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Dr. Liz Hebbard
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Medieval Occitan & French; vernacular lyric; music & text; history of the book; medieval book arts; binding fragmentology. PI of the Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social 📜
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sims-mss.bsky.social
Welcome, welcome! Thank you for following the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. We're in the Kislak Center at Penn Libraries in Philadelphia, and we have manuscripts! We post every other day, mostly little videos. If you, too, think manuscripts are neat, we hope you'll enjoy our offerings
November 10, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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sarahbc.bsky.social
Anyway, here is Pope Leo asking if he needs to wear gloves to touch a Renaissance Bible and being told "no," so gently www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxNj... 📚 📜
Pope Leo Flips through Italy’s most precious illuminated manuscript | Borso d’Este Bible
YouTube video by EWTN News
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February 6, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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lauramorreale.bsky.social
I am very excited to report that a project I have been working on for 3+ years is finally seeing the light of day! Along with @byzcapp.bsky.social and Jesse Torgerson, we debut a new annual section in Digital Philology that proposes the dataset as a new genre of publication. odfms.hcommons.org
Open Datasets For Medieval Studies – ODFMS is a showcase of world-class research on the Middle Ages in dataset format.
odfms.hcommons.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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jeanneologist.bsky.social
Check it out, we're planning a special issue of @frenchhistory.bsky.social for the 700th anniversary of the advent of the Valois dynasty! Details and timeline at the link below, but don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions 😊
Call for Papers: The Valois (1328–1589): Governing France between Medieval and Modern
French History is an international forum for major new articles covering all aspects of the histories of France and the Francophone world, from the early M
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February 4, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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jonathangibbs.bsky.social
La vache qui rit

or, as I like to call it,

A moo's bouche.

(Thank you, 6.35am brain.)
The logo and name of La cache qui rit (the laughing cow), showing a cartoon drawing of a bright red cow's head, with an open, rather human-like mouth, white horns and a white nose. It's wearing round earrings like the round packet that the cheese comes in, with its own picture on it, suggesting a mise-en-abime.
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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sheencr.bsky.social
Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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I'm working on an updated version of this after I put together my CodeMash presentation. Turns out, the ancestor of the computer isn't the Jacquard Loom, it's binary and algebraic weaving. Weaving notation and the loom punched cards made this perceptible to engineers.
February 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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quinnanya.me
#DHmakes This is definitely going in the Textile Dataviz syllabus, a wonderful writeup of textile history, how they work, and how they intersect with coding.
February 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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dannybirchall.bsky.social
As Google Books starts to sink, it's worth remembering how Google organised a separate class of employees to do the actual labour of the book scanning, and kept them in a separate building on the Google campus with none of the privileges of regular Google staff.

