Kristine Rose-Beers
@iamkristine.bsky.social
Head of Conservation & Heritage for Cambridge University Libraries.
All views my own 🇪🇺
#CULconservation
All views my own 🇪🇺
#CULconservation
Dark, damp, but decidedly festive 🎄
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk and @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social looking beautiful in the rain this evening.
#UniversityOfOxford #OxfordGLAM
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk and @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social looking beautiful in the rain this evening.
#UniversityOfOxford #OxfordGLAM
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Dark, damp, but decidedly festive 🎄
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk and @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social looking beautiful in the rain this evening.
#UniversityOfOxford #OxfordGLAM
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk and @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social looking beautiful in the rain this evening.
#UniversityOfOxford #OxfordGLAM
Autumn days in Cambridge 🍂
@theul.bsky.social @clarecollege @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
looking splendid on a crisp cold day.
#CambridgeUniversityLibraries
@theul.bsky.social @clarecollege @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
looking splendid on a crisp cold day.
#CambridgeUniversityLibraries
October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Autumn days in Cambridge 🍂
@theul.bsky.social @clarecollege @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
looking splendid on a crisp cold day.
#CambridgeUniversityLibraries
@theul.bsky.social @clarecollege @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
looking splendid on a crisp cold day.
#CambridgeUniversityLibraries
Details of a fragment from an Abbasid Qur’an 📚
Iron gall ink on perfect parchment 🐑
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.1118, 3/4th century AH/ 9/10th century CE
#IslamicManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #Parchment #JummahMubarak
Iron gall ink on perfect parchment 🐑
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.1118, 3/4th century AH/ 9/10th century CE
#IslamicManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #Parchment #JummahMubarak
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Details of a fragment from an Abbasid Qur’an 📚
Iron gall ink on perfect parchment 🐑
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.1118, 3/4th century AH/ 9/10th century CE
#IslamicManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #Parchment #JummahMubarak
Iron gall ink on perfect parchment 🐑
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.1118, 3/4th century AH/ 9/10th century CE
#IslamicManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #Parchment #JummahMubarak
#ManuscriptMonday from a flying visit to Words on the Wave @nmireland.bsky.social 📚
An exquisite show with wonderful archaeological objects, but always a joy to see books at the heart of an exhibition.
#NationalMuseumofIreland #IrishManuscripts #FaddenMorePsalter #KinaleBookShrine
An exquisite show with wonderful archaeological objects, but always a joy to see books at the heart of an exhibition.
#NationalMuseumofIreland #IrishManuscripts #FaddenMorePsalter #KinaleBookShrine
October 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#ManuscriptMonday from a flying visit to Words on the Wave @nmireland.bsky.social 📚
An exquisite show with wonderful archaeological objects, but always a joy to see books at the heart of an exhibition.
#NationalMuseumofIreland #IrishManuscripts #FaddenMorePsalter #KinaleBookShrine
An exquisite show with wonderful archaeological objects, but always a joy to see books at the heart of an exhibition.
#NationalMuseumofIreland #IrishManuscripts #FaddenMorePsalter #KinaleBookShrine
Reposted by Kristine Rose-Beers
She is holding a book! 📖
Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Rare' medieval hair accessory uncovered at Eilean Donan Castle
The gravoir was used for neatly parting hair and creating elaborate hairstyles.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
She is holding a book! 📖
Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New research may rewrite the story of the Book of Kells 📚 @tcddublin.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
New research may rewrite the story of the Book of Kells 📚 @tcddublin.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
📸 Quiet on the set, please! This 1798 Deed of Exchange (MS UA D.XXVIII.6) is taking a ride on our XYZ table in the Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory.
🤝 Chief Photographic Technician Scott Maloney and Senior Conservator Emma Nichols ensured safe accessibility of the manuscript during imaging.
🤝 Chief Photographic Technician Scott Maloney and Senior Conservator Emma Nichols ensured safe accessibility of the manuscript during imaging.
September 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Catching up on 1920’s week in @sewingbee.bsky.social and noticed a familiar backdrop!
@cam.ac.uk @caiuscollege.bsky.social
@cam.ac.uk @caiuscollege.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Catching up on 1920’s week in @sewingbee.bsky.social and noticed a familiar backdrop!
