Mary F. Wheaton
@miniaturewheats.bsky.social
Cataloging librarian, medievalist, neurodivergent mental health advocate. @ucddublin MA Medieval Studies & MLIS. @medievalnd alumna. 📖 Manuscripts & fragments nerd 📍Richmond, VA
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
If there’s one thing I’m thankful for in this year’s episode of writing my YWES section, it’s that any manuscript details I’ve needed to double check have been primarily at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Yay for Digital Bodleian and medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk!
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If there’s one thing I’m thankful for in this year’s episode of writing my YWES section, it’s that any manuscript details I’ve needed to double check have been primarily at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Yay for Digital Bodleian and medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk!
my research assistant also wondering why 2024 was suddenly the year of questioning Middle English ‘canonicity’ (don’t get me wrong, we love it—but it comes up quite a bit in last year’s published work!) #medievalsky
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
my research assistant also wondering why 2024 was suddenly the year of questioning Middle English ‘canonicity’ (don’t get me wrong, we love it—but it comes up quite a bit in last year’s published work!) #medievalsky
my alt-ac career is somehow better than I could’ve dreamed, and I can’t wait to discuss at @kzooicms.bsky.social how more medievalists can fall into (and in love with) library technical services!
baby’s first Kzoo (I’m baby) 🥹 #medievalsky
baby’s first Kzoo (I’m baby) 🥹 #medievalsky
October 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
my alt-ac career is somehow better than I could’ve dreamed, and I can’t wait to discuss at @kzooicms.bsky.social how more medievalists can fall into (and in love with) library technical services!
baby’s first Kzoo (I’m baby) 🥹 #medievalsky
baby’s first Kzoo (I’m baby) 🥹 #medievalsky
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Quel est le lien entre le musée de Cluny et l’abbaye de Cluny ? 🤔
L’hôtel des abbés de Cluny est édifié en 1485 au cœur du Quartier latin. Il s'agit de la résidence parisienne des puissants abbés de Cluny (en Bourgogne). Cet hôtel accueille désormais les collections du musée national du Moyen Âge !
L’hôtel des abbés de Cluny est édifié en 1485 au cœur du Quartier latin. Il s'agit de la résidence parisienne des puissants abbés de Cluny (en Bourgogne). Cet hôtel accueille désormais les collections du musée national du Moyen Âge !
September 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Quel est le lien entre le musée de Cluny et l’abbaye de Cluny ? 🤔
L’hôtel des abbés de Cluny est édifié en 1485 au cœur du Quartier latin. Il s'agit de la résidence parisienne des puissants abbés de Cluny (en Bourgogne). Cet hôtel accueille désormais les collections du musée national du Moyen Âge !
L’hôtel des abbés de Cluny est édifié en 1485 au cœur du Quartier latin. Il s'agit de la résidence parisienne des puissants abbés de Cluny (en Bourgogne). Cet hôtel accueille désormais les collections du musée national du Moyen Âge !
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And Open Access, too! 😁
{New book} This book examines the messy legacies of Jeanne de Penthièvre and Charles de Blois, duchess and duke of Brittany, and their fight to claim the ducal title at the start of the Hundred Years’ War. www.arc-humanities.org/978164189408...
August 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
And Open Access, too! 😁
Came back after 2 weeks working ‘from home’ to see the 2024 review books starting to roll in…can’t wait to get into some of these! #medievalsky
August 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Came back after 2 weeks working ‘from home’ to see the 2024 review books starting to roll in…can’t wait to get into some of these! #medievalsky
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Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models
Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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You kan not run educacioun lyke a businesse. A businesse ys ther to make a profit. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
August 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
You kan not run educacioun lyke a businesse. A businesse ys ther to make a profit. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
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Update on the great discovery of archived BL manuscript metadata: I started putting together a page at my website to host PDFs of the archived pages I retrieve.
ruffnotes.org/british-libr...
#medievalsky
ruffnotes.org/british-libr...
#medievalsky
British Library Manuscripts Metadata
Since the cyberattack of October 2023, the British Library has restored only a fraction of the manuscripts it digitized over the past decade-plus. Even for those MSS now back online, we have only t…
ruffnotes.org
August 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Update on the great discovery of archived BL manuscript metadata: I started putting together a page at my website to host PDFs of the archived pages I retrieve.
ruffnotes.org/british-libr...
#medievalsky
ruffnotes.org/british-libr...
#medievalsky
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Ingenious use of woodcuts that overlap typeset text in this 1588 edition, visually reproducing old inscriptions found on funerary stones, altars & Capitoline Tables, carefully rendering letters but also the erosion, fractures & surface damage of their material supports.
#rarebooks #bookhistory
#rarebooks #bookhistory
July 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ingenious use of woodcuts that overlap typeset text in this 1588 edition, visually reproducing old inscriptions found on funerary stones, altars & Capitoline Tables, carefully rendering letters but also the erosion, fractures & surface damage of their material supports.
#rarebooks #bookhistory
#rarebooks #bookhistory
My body is rejecting being in America! (= developed an infection just after returning to the U.S. and somehow those events feel related)
July 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My body is rejecting being in America! (= developed an infection just after returning to the U.S. and somehow those events feel related)
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This whole thread highlights that a university education is supposed to be about more than job training. It can give you formative experiences that will stick with you for the rest of your life and make you a better person.