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Workers Leaving the Googleplex
YouTube video by Andrew Norman Wilson
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February 4, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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bretonjustine.bsky.social
Jeudi et vendredi (5-6 février), si vous êtes à Rennes, venez assister au colloque hommage à Martin Aurell "Elites, violences et imaginaires médiévaux".
J'interviendrai vendredi après-midi pour parler de l'imaginaire de l'épée dans le #médiévalisme audiovisuel.
Affiche du colloque international ÉLITES, VIOLENCES ET IMAGINAIRES MEDIEVAUX. AUTOUR DE L’ŒUVRE DE MARTIN AURELL INSTITUT CATHOLIQUE DE RENNES BRUZ, 5-6 FEVRIER 2026 Organisateurs : Maïté BILLORE (Université Jean Moulin – Lyon III) et Clément de VASSELOT DE REGNE (Institut catholique de Rennes). JEUDI 5 FEVRIER 2026 INTRODUCTION (9h30) • Clément de VASSELOT DE REGNE (Directeur de la recherche de l’Institut catholique de Rennes) : Mot d’accueil. • Jaume AURELL (Universidad de Navarra), « L’historien des monographies ». Pause (10h15) Session 1 : Pouvoirs, lignages et stratégies sociales (10h30). Président de session : • Stéphane BOISSELIER (Université de Poitiers), « Martin Aurell et les sociétés médiévales ». • Cédric JEANNEAU (Université de Bretagne occidentale), « Lignage et stratégies matrimoniales en Poitou, Xe-XIIIe siècle ». • Gilles LECUPPRE (Université catholique de Louvain), « Les relations père-fils dans les principautés des Pays-Bas (vers 1200-vers 1430) ». • Discussion. Déjeuner (13h) Session 2 : Guerre, croisade et mise en récits (14h30). Président de session : • Michel FAUQUIER (ICES), « Le sort des “combattants furibonds et meurtriers” dans les sources mérovingiennes ». • Thomas DESWARTE (Université d’Angers), « Une société organisée pour la guerre ? La guerre et ses stratégies d’écriture dans la documentation diplomatique léonaise vers l’an mille ». • Discussion. Pause (16h) • Sylvain GOUGUENHEIM (ENS de Lyon), « Une conversion édifiante ? Le comte Bernard II de Lippe, guerrier, abbé, évêque missionnaire, père d’évêque et d’archevêque (ca. 1140-1224) ». • Gregory E. M. LIPIATT (University of Exeter), « Pour critiquer la Canso : La continuation de la Chanson de la croisade albigeoise comme une source historique ». • Discussion. Campus de Ker Lann - www.icrennes.org VENDREDI 6 FEVRIER 2026 Session 3 : Chevalerie et culture des élites (9h00). Président de session : • Josep MASNOU PRATDESABA (Universitat de Barcelona), « Les chanoines de la cathédrale de Vic (Catalogne) et la chevalerie au XIe siècle ». • Laurent VISSIERE (Université d’Angers), « Guerrières et chevaleresses. Entre réalité et fantasmes ». • Paola CORTI (Universidad Adolfo Ibañez), « Sur les traces du Chevalier au Cygne : la lignée de Clèves comme groupe-mémoire à la fin du Moyen Âge ». • Discussion. Pause (11h) Session 4 : Pratiques élitaires et culture de cour (11h15). Président de session : • Emmanuelle SANTINELLI (Université polytechnique des Hauts-de-France), « Aliénor d’Aquitaine, Louis VII et Henri II Plantagenêt : les pratiques élitaires en matière de conjugalité au XIIe siècle ». • Charles VIAUT (Université Bretagne Sud), « Des salsamenta pictavensium aux sauces poitevines : identité, altérité et acculturation culinaire (XIIe-XIVe siècle) ». • Discussion. Déjeuner (12h45) : Session 5 : La force de l’épée et de l’imaginaire (13h45). Président de session : • Lucie MALBOS (Université de Poitiers), « Dáinsleif, Gram, Mistiltein : le prestige de l’épée dans les mondes nordiques ». • Laurent MACE (Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès), « “Seigneur, viens vite à mon secours”. De l’épée sur les sceaux des comtes de Comminges (début du XIIIe siècle) ». • Justine BRETON (Université de Lorraine), « Au-delà d’Excalibur : la force de l’imaginaire de l’épée ». • Discussion. Pause (15h45) Conclusions (16h) : Maïté BILLORE (Université Jean Moulin – Lyon III) et Clément de VASSELOT DE REGNE (Institut catholique de Rennes). Campus de Ker Lann - www.icrennes.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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laurajcleaver.bsky.social
Next week’s course on Greek palaeography is sold out, but we still have some places on beginner and intermediate Latin 👇 #medievalsky @ies-sas.bsky.social

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Introduction to Latin Palaeography
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January 29, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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calthalas.bsky.social
My therapist: Don’t worry, Merovingian cursive is not real, it can’t hurt you

Merovingian cursive:
A charter written by a drunken spider
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
lizhebbard.bsky.social
It’s twill time #twilltime #makermedievalist @guildmedmak.bsky.social

Gotta finish my weaving homework so I can rewarp the loom with linen yarn for my Bayeux Tapestry class to play with 🥰
#weaving #craft #makingandlearning
January 31, 2026 at 9:38 PM
lizhebbard.bsky.social
KEEP CLEAR OF ME
pdfmerchant.bsky.social Old Sam @pdfmerchant.bsky.social · 9d
tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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quinnanya.me
#DHmakes Free weaving draft, encoding text into textiles!
January 30, 2026 at 9:26 PM
lizhebbard.bsky.social
This manuscript is one of my best friends 😍😍😍

Just yesterday I had the joy of thinking about this book with the incredible students in the Newberry CRS undergraduate seminar “The World in Books 1100-1800” 🌟💚📜 taught by Lia Markey and Chris Fletcher

