Congratulations to the editors and all who contributed to this long-awaited first vol (2 pts) of the History of the Book in Scotland! Great achievement. Proud to be included on Esther Inglis in pt.2, with her portrait highlighting the cover of pt.1. #bookhistory @edinburghup.bsky.social

Wonderful early modern marginalia, including a woman riding a horse astride. #bookhistory @emwjournal.bsky.social

Coming up Thurs, March 19th, on Zoom - Did Artemisia Gentileschi Paint for Men or for Women? A talk by Sheila Barker Hosts: The Center for the Study of Women and the Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance (SSWR) RSVP Link: bit.ly/sswrartemisia

See my new post today on 'Ice-schoklis'! Find it at estheringlis.com/2026/01/29/i... #icicles #EstherInglis #Avercamp #FolgerLibrary #WashingtonNationalCathedral #Avercamp

See my new blog post on "Multi-talented Women" featuring the current exhibition at #NMWA on women as artists, engravers, calligraphers, sculptors, embroiderers, lacemakers, etc. I place #EstherInglis within this coteree of talented Netherlandish women. estheringlis.com/2025/11/17/w...

The next volume in the Camden Series of scholarly editions of primary sources for historians is 'The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)', edited by Helen Newsome-Chandler. This volume will be published in print and online @universitypress.cambridge.org in August 2/2

The new issue of @royalstudies.bsky.social Royal Studies Journal is out, a special issue that I've been really looking forward to, 'Material Culture and Built Heritage: Manifestations of Scotland’s Royal Past, Present and Future' rsj.winchester.ac.uk/30/volume/12... Guest eds. Lucy Dean & Amy Hayes

See new blogpost "Esther Inglis and 'Little Beasts'" on relationship of her work with that of Flemish nature artists of the time, based on extraordinary new exhibition at NGA DC. estheringlis.com/2025/05/29/e... @artherstory.bsky.social @ngadc.bsky.social #EstherInglis #JorisHofnagel #ClaraPeeters

A nice piece on the woman who tutored the young Mary Queen of Scots in French!

This means that our Rachel Ruysch Note Card Wallet | 8 cards and envelopes - usually $16.95 - is on sale for $12.75!

Spend your Saturday afternoon in good company with #EstherInglis, novelist Sara Sheridan in conversation with Anna Pike and Jamie Reid Baxter, along with poet Gerda Stevenson, and music by the White Rose Ensemble. St. Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh. 2-4 pm. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-afterno...

Early German book in gorgeous binding, published by a woman. @emwjournal.bsky.social #women #publishing #binding

This is a register from the guild of book producers and merchants in 15th-century Bruges, showing a list of craftspeople who made books of hours. One quarter of the guild members between 1455 and 1500 were women! #medievalsky #TrotsenTroost #PrideandSolace

For Maundy Thursday, A Royal Maundy depicted by Levina Teerlinc from the court of Elizabeth I.

Celebrate Esther in April! Staatsbibliothek, Berlin MS.Lat.C14 If you're in Edinburgh, come enjoy a wonderful afternoon with interesting talks, delightful poetry, and great music. When: Saturday, 26th April : 2-4 PM Where: St. Cecilia's Hall and Concert Room, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh Scottish…

Just arrived in the mail - new from #Brill Congratulations to #EliseWatson and #JessicaFarrellJobst for a big editorial job on 24 articles, including my piece on #EstherInglis, #embroidery, and #calligraphy. A couple of chapters for free here: brill.com/edcollbook/t...

Interested in #embroidery and early techniques? Sign up to hear professional embroiderers Christy Batie and Erin Moody tell how they recreated one of #EstherInglis's #bindings and what they learned. Virtual talk, Thursday Jan. 30, 6pm EST; 11pm GMT www.folger.edu/whats-on/vir...

The Folger has now posted "turning the page" versions of three of its Esther Inglis manuscripts: V.a.91, V.a.92 and V.a.93 (for Prince Maurice of Nassau - newly digitized). Give each a moment to load, then enjoy! Sctoll down on this page to find them. www.folger.edu/whats-on/lit...

Hi old friends from the T-verse - I'm now joining you all in the Blue Sky. Expect to do most of my posting here from now. Had a nice Christmas gift card for an indy bookshop in Raleigh NC, so purchased a copy of Adam's book there today. (I like the jacket of the UK edition better, but still . . . )