What was your favorite early clas NOT in your eventual major. Mine was Ethnomusicology: an introduction to folk music.
I invariably get, "Ooh anthro that was my favorite class/cool professor" from people I meet. I tend to think soms of it is our outré material, being willing to talk "taboo" subjects in a cross-cultural context.
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
July 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This whole thread highlights that a university education is supposed to be about more than job training. It can give you formative experiences that will stick with you for the rest of your life and make you a better person.
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80 employees at OCLC were laid off due to "AI" and "federal budget cuts."
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
Dublin-based nonprofit lays off 80 central Ohio workers, cites AI and federal cuts
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) — A Dublin-based organization that manages the Dewey Decimal System and partners with libraries worldwide has laid off dozens of central Ohio employees, citing the rise of…
www.nbc4i.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
80 employees at OCLC were laid off due to "AI" and "federal budget cuts."
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
I’ve been back in the states for a week and it’s been, frankly, a lot for my nervous system to handle.
Not totally unrelated, here’s a cool Frida Kahlo work that really spoke to me in the “Frida: Behond the Myth” exhibit currently at the VMFA
Not totally unrelated, here’s a cool Frida Kahlo work that really spoke to me in the “Frida: Behond the Myth” exhibit currently at the VMFA
July 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I’ve been back in the states for a week and it’s been, frankly, a lot for my nervous system to handle.
Not totally unrelated, here’s a cool Frida Kahlo work that really spoke to me in the “Frida: Behond the Myth” exhibit currently at the VMFA
Not totally unrelated, here’s a cool Frida Kahlo work that really spoke to me in the “Frida: Behond the Myth” exhibit currently at the VMFA
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You kan not run educacioun lyke a businesse. A businesse ys ther to make a profit. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
July 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You kan not run educacioun lyke a businesse. A businesse ys ther to make a profit. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
Reposted by Mary F. Wheaton
The "Words on the Wave" exhibition is featured in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
The article explores medieval marginalia—scribbled notes and doodles left by monks over a millennium ago.
Visit in person at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street.
🔗 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
The article explores medieval marginalia—scribbled notes and doodles left by monks over a millennium ago.
Visit in person at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street.
🔗 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
These Medieval Monks Scribbled Notes in the Margins of Their Books More Than 1,000 Years Ago
A new exhibition in Dublin showcases historic manuscripts written in Irish monasteries. The show also features medieval artifacts, such as a rare book shrine found in a river in the 1980s
www.smithsonianmag.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The "Words on the Wave" exhibition is featured in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
The article explores medieval marginalia—scribbled notes and doodles left by monks over a millennium ago.
Visit in person at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street.
🔗 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
The article explores medieval marginalia—scribbled notes and doodles left by monks over a millennium ago.
Visit in person at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street.
🔗 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
Post-RBS adventures continue: absolutely BUZZING to see this exhibit about Ireland and St. Gall, chock full of incredible manuscripts pm loan from the Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen to @nmireland.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Post-RBS adventures continue: absolutely BUZZING to see this exhibit about Ireland and St. Gall, chock full of incredible manuscripts pm loan from the Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen to @nmireland.bsky.social
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Ever wished someone would sit down and explain how to collate an early printed book? The marvellous @sianwitherden.bsky.social has done exactly that in a brand new series for Teachable Features: teachingthecodex.com/how-to-colla... #bookhistory #incunabula #teachingcodex
How to collate an early printed book
This mini series by Dr Sian Witherden (Rare books and manuscripts specialist) explains how to collate early printed books. These blog posts work through several practical examples from the Bodleian…
teachingthecodex.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Ever wished someone would sit down and explain how to collate an early printed book? The marvellous @sianwitherden.bsky.social has done exactly that in a brand new series for Teachable Features: teachingthecodex.com/how-to-colla... #bookhistory #incunabula #teachingcodex
Post-RBS adventures: saw a cathedral and a castle (the largest castle in Wales, even) with @andrewdbuck.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Post-RBS adventures: saw a cathedral and a castle (the largest castle in Wales, even) with @andrewdbuck.bsky.social
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Manuscript Leaf with Foliated Initial A, from an Antiphonary https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/469050
July 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Manuscript Leaf with Foliated Initial A, from an Antiphonary https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/469050
WHAT A WEEK! @rarebookschool.bsky.social, thank you for facilitating such a brilliant time in Oxford. @drdavidrundle.bsky.social, thank you for sharing your deep well of knowledge and experience while also graciously answering every little question we threw at you. A week feels almost too short!
July 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
WHAT A WEEK! @rarebookschool.bsky.social, thank you for facilitating such a brilliant time in Oxford. @drdavidrundle.bsky.social, thank you for sharing your deep well of knowledge and experience while also graciously answering every little question we threw at you. A week feels almost too short!
*very* back in my element today with MS. Bodl. 238 #fragmentology
July 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
*very* back in my element today with MS. Bodl. 238 #fragmentology
just unreal views last night around the grounds of Magdalen
July 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
just unreal views last night around the grounds of Magdalen
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It's another hot day....
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; Psalterium (The Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun); 1360–1400; Pleshey and London, England; f.4r @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; Psalterium (The Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun); 1360–1400; Pleshey and London, England; f.4r @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It's another hot day....
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; Psalterium (The Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun); 1360–1400; Pleshey and London, England; f.4r @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; Psalterium (The Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun); 1360–1400; Pleshey and London, England; f.4r @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social