@cam.ac.uk @caiuscollege.bsky.social
@cam.ac.uk @caiuscollege.bsky.social
Conserved c.20 years ago, and holding up pretty well 📚🧿
@theul.bsky.social Add. 1116, fragments of a Qur’an, 9th century
#CULconservation #ParchmentConservation
@theul.bsky.social Add. 1116, fragments of a Qur’an, 9th century
#CULconservation #ParchmentConservation
September 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Conserved c.20 years ago, and holding up pretty well 📚🧿
@theul.bsky.social Add. 1116, fragments of a Qur’an, 9th century
#CULconservation #ParchmentConservation
@theul.bsky.social Add. 1116, fragments of a Qur’an, 9th century
#CULconservation #ParchmentConservation
A fascinating treatment by #CULconservation @theul.bsky.social for Criminology #RadzinowiczLibrary 🦛
#Conservation #LibraryConservation #NotJustBooks
#Conservation #LibraryConservation #NotJustBooks
'Morning Smile’, affectionately known as Asbo, was the wonderful creation of three inmates of His Majesty's Young Offender Institution Brinsford. Recently, Asbo began to show signs of deterioration, with the paint on the mouth area lifting and peeling. 🦛
#CULConservation
#CULConservation
September 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A fascinating treatment by #CULconservation @theul.bsky.social for Criminology #RadzinowiczLibrary 🦛
#Conservation #LibraryConservation #NotJustBooks
#Conservation #LibraryConservation #NotJustBooks
Fascinating discussion which begins to explore the pros and cons of lending—and transporting—irreplaceable cultural heritage collections.
News | Conservators debate Bayeux Tapestry risk as French voice fears over loan – more than 68,000 people have signed a petition opposing plans to transport artefact to the UK
Conservators debate Bayeux Tapestry risk as French voice fears over loan - Museums Association
More than 68,000 people have signed a petition opposing plans to transport artefact to the UK
www.museumsassociation.org
September 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Fascinating discussion which begins to explore the pros and cons of lending—and transporting—irreplaceable cultural heritage collections.
Come and work with us! @theul.bsky.social 📚
#CULconservation #BookConservation @conservators.bsky.social
#CULconservation #BookConservation @conservators.bsky.social
Applications are open for the post of Conservator (Book and Paper) at Cambridge University Library!
For full details and to apply, click here: https://loom.ly/VUgy3Uo
The closing date for applications is Sunday 7 September 2025.
For full details and to apply, click here: https://loom.ly/VUgy3Uo
The closing date for applications is Sunday 7 September 2025.
August 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Come and work with us! @theul.bsky.social 📚
#CULconservation #BookConservation @conservators.bsky.social
#CULconservation #BookConservation @conservators.bsky.social
There’s not a walnut tree in @theul.bsky.social Dye Garden (yet) so this year’s walnut ink production is thanks to a harvest in Norfolk.
#NaturalDyes #PracticeBasedResearch #MedievalPalette
#NaturalDyes #PracticeBasedResearch #MedievalPalette
August 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
There’s not a walnut tree in @theul.bsky.social Dye Garden (yet) so this year’s walnut ink production is thanks to a harvest in Norfolk.
#NaturalDyes #PracticeBasedResearch #MedievalPalette
#NaturalDyes #PracticeBasedResearch #MedievalPalette
Excellent coverage of this beautiful exhibition, previously @kettlesyard.bsky.social 🇵🇸
www.theguardian.com/fashion/gall...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/gall...
‘A symbol of Palestinian presence and identity’: the personal and political world of ‘tatreez’ – in pictures
A new exhibition explores Palestine’s ‘most vital living tradition’ – embroidery which reflects not only the personal lives of women, but is also a symbol of resistance and survival
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Excellent coverage of this beautiful exhibition, previously @kettlesyard.bsky.social 🇵🇸
www.theguardian.com/fashion/gall...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/gall...
Tyger, tyger, burning bright 🧡
Beautiful day-flying Jersey Tiger moth spotted sheltering from showers today.
@britentsoc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #BigButterflyCount
Beautiful day-flying Jersey Tiger moth spotted sheltering from showers today.
@britentsoc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #BigButterflyCount
August 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Tyger, tyger, burning bright 🧡
Beautiful day-flying Jersey Tiger moth spotted sheltering from showers today.
@britentsoc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #BigButterflyCount
Beautiful day-flying Jersey Tiger moth spotted sheltering from showers today.
