Harry Spillane
@harryspillane.bsky.social
Early modern historian at the University of Cambridge | Munby Fellow in Bibliography at Cambridge University Library and Fellow of Darwin College | PhD on the Bishops' Bible of 1568 | General book lover 📚
www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-harry-spillane
www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-harry-spillane
Pinned
Debating Biblical Translation in Late Elizabethan England | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
Debating Biblical Translation in Late Elizabethan England
www.cambridge.org
Delighted this is out with @historicaljnl.bsky.social
Research from my doctorate @camhistory.bsky.social, developed with a fellowship at @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, and finished whilst a Munby Fellow at @theul.bsky.social
Read on for juicy Bible debates 📖
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Research from my doctorate @camhistory.bsky.social, developed with a fellowship at @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, and finished whilst a Munby Fellow at @theul.bsky.social
Read on for juicy Bible debates 📖
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Do join us @crasshlive.bsky.social on 26th & 27th September for an event showcasing research into the Bible Society Collections and discussing its future
@theul.bsky.social @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social
Papers can be submitted until August 25th and registration opens shortly
@theul.bsky.social @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social
Papers can be submitted until August 25th and registration opens shortly
Has your research delved into the Bible Society Collections @theulspeccoll.bsky.social? Share your ideas at our conference on September 26th-27th! Our extended CfP submission date is now August 25th. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47443...
The future of research in Bible Society collections - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Do join us @crasshlive.bsky.social on 26th & 27th September for an event showcasing research into the Bible Society Collections and discussing its future
@theul.bsky.social @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social
Papers can be submitted until August 25th and registration opens shortly
@theul.bsky.social @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social
Papers can be submitted until August 25th and registration opens shortly
A write up of our wonderful 'Great Bible Exhibition' and the scientific analysis carried out on the two stunning presentation copies for Henry VIII and Cromwell @hips-project.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social and National Library of Wales
Such a joy to spend time with these books!
Such a joy to spend time with these books!
June 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A write up of our wonderful 'Great Bible Exhibition' and the scientific analysis carried out on the two stunning presentation copies for Henry VIII and Cromwell @hips-project.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social and National Library of Wales
Such a joy to spend time with these books!
Such a joy to spend time with these books!
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A printed ❤️ symbol from a 1702 text about the Holy Trinity.
June 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A printed ❤️ symbol from a 1702 text about the Holy Trinity.
On this day in 1509, Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon were married #tilldeathdouspart
HOW IT STARTED HOW IT ENDED
HOW IT STARTED HOW IT ENDED
June 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
On this day in 1509, Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon were married #tilldeathdouspart
HOW IT STARTED HOW IT ENDED
HOW IT STARTED HOW IT ENDED
Happy International Heraldry Day!
Why not celebrate by reading all about Archbishop Matthew Parker's uses of heraldry in Elizabethan England in this short piece of mine for @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
#coatsofarms #heraldry @theheraldrysociety.bsky.social
Why not celebrate by reading all about Archbishop Matthew Parker's uses of heraldry in Elizabethan England in this short piece of mine for @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
#coatsofarms #heraldry @theheraldrysociety.bsky.social
Beautiful coats of arms and heraldic devices cover many of Archbishop Matthew Parker's books and manuscripts, but why?
Read my latest blog for @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social to learn more about Parker's heraldic habits... (with lots of lovely pictures!)
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/mat...
Read my latest blog for @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social to learn more about Parker's heraldic habits... (with lots of lovely pictures!)
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/mat...
Matthew Parker’s Heraldry
Dr Harry Spillane discusses various coats of arms associated with Matthew Parker that are still visible in the College collections and beyond
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk
June 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Happy International Heraldry Day!
Why not celebrate by reading all about Archbishop Matthew Parker's uses of heraldry in Elizabethan England in this short piece of mine for @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
#coatsofarms #heraldry @theheraldrysociety.bsky.social
Why not celebrate by reading all about Archbishop Matthew Parker's uses of heraldry in Elizabethan England in this short piece of mine for @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
#coatsofarms #heraldry @theheraldrysociety.bsky.social
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With Whitsunday approaching, here is a lovely depiction of Pentecost from Coverdale's 1538 English New Testament, with some lovely flames/Mohican haircuts on the heads of figures....
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
CUL, BSS.201.B38.7 (STC 2836), sig. R2r
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
CUL, BSS.201.B38.7 (STC 2836), sig. R2r
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
With Whitsunday approaching, here is a lovely depiction of Pentecost from Coverdale's 1538 English New Testament, with some lovely flames/Mohican haircuts on the heads of figures....
