Helen Craik (1751–1825), Gothic novelist & friend of Robert Burns, died 200 years ago #OTD, 11 June. Craik published 5 novels but no poetry. In 1919, excerpts of her poems appeared in a newspaper, but the source – a notebook Craik presented to a family friend – disappeared…
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Das Handschriftenportal (@hsprtl) im Fokus: Robert Giel präsentiert im #DigitalHistoryOFK "Das Handschriftenportal: Alles an (s)einem Ort?". Von der unikalen Handschrift zur digitalen Infrastruktur – eine Reise durch Erschließung, Präsentation und Portalentwicklung.
Mittwoch, 11.6., 16-18h (CET)
Online via Zoom, Abstract: https://dhistory.hypotheses.org/10712
#DigitalHistory #4memory #Manuscripts @historikerinnen @histodons @digitalhumanities
A wonderfully bizarre ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 14th century, Lyon. Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 742, f. 79v
@MedMilMedicine #elephants #medieval #manuscripts
"Together, these manuscripts shed exceptional light on the study of Hebrew by Christian monks in medieval England, on the administration of a medieval English town, and on spiritual devotion in medieval England and Ireland."
#medievodons #manuscripts #jewishstudies
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2025/06/five-outstanding-manuscripts-acquired-for-the-nation-1.html
#Turkey #art #Islam #manuscripts #GLAM
"The manuscript collection of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (TIEM), which has a significant place among manuscript archives in Türkiye, has been digitized and is now accessible to the public."
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/manuscript-collection-now-accessible-online-209748
Hürriyet Daily News : Manuscript collection now accessible online. “The manuscript collection of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (TIEM), which has a significant place among manuscript archives in Türkiye, has been digitized and is now accessible to the public.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/hurriyet-daily-news-manuscript-collection-now-accessible-online/
Jacobite manuscripts held in archives in Edinburgh & Glasgow
19 June, Mitchell Library, Glasgow – free
These manuscripts offer insights into the motivations & experiences of those who lived through the uprisings in often surprising ways, including the methods by which this information was recorded
Ralph McLean is Manuscripts Curator for Long 18th Century Collections at the National Library of Scotland
#religion #Catholicism #manuscripts #GLAM
"More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to an agreement with the Colnaghi Foundation. The initiative seeks to preserve unique documents and facilitate worldwide access to this treasure of the Church."
https://angelusnews.com/news/vatican/vatican-library-restored-digitized/
#947 Andrew Cook (ed) - Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol XIV, No 63, Spring 1980. The British Records Association, London.
Only 28 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week22.html
Mostly musical works from the Cappella Pontifica, along with more diaries, an Arabic work on magic, glossed canon law, Greek poetry, Aquinas and a copy of the Chronicon Beneventanum. And nothing else!
#Medieval #Medievodons @medievodon @bookhistodons
“Alright lads, it looks like we’ve got the element of surprise on our side. They’ll never know we’re coming” - 14th century, München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.gall. 16, f. 70v
@MedMilMedicine #médiéval #medieval #humour #humor #manuscripts
At a manuscript gathering last night at Standford—a Korean manuscript was shared. The whole thing was written/drawn in shell gold—even the guide lines. It was the most beautiful and shiny shell gold I have seen. It has convinced me I need to sit down and grind my shell even more! Guess I know my weekend tv watching activity.
The photos do not do it justice! The shell gold was so good it almost looked like flat gold leaf.
Image: Koryo sutra in gold, Korean, c 14th century, lotus sutra, vol 3, ch 5, 6, 7. Gold ink. Accordion folding album.
#942 W.M.M. Picken - A Medieval Cornish Miscellany. Phillimore & Co, London, 1999, 1st edition.
Smithsonian: National Museum of Asian Art Announces the Transfer of Ancient Manuscript Fragments to China. “The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has deaccessioned fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts (fourth–third century B.C.E.) from its collection and formally transferred them to the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) of the People’s Republic of China […]
48 more #Manuscripts digitized by the #Vatican in the past week https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week20.html
Includes a ton of Cappella Pontificia documents, some even about the Puntatore diaries in Capp.Sist.Diari, more Bussulas, Augustine on music, Ge'ez works and, topically, a Rule of St. Augustine
#Medieval #Medievodons @bookhistodons @medievodons
Sir Edward the Infantile didn’t want to leave the castle grounds that night, so for what was likely the first time in recorded history, he covered his ears and employed the now infamous “LA-LA-LA, I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!” tactic - 14th century, Bodleian Lib., MS. Bodl. 264, f. 152v
@MedMilMedicine #medieval #manuscripts #Bodleian
Release v4.1.0 erweitert unser Datenangebot erneut deutlich: großen Zuwachs verzeichnen wir unter anderem mit 2.500 KODs der Stadtbibliothek Trier, 850 Digitalisaten der UB Kassel und 451 Beschreibungen der Fürstlich Waldeckschen Hofbibliothek in Bad Arolsen.
Release Notes 
https://handschriftenportal.de/info/release-notes
Prochaine séance du séminaire Manuscrits en Méditerranée ce jeudi 15 mai à 14h @campuscondorcet Brigitte Mondrain (EPHE) : Un savant encyclopédique de l’époque paléologue : l’activité astronomique du médecin Georges Chrysococcès et le manuscrit autographe de sa Syntaxe perse
@IRHT_CNRS @bookhistodons #Byzantium #manuscripts
https://manuscrits.hypotheses.org/7127
Call For Manuscript Submissions - Real-Time GIS For Disaster Management
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https://www.nature.com/collections/bjdhbfiadi/guest-editors <-- shared link to submission details
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[note that I have NO affiliation with this journal, the guest editors, etc]
[I wonder if anybody from FEMA has compiled use case / effectiveness / robustness on/of the #WaffleHouseIndex in the southern USA, especially related to hurricanes?]
#GIS #paper #mapping #spatial #manuscripts #callforpapers #callformanuscripts #submissions #callforsubmissions #realtime #disaster #management #mitigation #prevention #preparedness #response #recovery #risk #hazard #naturalhazard #naturalhazard #emergency #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #drone #sensor #socialmedia #WaffleHouseIndex #datasets #AI #InternetOfThings #research #monitoring #evacuation #planning #resourceallocation #hazardmapping #realworld #global
Uninvolved in the conclave, the #Vatican libraries digitized 58 #manuscripts
https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week19.html
Including a counterfeit 14th C Dante, a ton of 19th C music, more Sistine Diaries, occult tests, travel guides, glossed classics, Persian poetry and more!
@bookstodon @medievodon #Medieval #Medievodons
Greg Cocks