Natasha Constantinidou
@nconstantinidou.bsky.social
Historian of early modern European ideas and culture, researching (Greek) early printed books; co-ordinator of #HorizonEurope #GrECI project http://greci-twinning.org #bookhistory #classicalreception #skystorians
Pinned
#Proofs !!
Happy that this piece is finally coming out soon, on #earlymodern 'Books for Greeks and Books for non-Greeks in Sixteenth-Century Venice'
#skystorians #bookhistory #classicalreception
Happy that this piece is finally coming out soon, on #earlymodern 'Books for Greeks and Books for non-Greeks in Sixteenth-Century Venice'
#skystorians #bookhistory #classicalreception
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On 1 May 1517, xenophobic mobs, riled up by preachers who were in turn pressured by wealthy broker John Lincoln, rioted in London. They claimed that foreigners were stealing their jobs and welfare. Thomas More, then under-sheriff of London, tried to stop the mob with an empassioned speech.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
On 1 May 1517, xenophobic mobs, riled up by preachers who were in turn pressured by wealthy broker John Lincoln, rioted in London. They claimed that foreigners were stealing their jobs and welfare. Thomas More, then under-sheriff of London, tried to stop the mob with an empassioned speech.
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Hidden in the binding of this 16th century French herbal, a book describing the uses of plants, are sheets of printed 'waste' used by the binder to bulk up the cover. This seems to be a frame for something never printed #fragments #bindings
February 5, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Hidden in the binding of this 16th century French herbal, a book describing the uses of plants, are sheets of printed 'waste' used by the binder to bulk up the cover. This seems to be a frame for something never printed #fragments #bindings
A nice case of a #Sammelband
We often think of book censorship as denying access to texts. Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman consider cases where censorship of information was used as a way to preserve access to books, altered to hide their affiliation with Martin Luther: hmml.org/stories/series-books-sandwiching-a-forbidden-text
Sandwiching a Forbidden Text
“The advent of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century led to...”
hmml.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
A nice case of a #Sammelband
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At Museum Plantin-Moretus we still hold the family’s own books.
This 1566 Antwerp edition of Cicero, once owned by Franciscus Raphelengius II, is filled with his pen trials, monograms and even a red‑chalk sketch of the Plantin press device.
Such objects bring us closer to the people who lived here.
This 1566 Antwerp edition of Cicero, once owned by Franciscus Raphelengius II, is filled with his pen trials, monograms and even a red‑chalk sketch of the Plantin press device.
Such objects bring us closer to the people who lived here.
February 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
At Museum Plantin-Moretus we still hold the family’s own books.
This 1566 Antwerp edition of Cicero, once owned by Franciscus Raphelengius II, is filled with his pen trials, monograms and even a red‑chalk sketch of the Plantin press device.
Such objects bring us closer to the people who lived here.
This 1566 Antwerp edition of Cicero, once owned by Franciscus Raphelengius II, is filled with his pen trials, monograms and even a red‑chalk sketch of the Plantin press device.
Such objects bring us closer to the people who lived here.
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today in tech is annoying me: Google Books! if you've got a direct link to a digitized book, that will get you there, but search is just dead
@thomasgermain.bsky.social Are you aware that Google Books has effectively stopped working - the material is still there, but all search functions no longer seem to work, making fresh access impossible. Can't find any reportage on this but it seems a major story with huge implications..
February 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
today in tech is annoying me: Google Books! if you've got a direct link to a digitized book, that will get you there, but search is just dead
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3/3 Another lad in trouble. Jan Steen had a strong sympathy with those kids!.
February 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
3/3 Another lad in trouble. Jan Steen had a strong sympathy with those kids!.
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Initial 'Q'(uid) with interlace and intertwined animals at the beginning of Book I of the Georgics
BL Harley 2533; Virgil, Bucolica (ff. 1-14v), and Georgica (ff. 14v-48v); 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century; France, S; f.14v
BL Harley 2533; Virgil, Bucolica (ff. 1-14v), and Georgica (ff. 14v-48v); 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century; France, S; f.14v
January 31, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Initial 'Q'(uid) with interlace and intertwined animals at the beginning of Book I of the Georgics
BL Harley 2533; Virgil, Bucolica (ff. 1-14v), and Georgica (ff. 14v-48v); 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century; France, S; f.14v
BL Harley 2533; Virgil, Bucolica (ff. 1-14v), and Georgica (ff. 14v-48v); 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century; France, S; f.14v
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February is a time for sitting with the cat in front of a warm fire. The cat seems to have spotted something.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Egerton 2076; Meditations and church services; 1507 CE; Germany; f.2r
#MedievalCalendar
BL Egerton 2076; Meditations and church services; 1507 CE; Germany; f.2r
January 30, 2026 at 5:33 PM
February is a time for sitting with the cat in front of a warm fire. The cat seems to have spotted something.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Egerton 2076; Meditations and church services; 1507 CE; Germany; f.2r
#MedievalCalendar
BL Egerton 2076; Meditations and church services; 1507 CE; Germany; f.2r
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February is a time for sitting before a warm fire and for doing some spinning.