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
CUL, BSS.201.B38.7 (STC 2836), sig. R2r
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
CUL, BSS.201.B38.7 (STC 2836), sig. R2r
With Whitsunday approaching, here is a lovely depiction of Pentecost from Coverdale's 1538 English New Testament, with some lovely flames/Mohican haircuts on the heads of figures....
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
CUL, BSS.201.B38.7 (STC 2836), sig. R2r
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
CUL, BSS.201.B38.7 (STC 2836), sig. R2r
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
With Whitsunday approaching, here is a lovely depiction of Pentecost from Coverdale's 1538 English New Testament, with some lovely flames/Mohican haircuts on the heads of figures....
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
CUL, BSS.201.B38.7 (STC 2836), sig. R2r
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
CUL, BSS.201.B38.7 (STC 2836), sig. R2r
On Ascension Day, here is one of my favourite illustrations from the series of English New Testaments printed by Richard Jugge in the 1550s, depicting some lovely dangling feet and Christ's sandals left behind on the ground...🦶🦶
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social, BSS.201.B52.3, sig. L3v
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social, BSS.201.B52.3, sig. L3v
May 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
On Ascension Day, here is one of my favourite illustrations from the series of English New Testaments printed by Richard Jugge in the 1550s, depicting some lovely dangling feet and Christ's sandals left behind on the ground...🦶🦶
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social, BSS.201.B52.3, sig. L3v
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social, BSS.201.B52.3, sig. L3v
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Listening to @harryspillane.bsky.social giving a fascinating talk on the Victorian Bible collector Francis Fry (1803-86) @theul.bsky.social. Bibles and chocolate!
May 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Listening to @harryspillane.bsky.social giving a fascinating talk on the Victorian Bible collector Francis Fry (1803-86) @theul.bsky.social. Bibles and chocolate!
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Absolutely brilliantly informative & entertaining talk @theul.bsky.social by @harryspillane.bsky.social on Francis Fry: maker of chocolate and collector of Bibles.
May 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Absolutely brilliantly informative & entertaining talk @theul.bsky.social by @harryspillane.bsky.social on Francis Fry: maker of chocolate and collector of Bibles.
Did you know Francis Fry, heir to the chocolate company J.S Frys & Sons, amassed one of the largest Bible collections ever known?🍫
Hear about Fry's meticulous yet controversial collecting habits in @harryspillane.bsky.social upcoming research talk. Free to book: loom.ly/J8GHfCw
Hear about Fry's meticulous yet controversial collecting habits in @harryspillane.bsky.social upcoming research talk. Free to book: loom.ly/J8GHfCw
May 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Join Darwin Fellow @harryspillane.bsky.social at 5pm today at the UL, as he explores how Francis Fry, Victorian collector and heir to J.S Fry & Sons, combined two of life’s greatest pleasures: chocolate and bibliography.
Book here if you plan to attend: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rese.../even...
Book here if you plan to attend: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rese.../even...
May 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Join Darwin Fellow @harryspillane.bsky.social at 5pm today at the UL, as he explores how Francis Fry, Victorian collector and heir to J.S Fry & Sons, combined two of life’s greatest pleasures: chocolate and bibliography.
Book here if you plan to attend: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rese.../even...
Book here if you plan to attend: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rese.../even...
In advance of my Munby talk next week, my digitization of Francis Fry's magnum opus, his 'Description of the Great Bible', is available now
It has bonkers fold-outs and stunning illustrations!
@camdiglib.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-SSS-...
It has bonkers fold-outs and stunning illustrations!
@camdiglib.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-SSS-...
May 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
In advance of my Munby talk next week, my digitization of Francis Fry's magnum opus, his 'Description of the Great Bible', is available now
It has bonkers fold-outs and stunning illustrations!
@camdiglib.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-SSS-...
It has bonkers fold-outs and stunning illustrations!
@camdiglib.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-SSS-...
Archbishop Parker died on this day 450 years ago. He was Elizabeth I's first archbishop of Canterbury, a dedicated collector of manuscripts, and wearer of a very fine moustache
@corpuscambridge.bsky.social @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
I discuss his portraiture here
corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/mat...
@corpuscambridge.bsky.social @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
I discuss his portraiture here
corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/mat...
May 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Archbishop Parker died on this day 450 years ago. He was Elizabeth I's first archbishop of Canterbury, a dedicated collector of manuscripts, and wearer of a very fine moustache
@corpuscambridge.bsky.social @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
I discuss his portraiture here
corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/mat...
@corpuscambridge.bsky.social @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
I discuss his portraiture here
corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/mat...
