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Centre for Material Texts, University of Cambridge

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New termcard is here! Claire Connolly (@EnglishUCC) on frieze coats & Irish Romanticism; Sarah Haggarty (@englishunicam) on the folded letter as chronotope; Yan Che (@Princeton) on virtue & value in Sense & Sensibility. All welcome! @EngFac18thC @BSECS @BARS_PGs @18thcentury_cam
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V. old graffiti from the Villa Farnesina in Rome.
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New blog post to announce the cataloguing of prints collected by the Ferrar family of Little Gidding: magdlibs.com/2024/08/13/litt… #camlibs #speccolls

Little Gidding and the Gospel Harmonies

Little Gidding was an Anglican religious community established by Nicholas Ferrar (1592-1637) in Huntingdonshire in 1625. Made up of Ferrar’s extended family and servants, the community gained atte…

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We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for "Esther Inglis in Contexts and Culture", a colloquium at the University of Edinburgh, 19th-20th October 2024. Do share widely - we look forward to welcoming you to Esther Inglis' Edinburgh! ed.ac.uk/literatures-languag…
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Applications to become a CDH Methods Fellow are open! Come along to our information session next month to find out how you could contribute to an interdisciplinary programme that attracts over 500 participants across the university each year. Register ⬇️ buff.ly/3WyxdF7
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We're advertising a one-year postdoc to work with me and the Print Matters team. If you're into embodiment and text technologies (any period) and keen to turn your hand to letterpress printing, please apply! Feel free to be in touch with questions. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese…
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A Hollyhock, an example of ‘nature printing’ from original plant specimens. From Johann Hieronymus Kniphof’s ‘Botanica in originali seu herbarium vivum’ (1757-64). S370.a.75.1-4 @theUL
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Dr Liam Sims@liamsims26 Jul 2024
Nice acquisition @theULSpecColl: 3 works on the Norfolk mystic Jane Lead printed Amsterdam 1703-5. Bound in red velvet on 10 Aug 1822 according to a note inside; silk pastedowns embossed with Bible verses & initials M.A.P. The only copies of all 3 titles in UK. @theUL 7000.e.522.
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Rare examples of 17th-century paper-cutting ‘saved from skip’ to go on display

Decorative artefacts saved from skip 30 years ago amid debris at former ‘ladies’ university’ Sutton House in London

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We are delighted to announce the opening of our new exhibition 'Her booke': Early Modern Women and their Books at Lambeth Palace Library! Admission is FREE and we welcome you to browse the exhibition during our opening hours or attend one of our events. lambethpalacelibrary.info/ex…
The poster for Lambeth Palace Library's new exhibition, 'Her booke': Early Modern Women and their Books at Lambeth Palace Library. The poster features a hand coloured image of Queen Elizabeth I at prayer next to a book. The colours are bright fuchsia, blue, teal, and gold.

ALT The poster for Lambeth Palace Library's new exhibition, 'Her booke': Early Modern Women and their Books at Lambeth Palace Library. The poster features a hand coloured image of Queen Elizabeth I at prayer next to a book. The colours are bright fuchsia, blue, teal, and gold.

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UPDATE: MILTON'S HOLINSHED among the 100s of annotations—many of them by john milton—in @PhxLibrary's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES is this (left)—god blotted out. in a new post, @jes1003 offers context for whether this could be milton's doing: english.cam.ac.uk/cmt/?p=625…
On the right, an ornamented initial "I" depicting Adam and Eve (lower right corner) and God (upper left corner) [Harry Ransom Center -q- DA 130 H732 1587 Copy 2 - v. 3]. On the left, the same initial in a different copy of the book where God is blotted out with a dark ink [Phoenix Public Library, REF 942 H717c 1586].

ALT On the right, an ornamented initial "I" depicting Adam and Eve (lower right corner) and God (upper left corner) [Harry Ransom Center -q- DA 130 H732 1587 Copy 2 - v. 3]. On the left, the same initial in a different copy of the book where God is blotted out with a dark ink [Phoenix Public Library, REF 942 H717c 1586].

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#graffiti news theguardian.com/culture/arti…

Graffiti-covered door from French revolutionary wars found in Kent

Markings include public executions and a sailing ship chiselled into door in 1790s by bored English soldiers

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William Kentridge - 2nd hand reading

William Kentridge"2nd hand reading"

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Just over a week to apply for this post—please send the link to anyone you think might be interested!
Edward Wilson-Lee@EdwardWilsonLee3 Jul 2023
JOB KLAXXON We are looking for a PDRA to join the team editing Hernando Colón's Libro de los Epítomes for @OUPAcademic. Based @Cambridge_Uni for one year in first instance. Please do apply/re-tweet/send to anyone you think might be interested! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41723/
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Prayerbook of priest who saved Charles II’s life on display in Staffordshire hall

Rare 1623 missal bears signature of Catholic priest John Huddleston, who hid king after final defeat by Cromwell’s forces

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‘Mad and offensive’ texts shed light on the role played by minstrels in medieval society

The Heege Manuscript which ‘pokes fun at everyone, high and low’ is among the earliest evidence of the life and work of a real minstrel

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- A panel on artists' books in book studies @AdamSmy36314691 @roguepages & more With thanks to funders & supporters including @CMTcambridge @CamDigHum @englishunicam @OOCDTP @Cambridge_Trust View the full programme and sign up to join in person/online! visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/even…
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