#medievalsky #manuscript
drkarrschmidt.bsky.social Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 10d
Jonah getting inwhaled

Speculum Humanae Salvationis c. 1455 @newberrylibrary.bsky.social (Vault Case MS 40)
Jonah and the whale.
January 29, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing "the" labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated. Instead, use wording such as people with mental illnesses. And use these descriptions only when clearly relevant. 9,742 L7 19.4K 43.8K 个 AP The Associated Press @AP Replying to @APStylebook The use of "the French" in this tweet by @AP was inappropriate and has caused unintended offense. An updated tweet is upcoming. 12:18 AM • Jan 27, 2023 • 382.8K Views
January 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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#DHMakes event
datavizsociety.bsky.social Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 15d
Join us at our next Data Craft Circle on February 9! From encoding data in quilts to sketching ideas, come craft and yap with us! Register for this free event on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/data-craft...
January 23, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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bibliowingate.bsky.social
I just want you all to know that somehow this case has become a bit of a through line for this current dissertation chapter 😂😅
#BookHistory
Screenshot of Word document: [starts mid-sentence] value, ability to read) derived from them. When described in court complaints, litigants often refer to the fact that they cannot “aprovechar” meaning to “enjoy,” “take advantage of,” or “use” books because they are defective. The defects limit the possibilities for action. Again, returning to Sancho de Elso’s books destroyed by rats and birds, his servant/student describes that the books have been damaged to such an extent that “el amo deste testigo no se puede aprobechar dellos.” Compared to avian and rodent damage, however, the most common reason for defective books in the surviving archival record in early modern Navarre is missing pages.
January 24, 2026 at 2:18 AM
lizhebbard.bsky.social
Yes, I did create a custom PowerPoint template for my Bayeux Tapestry class this semester because I am wise in the ways of time management
#medievalsky #bayeuxtapestry #tapisseriedebayeux #bayeuxbroderie
January 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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lisafdavis.bsky.social
#OttoEge alert! So excited to learn that @rarebookschool.bsky.social has acquired Ege's "Fifty Original Leaves" box no. 33 (RBS 9542), never before studied! If you aren't versed in Ege lore, learn about everyone's favorite biblioclast here: manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/m...
Manuscript Road Trip: In Otto Ege’s Footsteps
Ohio is one of the areas of the country richest in medieval manuscripts, with more than 2200 codices and 2400 leaves in at least thirty-three collections. In fact, once you leave the East coast, Oh…
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January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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What readings do you assign on the Bayeux Tapestry for undergrads?

I’m teaching a new course entirely on this object (part how history works, part material history, part experimental archaeology) and looking forward to discovering new-to-me work on it!!

#medievalsky #bayeuxtapestry
January 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
lizhebbard.bsky.social
What readings do you assign on the Bayeux Tapestry for undergrads?

I’m teaching a new course entirely on this object (part how history works, part material history, part experimental archaeology) and looking forward to discovering new-to-me work on it!!

#medievalsky #bayeuxtapestry
January 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
lizhebbard.bsky.social
If you need some New Years reading, may I suggest the latest issue of Fragmentology?

My article on in situ fragments in Beinecke incunabula is in excellent company alongside tasty reads by @pieterbeullens.bsky.social and @lisafdavis.bsky.social 😊🤩🎉

#medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts
fragmentarium.bsky.social Fragmentarium @fragmentarium.bsky.social · Dec 31
Fragmentology VIII (2025) is live. This is our biggest issue yet! doi.org/10.24446/qxs0 With studies of individual fragments and entire traditions, from the end of Antiquity through the present! All three eras: pre-medieval, medieval, and post-medieval!
Two fragments of Rhaetian minuscule that have been digitally rejoined to reveal that they are the upper and lower part of the same leaf. At the top is a darker photograph of a piece of parchment with 8 lines of this pre-Caroline script; at the bottom is a brighter exposure of a piece with the lower fourteen lines, and an attached (18C) label that reads "Fragmentum Saec. IX ante an. 850"). From Marina Bernasconi Reusser's Research Note in the latest issue of Fragmentology
December 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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SO excited to see this! Lots of fragmentological goodness, including @lizhebbard.bsky.social 's survey of in situ binding fragments at Yale. I am thrilled to see my own study of two fragments of Augustine written by my old friend Gottschalk of Lambach! www.fragmentology.ms/issue/view/8...
December 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM