelen, master's student @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social & visiting researcher @standrewshist.bsky.social explores: 🌊'A Sea of Print: Printed Treasures in the Dutch Prize Papers Collection' ustc.ac.uk/news/a-sea-o... #printhistory #earlymodern #maritimehistory

Ahoy there! New blog post! Demi van Breukelen, master's student @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social & visiting researcher @standrewshist.bsky.social explores: 🌊'A Sea of Print: Printed Treasures in the Dutch Prize Papers Collection' ustc.ac.uk/news/a-sea-o... #printhistory #earlymodern #maritimehistory

The eighth issue of USTC Library Quarterly is out now! You can download it and subscribe here: ustc.ac.uk/news/ustc-li... This special issue is a collaboration with the COMLAWEU project.

Some fabulous discoveries here from the National Library in Edinburgh.

#HabemusPapam Read all about the early modern conclave and papal election process in this post about rare surviving printed sheets from seventeenth-century conclaves.

Wrote a little blog about some fascinating printed conclave documents I came across in the @natlibscot.bsky.social! 🗝️ Many thanks to the cataloguers of their Special Collections for documenting these objects so diligently!

CONCLAVE! 🗝️ As we await white smoke, read about some rare printed objects from early modern conclaves preserved in @natlibscot.bsky.social! In this post, USTC postdoc, @ciaokatet.bsky.social, explores blank conclave vote tallying sheets and sample ballots. #conclave2025 www.ustc.ac.uk/news/conclave

Gitika Sanjay, student of Modern History & Economics @standrewshist.bsky.social, explores the archival traces of a 18th-century text in a new post on our blog-'In Defence of ‘Abominable Practice’: Thomas Cannon’s Ancient and Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify’d'!📜 ustc.ac.uk/news/in-defe...

How does one learn practical skills from a book? Why were how-to books so popular in the early modern period, who used them and how, and can they even be considered a clearly defined genre? Find out the answer to these and other questions in our edited volume: brill.com/display/titl...

Cheers to a new blog!🍷 'Cheap Wine: A Warring Man’s Priority' by Zina Gharakhani, MLitt student in Early Modern and Reformation History @standrewshist.bsky.social 🍇 Explore wine industry regulations in Hapsburg Prague during the reign of Rudolf II. #earlymodern www.ustc.ac.uk/news/cheap-w...

We are delighted to unveil the provisional programme for our upcoming conference on Newspapers and Periodicals, organised by @zbrookman.bsky.social, @apettegree.bsky.social and Arthur der Weduwen, which will take place on 17 June and from 19-21 June 2025. #USTC25

🎺HEAR YE, HEAR YE: We are happy announce our latest post, 'The Fabric of Everyday Life: Sumptuary Laws in Early Modern France', written by @cmfgillain.bsky.social, a postdoctoral researcher on the Communicating the Law in Europe, 1500-1750 project! Read all about it: ustc.ac.uk/news/the-fab...

'the moneth of March, which entreth like a Lion 🦁, but goeth out like a Lamb 🐑.’ 🌬Today’s windy weather in Scotland, where the @universalstc.bsky.social is based, shows some truth in this saying. And we certainly hope that the second part holds up as the end of March approaches!

Learn more about the relationship between Polish print and the Latin language in the early modern period in our latest blog ‘We are Poles, so, of course, we print in Latin’ by COMLAWEU PhD student in @standrewshist.bsky.social, Paweł Pietrowcew! www.ustc.ac.uk/news/we-are-...

We're excited to reach 1,000 followers (and counting) on Bluesky! In honour of this milestone, we'd like to share our catalogued edition with the USTC no. 1000: Les illustrations de Gaule et singularitez de Troye Lyon, Etienne Baland et Jean Rocher, 1510 www.ustc.ac.uk/editions/1000

As Spring approaches, it's the perfect time to plan this year's garden.🌳🌹🪴🌷 In our latest blog post, Book History MLitt student, William Lewis, offers Scottish garden inspiration in ‘A Scottish Country Garden: Horticultural Handbooks in a 1700 Edinburgh Book Auction’ ustc.ac.uk/news/a-scott...

Did you know that Saint Valentine is the patron saint of love, romance, and… bees? Wishing you a Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at the JCB! Source: Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662 The reformed common-wealth of bees. D655 H332r americana.jcblibrary.org/search/objec...

In need of a love poem for your amour today? 💌 Look no further - this blog from the USTC archives explores a book of romantic poetry by Jean Bouchet, Les angoisses et remeds d’amours (The agonies and remedies of love), which was popular in sixteenth-century France. ustc.ac.uk/news/valenti...

The latest issue of USTC Library Quarterly is here! We’ve got an update on our matching from @apettegree.bsky.social, and a fascinating article on female printers from @ewatson.bsky.social. You can read it here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/ustc-li... #BookHistory #RareBooks #HerBook

Our very own @ciaokatet.bsky.social with a fantastic seminar this evening on Italian printed prayers!