Another memoir from my trip to the VEC in Rome last month — the beautiful Third Library.

Beautiful paper-covered book spotted on my recent trip to the VEC in Rome. 😍😍😍 Stand by for more pics of lovely books from my trip to Rome!

1788 Spanish recipes from Manuela Gonzalez: miel rosada, buñuelos de viento, pan rey, distilled cider. The Pan Rey recipe looks like a recipe for Rosca de Reyes, Three Kings Day cake.

If you have ever wondered why archival photography is 'expensive' please know that to capture 3 images has taken nearly 2 hours.

📣 One week until the deadline for this FULLY FUNDED PHD OPPORTUNITY 📣 Don't miss this exciting opportunity to pursue a collaborative doctoral award working with the IES & British Jesuit Archives with the excellent @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social, @lucyvinten.bsky.social, & @laurajcleaver.bsky.social

A reminder about this fantastic fully funded PhD opportunity with the IES and the British Jesuit Archives! Deadline is at the end of this month so don't delay!

Six years of Early Modern Female Book Ownership today! 72,500 views, 41,500 visitors, 221 posts by academics, librarians, book owners, and others with the support of libraries, private owners, and booksellers. And much more to come! https://buff.ly/2REqsPi #HerBook #EarlyModern

Alert: great opportunity if you are interested in doing a PhD around early book. Salaried (!) Marie Curie Doctoral Research position advertised by the U of Bristol within the exciting “Remediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures” project (@rebpaf.bsky.social). uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c...

And it’s fully funded! Feel free to reach out to me and @lucyvinten.bsky.social to discuss the project and the application process #bookhistory #libraries #phd

Fully-funded PhD scholarship opportunity on project on ‘The hidden voices of early printed books (c. 1450-1750)’ at the University of Manchester. Supervised by me and my wonderful colleague Tabitha Tuckett in collaboration with Chetham’s Library. Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

It's great to see how many archives/libraries are partnering with Universities on Collaborative Doctoral Awards, they're a brilliant way to open up archive/library collections to wider audiences This opportunity with the British Jesuit Archives and @ies-sas.bsky.social looks especially interesting

Come and have a treat with us at the British Jesuit Archive! —Fully funded PhD opportunity. #BookHistory

Interested in doing a PhD in #BookHistory? There’s a fully funded opportunity to work with the Jesuit rare book collection in collaboration with @ies-sas.bsky.social Supervised by @Michaelwdurrant.bsky.social, @laurajcleaver.bsky.social and me!

Some of the recently repackaged relics in the British Jesuit Archive looking like Christmas baubles when you get them out of the attic each year.

A beautiful, battered little book from 1606, mended multiple times. #RecentlyCatalogued at the British Jesuit Archive

Pushkin, the St Beuno’s cat finds the warmest flagstones. Everyone (including a lady in a wheelchair) negotiates round him.

I visited all three castles in the one day!

I managed all three!!

I’ve just spent the last few days helping preserve the rare books at St Beuno’s in North Wales. Tomorrow is a day off so plan to visit castles — I’m thinking Caernarfon, Beaumaris or Conwy but doubt I can manage all 3. Which to choose?