Do come along on May 28th to hear all about Francis Fry, his bibles, and a little bit about his chocolate...which you might even get to try🍫
The fruits of my Munby Fellowship research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
The fruits of my Munby Fellowship research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
Did you know Francis Fry, heir to the chocolate company J.S Frys & Sons, amassed one of the largest Bible collections ever known?🍫
Hear about Fry's meticulous yet controversial collecting habits in @harryspillane.bsky.social upcoming research talk. Free to book: loom.ly/J8GHfCw
Hear about Fry's meticulous yet controversial collecting habits in @harryspillane.bsky.social upcoming research talk. Free to book: loom.ly/J8GHfCw
May 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Do come along on May 28th to hear all about Francis Fry, his bibles, and a little bit about his chocolate...which you might even get to try🍫
The fruits of my Munby Fellowship research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
The fruits of my Munby Fellowship research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
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Did you know Francis Fry, heir to the chocolate company J.S Frys & Sons, amassed one of the largest Bible collections ever known?🍫
Hear about Fry's meticulous yet controversial collecting habits in @harryspillane.bsky.social upcoming research talk. Free to book: loom.ly/J8GHfCw
Hear about Fry's meticulous yet controversial collecting habits in @harryspillane.bsky.social upcoming research talk. Free to book: loom.ly/J8GHfCw
May 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Did you know Francis Fry, heir to the chocolate company J.S Frys & Sons, amassed one of the largest Bible collections ever known?🍫
Hear about Fry's meticulous yet controversial collecting habits in @harryspillane.bsky.social upcoming research talk. Free to book: loom.ly/J8GHfCw
Hear about Fry's meticulous yet controversial collecting habits in @harryspillane.bsky.social upcoming research talk. Free to book: loom.ly/J8GHfCw
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📘New issue!🌟
Featuring articles from historians including Juraj Kittler, @harryspillane.bsky.social, Gio Maria Tessarolo, @1812andallthat.bsky.social, @mtoiv.bsky.social, @rowan-thompson.bsky.social, @briancasey123.bsky.social, @historytiia.bsky.social, Eve Pennington & Elizabeth Terry-Roisin! 🗃️
Featuring articles from historians including Juraj Kittler, @harryspillane.bsky.social, Gio Maria Tessarolo, @1812andallthat.bsky.social, @mtoiv.bsky.social, @rowan-thompson.bsky.social, @briancasey123.bsky.social, @historytiia.bsky.social, Eve Pennington & Elizabeth Terry-Roisin! 🗃️
April 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
📘New issue!🌟
Featuring articles from historians including Juraj Kittler, @harryspillane.bsky.social, Gio Maria Tessarolo, @1812andallthat.bsky.social, @mtoiv.bsky.social, @rowan-thompson.bsky.social, @briancasey123.bsky.social, @historytiia.bsky.social, Eve Pennington & Elizabeth Terry-Roisin! 🗃️
Featuring articles from historians including Juraj Kittler, @harryspillane.bsky.social, Gio Maria Tessarolo, @1812andallthat.bsky.social, @mtoiv.bsky.social, @rowan-thompson.bsky.social, @briancasey123.bsky.social, @historytiia.bsky.social, Eve Pennington & Elizabeth Terry-Roisin! 🗃️
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Meet an absolute unit of an #earlymodern bible. On this painting from Wybrand Hendriks, the thick volume of the bible is the main message. The woman may be sewing, and there is a dog present about to play with a ball, but the big book being bigger than the entire dog signals: well-doing deep faith.
April 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Meet an absolute unit of an #earlymodern bible. On this painting from Wybrand Hendriks, the thick volume of the bible is the main message. The woman may be sewing, and there is a dog present about to play with a ball, but the big book being bigger than the entire dog signals: well-doing deep faith.
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This June, we have an exciting conference! It will showcase early career scholars working on the intersections between text, materiality and performance, both in and beyond the commercial theatres in Great Britain and Ireland in the long early modern period (1500-1800).
www.sal.org.uk/event/revels/
www.sal.org.uk/event/revels/
Revels Office: New Voices in Early Modern Material Culture, Theatre, and Performance - Society of Antiquaries of London
This June, the Revels Office, an international network of early career academics, will hold its first conference with the Society of Antiquaries of London. The conference showcases early career schola...
www.sal.org.uk
April 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This June, we have an exciting conference! It will showcase early career scholars working on the intersections between text, materiality and performance, both in and beyond the commercial theatres in Great Britain and Ireland in the long early modern period (1500-1800).
www.sal.org.uk/event/revels/
www.sal.org.uk/event/revels/
My exploration of the Bible-tastic debates between William Fulke and Gregory Martin has now been published in @historicaljnl.bsky.social volume 68:2
How did Elizabethan Protestants defend the coexistence of different translations of the Bible in English?
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How did Elizabethan Protestants defend the coexistence of different translations of the Bible in English?
