Dr David Rundle
@drdavidrundle.bsky.social
Historian, palaeographer, Renaissance man. Managing Editor, @mediumaevum.bsky.social . Found in libraries or restaurants.
It was two months ago now, so a good moment to remember a highlight of our Austrian jaunt: a trip to Weiz, with its taborkirche (fortified church) dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury. That's Becket to us who obey Henry VIII's laws.
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It was two months ago now, so a good moment to remember a highlight of our Austrian jaunt: a trip to Weiz, with its taborkirche (fortified church) dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury. That's Becket to us who obey Henry VIII's laws.
Next to Jesus Maria Johannes, another triad: amen amen amen. Unusually, the reason for invoking it thrice is explained: it is in honour of the Trinity as the superscript letters show (p[ater], f[ilius], s[spiritus sanctus]). @magdalenoxford.bsky.social MS. lat. 71.
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Next to Jesus Maria Johannes, another triad: amen amen amen. Unusually, the reason for invoking it thrice is explained: it is in honour of the Trinity as the superscript letters show (p[ater], f[ilius], s[spiritus sanctus]). @magdalenoxford.bsky.social MS. lat. 71.
More evidence of the fun we had at the @memsunikent.bsky.social led and @chase-dtp.bsky.social funded Bookscapes workshop on Traditions of Lettering - from calligraphy to needlework via print, epigraphy and stained glass. Quite a day. Thank you, @cburycathedral.bsky.social Archives for hosting us.
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
More evidence of the fun we had at the @memsunikent.bsky.social led and @chase-dtp.bsky.social funded Bookscapes workshop on Traditions of Lettering - from calligraphy to needlework via print, epigraphy and stained glass. Quite a day. Thank you, @cburycathedral.bsky.social Archives for hosting us.
The latest @chase-dtp.bsky.social Bookscapes workshop is about to begin. It is on Traditions of Lettering, run by @memsunikent.bsky.social and hosted by our friends at @cburycathedral.bsky.social Archives.
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The latest @chase-dtp.bsky.social Bookscapes workshop is about to begin. It is on Traditions of Lettering, run by @memsunikent.bsky.social and hosted by our friends at @cburycathedral.bsky.social Archives.
The @memsunikent.bsky.social MA team are back in their second home, the Archives @cburycathedral.bsky.social for their first session of the term close up with manuscripts.
October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The @memsunikent.bsky.social MA team are back in their second home, the Archives @cburycathedral.bsky.social for their first session of the term close up with manuscripts.
A meeting @cburycathedral.bsky.social to discuss the next @chase-dtp.bsky.social Bookscapes workshop on traditions of lettering, and had a few minutes to enjoy some of the new (and relevant) temporary display. Timeless questions in present dress. I found it thought-provoking. Thank you.
October 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A meeting @cburycathedral.bsky.social to discuss the next @chase-dtp.bsky.social Bookscapes workshop on traditions of lettering, and had a few minutes to enjoy some of the new (and relevant) temporary display. Timeless questions in present dress. I found it thought-provoking. Thank you.
Reposted by Dr David Rundle
October 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Medieval Latin teachers, help! Disaster for our @memsunikent.bsky.social Latin learners: the Memrise pages for Collins's Primer have disappeared. Do you know where they might be now and, crucially, what substitutes there are.
I have seen pages on Quizlet and Brainscape. Recommendations?
I have seen pages on Quizlet and Brainscape. Recommendations?
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Medieval Latin teachers, help! Disaster for our @memsunikent.bsky.social Latin learners: the Memrise pages for Collins's Primer have disappeared. Do you know where they might be now and, crucially, what substitutes there are.
I have seen pages on Quizlet and Brainscape. Recommendations?
I have seen pages on Quizlet and Brainscape. Recommendations?
A reminder that this is on this very afternoon, 21st instant:
An opportunity next Tuesday at 5:30pm to enjoy some palaeography without moving from the comfort of your own chair:
Next Tuesday the Medieval Manuscripts Seminar is online. Kate Gerry will be sharing her work on the Guthlac Roll. Book 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A reminder that this is on this very afternoon, 21st instant:
That was quick (and suggests the Paper holds few surprises). Good on value of humanities; wise to be concerned about the International Student Levy; disappointing in not pointing out the fundamental flaws in a policy tied to tuition fees.
Read our response to the Government's Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, published today: https://bit.ly/48z0QOe
The UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences, The British Academy responds to the Government’s Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
That was quick (and suggests the Paper holds few surprises). Good on value of humanities; wise to be concerned about the International Student Levy; disappointing in not pointing out the fundamental flaws in a policy tied to tuition fees.
Quite so. But also: if this is the most the White Paper has to announce on HE, it speaks of a paucity of ambition. If there is nothing on how to attract more international students, nothing on how to ensure ongoing provision across all regions, it will be less use than a wet sticking plaster.
and I will say what I always say about this which is that I am not in favour of fees rise and no one who cares about universities should be: it is fees themselves that are the problem. raising them in line with inflation is “good news” in the same way that methadone is good news for an addict
tuition fee rises in line with inflation. great: will please NOONE (too little too late for unis) and infuriate students and the normal bores who complain about “death trap” degrees.
honestly Laura Trott’s response was… annoying but felt like it might convince more people
honestly Laura Trott’s response was… annoying but felt like it might convince more people
October 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Quite so. But also: if this is the most the White Paper has to announce on HE, it speaks of a paucity of ambition. If there is nothing on how to attract more international students, nothing on how to ensure ongoing provision across all regions, it will be less use than a wet sticking plaster.