#MedievalCalendar
BnF MS Latin 1173; Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Heures de Charles d'Angoulême); 15th century; f.1v
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
#MedievalCalendar
BnF MS Latin 1173; Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Heures de Charles d'Angoulême); 15th century; f.1v
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 PM
February is a time for sitting before a warm fire and for doing some spinning.
#MedievalCalendar
BnF MS Latin 1173; Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Heures de Charles d'Angoulême); 15th century; f.1v
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
#MedievalCalendar
BnF MS Latin 1173; Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Heures de Charles d'Angoulême); 15th century; f.1v
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
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Just published!
brill.com/display/titl...
This Companion investigates conceptions and uses of Homeric poetry from the sixth to the eighteenth century, with excursions into the fine arts and music in the modern period.
brill.com/display/titl...
This Companion investigates conceptions and uses of Homeric poetry from the sixth to the eighteenth century, with excursions into the fine arts and music in the modern period.
January 30, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Just published!
brill.com/display/titl...
This Companion investigates conceptions and uses of Homeric poetry from the sixth to the eighteenth century, with excursions into the fine arts and music in the modern period.
brill.com/display/titl...
This Companion investigates conceptions and uses of Homeric poetry from the sixth to the eighteenth century, with excursions into the fine arts and music in the modern period.
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Interior courtyard, c. 1555 Melchior Lorck.
(British Museum)
You still see the same kind of bars over ground floor windows in Rome today and many other cities.
(British Museum)
You still see the same kind of bars over ground floor windows in Rome today and many other cities.
January 29, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Interior courtyard, c. 1555 Melchior Lorck.
(British Museum)
You still see the same kind of bars over ground floor windows in Rome today and many other cities.
(British Museum)
You still see the same kind of bars over ground floor windows in Rome today and many other cities.
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Today we rang the Bodley Bell in Duke Humfrey’s Library to mark the anniversary of Sir Thomas Bodley’s death in 1613 🔔
Nine rings for the man, and 67 for every year of his life.
Rung by Ant Brewerton and Andrew Honey.
#ThomasBodley #OnThisDay
Nine rings for the man, and 67 for every year of his life.
Rung by Ant Brewerton and Andrew Honey.
#ThomasBodley #OnThisDay
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Today we rang the Bodley Bell in Duke Humfrey’s Library to mark the anniversary of Sir Thomas Bodley’s death in 1613 🔔
Nine rings for the man, and 67 for every year of his life.
Rung by Ant Brewerton and Andrew Honey.
#ThomasBodley #OnThisDay
Nine rings for the man, and 67 for every year of his life.
Rung by Ant Brewerton and Andrew Honey.
#ThomasBodley #OnThisDay
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Muy buena noticia que comparten mis queridos amigos del @irht-cnrs.bsky.social :
A website dedicated to #GreekManuscripts in Terra d'Otranto (Southern Italy). Currently under development, but you can already find manuscript descriptions, links to images, digitized papers etc.
#manuscritosGriegos
A website dedicated to #GreekManuscripts in Terra d'Otranto (Southern Italy). Currently under development, but you can already find manuscript descriptions, links to images, digitized papers etc.
#manuscritosGriegos
BDSud - Biblioteca Digitale del Sud
Il portale BDSud - Biblioteca Digitale del Sud ospita e promuove progetti scientifici finalizzati a ricomporre in forma virtuale il patrimonio di manoscritti,
edizioni e testi riconducibili a...
www.bdsud.it
January 27, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Muy buena noticia que comparten mis queridos amigos del @irht-cnrs.bsky.social :
A website dedicated to #GreekManuscripts in Terra d'Otranto (Southern Italy). Currently under development, but you can already find manuscript descriptions, links to images, digitized papers etc.
#manuscritosGriegos
A website dedicated to #GreekManuscripts in Terra d'Otranto (Southern Italy). Currently under development, but you can already find manuscript descriptions, links to images, digitized papers etc.
#manuscritosGriegos
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Simon Fraser University - Hellenisms Past & Present, Local & Global, Postdoctoral Fellow:
memorients.com/news/simon-f...
memorients.com/news/simon-f...
Simon Fraser University - Hellenisms Past & Present, Local & Global, Postdoctoral Fellow | MEMOs
Hellenisms Past & Present, Local & Global, Postdoctoral Fellow
memorients.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Simon Fraser University - Hellenisms Past & Present, Local & Global, Postdoctoral Fellow:
memorients.com/news/simon-f...
memorients.com/news/simon-f...