@britentsoc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #BigButterflyCount
Something for @bbka.org.uk 🐝
🐝Did you know we keep bees at the UL? Dr Melonie Schmierer-Lee explains how she cares for our colony of bees, including queen bee, Brontë!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary #UrbanBeekeeping #Beekeeping #Cambridge
@meloniesch.bsky.social
Video by Blazej Mikula
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary #UrbanBeekeeping #Beekeeping #Cambridge
@meloniesch.bsky.social
Video by Blazej Mikula
July 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Something for @bbka.org.uk 🐝
Week 2 of the Montefiassone Conservation Project ends with a selection of Safina made by a dedicated class of would-be Safavid binders 📚
Painted gold and stencilling embellishes leather, paper, and textile. Thank you everyone!
#MonteProject2025 #Montefiascone #SafavidBinding #IslamicBookbinding
Painted gold and stencilling embellishes leather, paper, and textile. Thank you everyone!
#MonteProject2025 #Montefiascone #SafavidBinding #IslamicBookbinding
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Week 2 of the Montefiassone Conservation Project ends with a selection of Safina made by a dedicated class of would-be Safavid binders 📚
Painted gold and stencilling embellishes leather, paper, and textile. Thank you everyone!
#MonteProject2025 #Montefiascone #SafavidBinding #IslamicBookbinding
Painted gold and stencilling embellishes leather, paper, and textile. Thank you everyone!
#MonteProject2025 #Montefiascone #SafavidBinding #IslamicBookbinding
Beautiful corners of Orvieto, Umbria, visiting after class here at the Montefiascone Conservation Project.
#MonteProject #BookHistory #PracticeBasedResearch
#MonteProject #BookHistory #PracticeBasedResearch
July 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Beautiful corners of Orvieto, Umbria, visiting after class here at the Montefiascone Conservation Project.
#MonteProject #BookHistory #PracticeBasedResearch
#MonteProject #BookHistory #PracticeBasedResearch
Reposted by Kristine Rose-Beers
Beautiful black Hollyhock in the Dye Garden at @theul.bsky.social yesterday evening. 🖤 📷 #photography
July 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Beautiful black Hollyhock in the Dye Garden at @theul.bsky.social yesterday evening. 🖤 📷 #photography
A butterfly on the blooming safflower today in the @theul.bsky.social Dye Garden 🌱
July 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A butterfly on the blooming safflower today in the @theul.bsky.social Dye Garden 🌱
Reposted by Kristine Rose-Beers
This week, our Conservation team harvested the cornflowers from the Dye Garden. Later this summer, we will share how to turn them into traditional colour for manuscript painting.
#CULConservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #DyeGarden #ManuscriptConservation
#CULConservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #DyeGarden #ManuscriptConservation
July 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This week, our Conservation team harvested the cornflowers from the Dye Garden. Later this summer, we will share how to turn them into traditional colour for manuscript painting.
#CULConservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #DyeGarden #ManuscriptConservation
#CULConservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #DyeGarden #ManuscriptConservation
Clear skies and rainbow flag flying for the final day of #PrideMonth @theul.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Clear skies and rainbow flag flying for the final day of #PrideMonth @theul.bsky.social
Almost midsummer, and almost twilight in the Dye Garden @theul.bsky.social
#CULconservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #LibraryGardens #Midsummer #DyePlants #PracticeBasedResearch
#CULconservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #LibraryGardens #Midsummer #DyePlants #PracticeBasedResearch
June 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Almost midsummer, and almost twilight in the Dye Garden @theul.bsky.social
#CULconservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #LibraryGardens #Midsummer #DyePlants #PracticeBasedResearch
#CULconservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #LibraryGardens #Midsummer #DyePlants #PracticeBasedResearch
Gold on parchment with purple accents 📚
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.2964, one juz of an Abbasid Qur’an, ninth or tenth century C.E.
#QuranManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #ParchmentManuscript #AbbasidManuscript
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.2964, one juz of an Abbasid Qur’an, ninth or tenth century C.E.
#QuranManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #ParchmentManuscript #AbbasidManuscript
June 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Gold on parchment with purple accents 📚
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.2964, one juz of an Abbasid Qur’an, ninth or tenth century C.E.
#QuranManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #ParchmentManuscript #AbbasidManuscript
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.2964, one juz of an Abbasid Qur’an, ninth or tenth century C.E.
#QuranManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #ParchmentManuscript #AbbasidManuscript