An opportunity next Tuesday at 5:30pm to enjoy some palaeography without moving from the comfort of your own chair:
Next Tuesday the Medieval Manuscripts Seminar is online. Kate Gerry will be sharing her work on the Guthlac Roll. Book 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
An opportunity next Tuesday at 5:30pm to enjoy some palaeography without moving from the comfort of your own chair:
So true - but the humanities provides so much more than preparation for the economy: it is a training for the whole of life, not just the job. Every well-functioning civil society needs a critically attuned citizenry.
What HE managers fail to understand is that in the context of the Humanities, ‘employability’ isn’t teaching coding or carpentry, but skills around writing, presenting, reasoning, evaluation, analysis, research etc. In an 80% service economy, these are the skills that fundamentally matter.
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
So true - but the humanities provides so much more than preparation for the economy: it is a training for the whole of life, not just the job. Every well-functioning civil society needs a critically attuned citizenry.
Back in Guersney for some #fragment fun with @tamarajatkin.bsky.social hosted by the Island Archives's Callum Tostevin-Hall.
October 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Back in Guersney for some #fragment fun with @tamarajatkin.bsky.social hosted by the Island Archives's Callum Tostevin-Hall.
Scotney not-so-much-a-Castle (and looking good on it). @nationaltrust.org.uk
October 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Scotney not-so-much-a-Castle (and looking good on it). @nationaltrust.org.uk
I'm sure all manuscript scholars want to second that vote of thanks. MLGB3 goes beyond what the hardcopy Medieval Libraries of GB could provide. It was a sad day when it had to be taken down; it is great to see it back and functioning well. And it is going to get better! Congratulations to the team.
MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I'm sure all manuscript scholars want to second that vote of thanks. MLGB3 goes beyond what the hardcopy Medieval Libraries of GB could provide. It was a sad day when it had to be taken down; it is great to see it back and functioning well. And it is going to get better! Congratulations to the team.
Have you been bereft without MLGB3? It was the essential and much-used online listing of extant books from British medieval libraries. Those good people @bodleian.ox.ac.uk have been working away and have just re-launched it, with the promise of more in the year ahead:
mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Medieval Libraries of Great Britain
Medieval Libraries of Great Britain
mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Have you been bereft without MLGB3? It was the essential and much-used online listing of extant books from British medieval libraries. Those good people @bodleian.ox.ac.uk have been working away and have just re-launched it, with the promise of more in the year ahead:
mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Back in Christ Church for a day to reflect on where it began, with the change from St Frideswide's Priory to Thomas Wolsey's Cardimal College five hundred years ago this year.
October 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Back in Christ Church for a day to reflect on where it began, with the change from St Frideswide's Priory to Thomas Wolsey's Cardimal College five hundred years ago this year.
Come and join our friendly community @memsunikent.bsky.social:
Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing? If yes, then you may be interested in this f...
jobs.kent.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Come and join our friendly community @memsunikent.bsky.social:
TODAY TODAY TODAY
Here's a treat for manuscript- and fragment-lovers everywhere: @manuelmunoz.bsky.social will speak at Senate House Library @ies-sas.bsky.social Tuesday, 30th September, 5:30pm on his research into fragments at Keio University. To attend in-person or online, register at ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
TODAY TODAY TODAY
I'm not edgy. This is my happy face (@magdalenoxford.bsky.social MS. lat. 186).
September 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm not edgy. This is my happy face (@magdalenoxford.bsky.social MS. lat. 186).
I would have thought a better question would be how many 'i's there are in 'artificial intelligence' - but then we know AI is all about superego.
Don't believe it, Uni kids- use your precious noddles
September 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I would have thought a better question would be how many 'i's there are in 'artificial intelligence' - but then we know AI is all about superego.
Reposted by Dr David Rundle
And our FIVE YEAR teaching and research position in Early Modern Europe and the World is now live..... Please do circulate and/or think about applying. I truly love our department! @kingshistory.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
And our FIVE YEAR teaching and research position in Early Modern Europe and the World is now live..... Please do circulate and/or think about applying. I truly love our department! @kingshistory.bsky.social
Having returned from my travels, I am catching up with news and am very sorry to hear of the death of the former librarian of Oxford's Christ Church, John Wing. He was a quietly supportive and shrewd presence, with a prodigious memory. And a penchant for chocolate
chchconnections.org/news/the-hou...
chchconnections.org/news/the-hou...
HENRY JOHN RICHARD WING
Former Head Librarian, Henry John Richard Wing (known as John), has sadly passed away. John retired from Christ Church in 1994. His funeral will be at Oxford Crematorium on Wednesday 10 September.
chchconnections.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Having returned from my travels, I am catching up with news and am very sorry to hear of the death of the former librarian of Oxford's Christ Church, John Wing. He was a quietly supportive and shrewd presence, with a prodigious memory. And a penchant for chocolate
chchconnections.org/news/the-hou...
chchconnections.org/news/the-hou...
Here's a treat for manuscript- and fragment-lovers everywhere: @manuelmunoz.bsky.social will speak at Senate House Library @ies-sas.bsky.social Tuesday, 30th September, 5:30pm on his research into fragments at Keio University. To attend in-person or online, register at ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here's a treat for manuscript- and fragment-lovers everywhere: @manuelmunoz.bsky.social will speak at Senate House Library @ies-sas.bsky.social Tuesday, 30th September, 5:30pm on his research into fragments at Keio University. To attend in-person or online, register at ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...