The old Cambridge University Library. @theul.bsky.social #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks 📷 #photography

Some book trade ephemera for the cold weather: a piece of frost fair ephemera printed on the frozen River Thames by (or for) Mrs Sarah Baker on 18 January 1715/16 and probably later pasted into a book. Part of a collection assembled by A. N. L. Munby and now @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Munby.b.131.

A few favourites from Paula Rego: Visions of English Literature @norwichcastle.bsky.social Process, proofs and prints in the beautifully renovated galleries.

See you next year @theul.bsky.social #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #WinterSolstice #YaldaNight #Midwinter

Want to join the www.codicum.eu project? 3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills. #Medieval #Manuscript

Two days of Heritage Science and Manuscripts @ox.ac.uk with an excellent session @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Scientists, Historians and Conservators in conversation 📚

Dark, damp, but decidedly festive 🎄 @bodleian.ox.ac.uk and @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social looking beautiful in the rain this evening. #UniversityOfOxford #OxfordGLAM

Autumn days in Cambridge 🍂 @theul.bsky.social @clarecollege @corpuscambridge.bsky.social looking splendid on a crisp cold day. #CambridgeUniversityLibraries

Details of a fragment from an Abbasid Qur’an 📚 Iron gall ink on perfect parchment 🐑 @theul.bsky.social MS Add.1118, 3/4th century AH/ 9/10th century CE #IslamicManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #Parchment #JummahMubarak

#ManuscriptMonday from a flying visit to Words on the Wave @nmireland.bsky.social 📚 An exquisite show with wonderful archaeological objects, but always a joy to see books at the heart of an exhibition. #NationalMuseumofIreland #IrishManuscripts #FaddenMorePsalter #KinaleBookShrine

She is holding a book! 📖 Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New research may rewrite the story of the Book of Kells 📚 @tcddublin.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social

Walnut (husk) ink in progress. #NaturalDyes #NaturalInks #PracticeBasedResearch

Day to day collaboration between #CULconservation and colleagues in #CHIL @theul.bsky.social 📚 📷

Catching up on 1920’s week in @sewingbee.bsky.social and noticed a familiar backdrop! @cam.ac.uk @caiuscollege.bsky.social

Conserved c.20 years ago, and holding up pretty well 📚🧿 @theul.bsky.social Add. 1116, fragments of a Qur’an, 9th century #CULconservation #ParchmentConservation

A fascinating treatment by #CULconservation @theul.bsky.social for Criminology #RadzinowiczLibrary 🦛 #Conservation #LibraryConservation #NotJustBooks

Fascinating discussion which begins to explore the pros and cons of lending—and transporting—irreplaceable cultural heritage collections.

Come and work with us! @theul.bsky.social 📚 #CULconservation #BookConservation @conservators.bsky.social

There’s not a walnut tree in @theul.bsky.social Dye Garden (yet) so this year’s walnut ink production is thanks to a harvest in Norfolk. #NaturalDyes #PracticeBasedResearch #MedievalPalette

Excellent coverage of this beautiful exhibition, previously @kettlesyard.bsky.social 🇵🇸 www.theguardian.com/fashion/gall...

Tyger, tyger, burning bright 🧡 Beautiful day-flying Jersey Tiger moth spotted sheltering from showers today. @britentsoc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #BigButterflyCount

Something for @bbka.org.uk 🐝

Week 2 of the Montefiassone Conservation Project ends with a selection of Safina made by a dedicated class of would-be Safavid binders 📚 Painted gold and stencilling embellishes leather, paper, and textile. Thank you everyone! #MonteProject2025 #Montefiascone #SafavidBinding #IslamicBookbinding

Beautiful corners of Orvieto, Umbria, visiting after class here at the Montefiascone Conservation Project. #MonteProject #BookHistory #PracticeBasedResearch

Beautiful black Hollyhock in the Dye Garden at @theul.bsky.social yesterday evening. 🖤 📷 #photography

A butterfly on the blooming safflower today in the @theul.bsky.social Dye Garden 🌱

This week, our Conservation team harvested the cornflowers from the Dye Garden. Later this summer, we will share how to turn them into traditional colour for manuscript painting. #CULConservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #DyeGarden #ManuscriptConservation

Clear skies and rainbow flag flying for the final day of #PrideMonth @theul.bsky.social

Almost midsummer, and almost twilight in the Dye Garden @theul.bsky.social #CULconservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #LibraryGardens #Midsummer #DyePlants #PracticeBasedResearch

Gold on parchment with purple accents 📚 @theul.bsky.social MS Add.2964, one juz of an Abbasid Qur’an, ninth or tenth century C.E. #QuranManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #ParchmentManuscript #AbbasidManuscript

Fab opportunity to work @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social with the excellent #BodCons team 📚

Eid Mubarak to all those marking Eid al-Adha today ✨ This beautiful Qur’an manuscript is held in a bespoke satchel. It was made in Nigeria in the 19th century, and is now part of the Royal Commonwealth Society collections @theul.bsky.social CUL ORCS.4.01 #EidMubarak #QuranManuscript

Always a pleasure to host colleagues and visitors in #CULconservation 📚 Practice-based research and Heritage Science are key to @theul.bsky.social and @hips-project.bsky.social

Library Late at the UL is back! Join us on 19 June at Cambridge University Library for a fun evening dedicated to our latest exhibition, #CuriousCures -- including board games! ⏰THURS 19 JUNE, 7.30PM TO 10PM 🎟️Book your ticket now: loom.ly/aXzD1H4

The Venerable Bede’s tomb @durhamcathedral.bsky.social

Bank holiday weekend views @theul.bsky.social

“Make you to ravel all this matter out” (Shakespeare, Hamlet, 3.4) Join us in June for a conference which showcases early career scholars working on the intersections between text, materiality & performance in commercial theatres from 1500-1800! www.sal.org.uk/event/revels/

Alternative views @theul.bsky.social 🌸 @camperegrines.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

Our brand-new Dye Garden is coming to life! With guidance from colleagues across the UL, and @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social, our Conservation team has planted traditional dye plants once used in manuscript painting. 🎨 #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #CULconservation #DyeGarden

Magna Carta @harvard.edu www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Finishing the week with glorious sunshine, two @camperegrines.bsky.social on the tower @theul.bsky.social Geese, gosling and a heron on the Cam.

A long time ago in a manuscript far, far away.... Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.

Glowing redisplays and excellent transitions @museecluny.bsky.social

Splendid views of the Bibliothèque Mazarine, France’s oldest public library 📚 @iflaglobal.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social

Meditations on Libraries and Heritage Collections an @iflaglobal.bsky.social workshop @labnf.bsky.social Starting with a compelling keynote on the democratisation of documentary heritage collections from @garreltverhoeven.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social

Blossom filled spring views @theul.bsky.social 🌸🌸🌸

Such an important panel on #TraditionCarePractices at #CC20 today, convened by Melissa Moreton. Then more excellent contributions from colleagues including @eyobderillo1.bsky.social @thejohnrylands.bsky.social @folgerlibrary.bsky.social

#CULconservation are having a #CC20 watch party 📚 Excellent papers from colleagues @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social @lampallib.bsky.social @thejohnrylands.bsky.social among others. #CareandConservationOfManuscripts #CambridgeUniversityLibraries @theul.bsky.social

Impromptu browsing in Bologna📚