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
April 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
My exploration of the Bible-tastic debates between William Fulke and Gregory Martin has now been published in @historicaljnl.bsky.social volume 68:2
How did Elizabethan Protestants defend the coexistence of different translations of the Bible in English?
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How did Elizabethan Protestants defend the coexistence of different translations of the Bible in English?
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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POV: you’ve got a Teams call at 11, and a dragon to slay at 2… ⚔️🐉
St George in an early-fourteenth-century Book of Hours of East Anglian provenance (CUL MS Dd.4.17) loom.ly/INIxvgo.
St George in an early-fourteenth-century Book of Hours of East Anglian provenance (CUL MS Dd.4.17) loom.ly/INIxvgo.
April 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
POV: you’ve got a Teams call at 11, and a dragon to slay at 2… ⚔️🐉
St George in an early-fourteenth-century Book of Hours of East Anglian provenance (CUL MS Dd.4.17) loom.ly/INIxvgo.
St George in an early-fourteenth-century Book of Hours of East Anglian provenance (CUL MS Dd.4.17) loom.ly/INIxvgo.
A happy St George’s Day to those celebrating!
Here is a detail of St George slaying the dragon from the latest acquisition of @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social / @corpuscambridge.bsky.social, so named the Parker Roundels (right)
This was a 40th birthday present from Matthew Parker to Elizabeth I in 1573
Here is a detail of St George slaying the dragon from the latest acquisition of @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social / @corpuscambridge.bsky.social, so named the Parker Roundels (right)
This was a 40th birthday present from Matthew Parker to Elizabeth I in 1573
April 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A happy St George’s Day to those celebrating!
Here is a detail of St George slaying the dragon from the latest acquisition of @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social / @corpuscambridge.bsky.social, so named the Parker Roundels (right)
This was a 40th birthday present from Matthew Parker to Elizabeth I in 1573
Here is a detail of St George slaying the dragon from the latest acquisition of @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social / @corpuscambridge.bsky.social, so named the Parker Roundels (right)
This was a 40th birthday present from Matthew Parker to Elizabeth I in 1573
Listen Now 📻🎤
'Biblical Typology' on In Our Time with the wonderful @mirierubin.bsky.social and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe @peterhousecam.bsky.social, and me @darwincollegecam.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social
Plus an Easter thread!
tinyurl.com/2zchj3vy
'Biblical Typology' on In Our Time with the wonderful @mirierubin.bsky.social and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe @peterhousecam.bsky.social, and me @darwincollegecam.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social
Plus an Easter thread!
tinyurl.com/2zchj3vy
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Typology
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss biblical typology.
tinyurl.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Listen Now 📻🎤
'Biblical Typology' on In Our Time with the wonderful @mirierubin.bsky.social and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe @peterhousecam.bsky.social, and me @darwincollegecam.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social
Plus an Easter thread!
tinyurl.com/2zchj3vy
'Biblical Typology' on In Our Time with the wonderful @mirierubin.bsky.social and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe @peterhousecam.bsky.social, and me @darwincollegecam.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social
Plus an Easter thread!
tinyurl.com/2zchj3vy
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📣There's still time to apply for our new collaborative doctoral studentship, in collaboration with @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Closing date is 30 April 2025!
🔬 Applications are open for the UL and @universityofleeds.bsky.social collaborative doctoral studentship:
The Hidden Gender of Collections: Women and the Curation of Scientific Heritage
Deadline: 30 April 2025
Apply here: loom.ly/hXILBEo
@camglamresearch.bsky.social
The Hidden Gender of Collections: Women and the Curation of Scientific Heritage
Deadline: 30 April 2025
Apply here: loom.ly/hXILBEo
@camglamresearch.bsky.social
Cambridge University Library and University of Leeds - Collections Connections Communities
loom.ly
April 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
📣There's still time to apply for our new collaborative doctoral studentship, in collaboration with @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Closing date is 30 April 2025!
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📣Applications are also still open for this one too! Closing date: 16 May 2025. @camglamresearch.bsky.social
📣 Applications are open for the @theUL and @cambridgeuni.bsky.social collaborative doctoral studentship:
The history and heritage of the discovery of environmental change and the interpretation of place in the East of England
📅: 16 May 2025
Apply here: loom.ly/tXuIqK8
@camglamresearch.bsky.social
The history and heritage of the discovery of environmental change and the interpretation of place in the East of England
📅: 16 May 2025
Apply here: loom.ly/tXuIqK8
@camglamresearch.bsky.social
Cambridge University Library and University of Cambridge - Collections Connections Communities
loom.ly
April 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
📣Applications are also still open for this one too! Closing date: 16 May 2025. @camglamresearch.bsky.social