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(One of the things with burnout is it hits people with good coping skills because you've been having to use them for so long)
January 20, 2026 at 10:29 PM
(One of the things with burnout is it hits people with good coping skills because you've been having to use them for so long)
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The Thesaurus Linguae Latinae project (125-year-long complete Latin language dictionary effort) is advertising to hire a full-stack developer in Munich (Django/React): job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
Full-Stack-Entwickler / -Entwicklerin zur Umsetzung der Umstellung des Thesaurus-Wörterbuchs von der gedruckten auf eine vollständig digitale Version
job-portal.lmu.de
January 19, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The Thesaurus Linguae Latinae project (125-year-long complete Latin language dictionary effort) is advertising to hire a full-stack developer in Munich (Django/React): job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
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📢Job: postdoctoral research officer📢
For 'Witchcraft politics (Hexenpolitik) across the sea. A new entangled history of #EarlyModern England and the Holy Roman Empire', led by Profs Alison Rowlands & Rita Voltmer. 🗃️
- 33 months
- 0.8 FTE
- Deadline 1 Feb
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC497/s...
For 'Witchcraft politics (Hexenpolitik) across the sea. A new entangled history of #EarlyModern England and the Holy Roman Empire', led by Profs Alison Rowlands & Rita Voltmer. 🗃️
- 33 months
- 0.8 FTE
- Deadline 1 Feb
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC497/s...
Senior Research Officer at University of Essex
Explore an exciting academic career as a Senior Research Officer. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
📢Job: postdoctoral research officer📢
For 'Witchcraft politics (Hexenpolitik) across the sea. A new entangled history of #EarlyModern England and the Holy Roman Empire', led by Profs Alison Rowlands & Rita Voltmer. 🗃️
- 33 months
- 0.8 FTE
- Deadline 1 Feb
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC497/s...
For 'Witchcraft politics (Hexenpolitik) across the sea. A new entangled history of #EarlyModern England and the Holy Roman Empire', led by Profs Alison Rowlands & Rita Voltmer. 🗃️
- 33 months
- 0.8 FTE
- Deadline 1 Feb
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC497/s...
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Orange and Lemon, c. 1575
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 1538-1588
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 1538-1588
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
January 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Orange and Lemon, c. 1575
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 1538-1588
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 1538-1588
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
paging @fragmentarium.bsky.social 🙂
I’m having trouble determining exactly which text I’m looking at in this binding. Anyone want to take a crack?
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
paging @fragmentarium.bsky.social 🙂
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Updated CfP: Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation’ @ Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026.
Please do check out and share our #CfP. Deadline: 27 February 2026.
#Earlymodern #Communication #History
Please do check out and share our #CfP. Deadline: 27 February 2026.
#Earlymodern #Communication #History
January 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Updated CfP: Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation’ @ Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026.
Please do check out and share our #CfP. Deadline: 27 February 2026.
#Earlymodern #Communication #History
Please do check out and share our #CfP. Deadline: 27 February 2026.
#Earlymodern #Communication #History
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Interested to work on our collections? The Call for applications of the LECTIO – KU Leuven Visiting Fellowships 2026–2027 is now open. As in previous years, Special Collections offers a joint fellowship. We will be happy to welcome you!
Call for applications: LECTIO Visiting Fellowships 2026–2027
www.kuleuven.be
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Interested to work on our collections? The Call for applications of the LECTIO – KU Leuven Visiting Fellowships 2026–2027 is now open. As in previous years, Special Collections offers a joint fellowship. We will be happy to welcome you!
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Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive
According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
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Lovely gilded dragon initial. From the introduction to Aristotle’s Metaphysics by the French Humanist Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples. Printed at Paris by Johannes Higman in 1493 & presented to @theulspeccoll.bsky.social by the neurophysiologist Sir Charles Scott Sherrington in 1942. Inc.5.D.1.21[4225].
January 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Lovely gilded dragon initial. From the introduction to Aristotle’s Metaphysics by the French Humanist Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples. Printed at Paris by Johannes Higman in 1493 & presented to @theulspeccoll.bsky.social by the neurophysiologist Sir Charles Scott Sherrington in 1942. Inc.5.D.1.21[4225].
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In the past, book bindings were not only reinforced with parchment, but sometimes also with printed matter that was no longer relevant at the time of binding. Usually this remains hidden, but when the spine comes loose, you sometimes notice remarkable things.
January 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
In the past, book bindings were not only reinforced with parchment, but sometimes also with printed matter that was no longer relevant at the time of binding. Usually this remains hidden, but when the spine comes loose, you sometimes notice remarkable things.