Adrian Streete

@profastreete.bsky.social

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Professor of Early Modern English Literature and Religion, University of Glasgow. Old books, MSs, and ideas; classical music; oh, and our cat. My views.

https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/adrianstreete/

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 26d

A wee bit of news.

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'Fascinating' personal library of 'forgotten scholar' rediscovered

It is hoped that Zachary Boyd's collection at the University of Glasgow will help shed light on 17th century Scotland and a tumultuous time in European history.

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 3d

Three things from this week’s edition of *adventures with old books* that are both true and salutary: keep looking back at what you’ve already found; keep looking; librarians are ace.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 6d

Remember, remember

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 6d

I’m enjoying the autumn colours in and around the University.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 10d

My boys went out guising tonight as, respectively, a ghost, and the ghost of Gustav Mahler. Don’t ask.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 10d

Huge congratulations, Hester!

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Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 10d

Somewhat astonishingly, here it is, a book, a thing in the world... More, including acknowledgements, soon❤️

The cover of a book. Text reads TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE. The illustration is of black and white embroidery of flowers, fruit, and animals; it's sitting on a blue and white William Morris print cushion.

The table of contents of a book. The chapter titles read Stuff, Linen, Leather/Wool, Silk, Inky Cloak, Sew, Cut, Fold, Ruff.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 16d

A fantastic and moving performance of ‘La Boheme’ tonight by Scottish Opera.

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 17d

Pleased to have a chapter in this great chunk of a book. Congratulations to @loughnrv.bsky.social and Will Sharpe on a job well done.

Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Early Modern Authorship.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks, Fraser - that’s v kind of you.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 20d

First public outing for ‘Zachary Boyd’s Books’ last night. Thanks to the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies for hosting, and to everyone who came along in person and online.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 24d

Not sure what auld Zachary would make of it all, but he was in The Times yesterday and The Scotsman today.

Detail from The Times’ story on Zachary Boyd.

Detail from The Scotsman story on Zachary Boyd.

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 25d

Academics reassembles personal library of Glasgow scholar and cleric Zachary Boyd, who famously criticised the Lord Protector at a service

Papers of Cromwell’s scourge cast light on 17th-century Scotland

Academics reassembles personal library of Glasgow scholar and cleric Zachary Boyd, who famously criticised the Lord Protector at a service

www.thetimes.com

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Simon Kövesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 25d

Fabulous to see the multiple discoveries made about one of our UofG predecessors by @profastreete.bsky.social - magnificent and proper scholarly hard work.

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · 26d

Zachary Boyd (1585–1653) was a minister, poet & #UniversityofGlasgow academic who lived through one of Scotland’s most turbulent centuries. His rediscovered library offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a man who met kings and wrote plays at a time of revolution.

Read more: gla.ac/4o1qCQc

Composite image showing three scenes. Left: Portrait of Zachary Boyd holding a book, painted by George Jameson. Image credit: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow. Top right: Professor Adrian Streete and Siobhán Convery, Director of Library Collections, examining a dictionary from Zachary Boyd’s personal library. Bottom right: Professor Adrian Streete holding a book among shelves of old volumes from Boyd’s library. Photo credit for both right images: Martin Shields.

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claire m. l. bourne @roaringgirle.bsky.social · 27d

a tiny bit of good news is that we have secured funding to digitize john milton's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587).

the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.

A close-up image of a handwritten note in a sixteenth-century book. The note reads: 'Spenser repor / teth otherwise / [o]f this Knight / [D]ialogue of Ire- / [la]nd / [p]. 76.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Oct 11

Enjoying the autumn colours and skies in Dumfries and Galloway.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Oct 11

Excellent attendance at lectures and seminars this term. Students v engaged. A joy, really.

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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · Oct 8

We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too

Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!

Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com

The Scottish History Society

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Oct 3

Pleased to have a copy of @drnaomibaker’s new book, ‘Voices of Thunder’. Buy it, read it, order it for your libraries- it’s a brilliant, timely book.

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Cristina León Alfar, PhD 🐈🎭📚🌻💃🏻🐈‍⬛ @cristinalalfar.bsky.social · Oct 1

The English Department at Hunter College, CUNY is very happy to announce a Tenure Track position in #Medieval British Literature at the Assistant Professor level. Applications from scholars in interdisciplinary and/or global approaches are especially encouraged to apply.

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Jobs | City University of New York

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Dr Leah Veronese @leahveronese.bsky.social · Sep 30

Very excited to be running this conference with Paul Norris. Delighted to have @mcculloughp.bsky.social as our keynote speaker. We can't wait to hear your ideas! Please share widely

Poster: detail from Lincoln's Inn stained glass window showing palatial buildings, with a forest covered landscape beyond. In the foreground are two men in hats and cloaks having a little chat. A dog runs towards them from the right. In the centre of the poster is a black circle containing the following text

TEXT:
Call for Papers on John Donne and Architecture
13th January 2026
Lincoln College, Oxford
Keynote Speaker: Professor Peter McCullough
Please send abstract of up to 250 words to Leah Veronese-Clucas (leah.veronese-clucas@univ.ox.ac.uk) & Paul Norris (paul.norris@bnc.ox.ac.uk) by 14th November 2025

Call for Papers

John Donne’s Architecture

Submission Deadline: 14th November 2025

Event Date: 13th January 2026, Lincoln College, Oxford

Keynote Speaker: Professor Peter McCullough.

We welcome 150–250 word abstracts for twenty-minute papers relating to any aspect of Donne and architecture from critics and historians of literature, architecture and related fields. Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

The use of buildings in rhetoric or the arts of memory.
Donne’s metaphorical use of architecture, as well as related disciplines such as geometry, cartography, and visual art.
The buildings in which Donne lived, worked and preached (e.g. the Chapel Royal, York House, St Paul’s Cathedral, Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, St Dunstan’s in the West, etc.) and their influence on his life and work.
Donne’s encounters with buildings on his travels through Europe.
The relationship of literary to architectural form.
Please send proposals or enquiries to Leah Veronese-Clucas (leah.veronese-clucas@univ.ox.ac.uk) and Paul Norris (paul.norris@bnc.ox.ac.uk).

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Sep 22

First day of the new term.

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Roslyn Potter @roslynpotter.bsky.social · Sep 15

🎶 I wrote a piece on 'Songs and Fancies', Scotland's earliest printed music book. Many thanks to Jane Petteree over at Soundyngs blog for hosting!

Songs and Fancies: Aberdonian music-making in the 17th Century

Image: Title page from the 3rd edition of Songs and Fancies, 1682, from an ABE Books sales page (other versions also exist from e.g. the NLS). This post welcomes guest-author Roslyn Potter, who is …

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Sep 12

Today I finished the first draft of my new book. It’s hard to write anything, really, and especially so given the state of the world at the moment. So I’m proud of getting to this point. Cheers.

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Sep 6

A decent coffee and a few hours to myself - bliss.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Sep 5

I only met him once but still remember his encouragement and warmth. Rest in peace.

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Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thrilled to see my @royalhistsoc.org Camden edition of the holograph letters of Margaret Tudor in the flesh! Thank you to everyone for their support and encouragement over the years 🤗

You can read more about the edition here: blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/08/05/t...

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Victoria Moul @victoriamoul.bsky.social · Sep 5

I was delighted to have a chance to be on what turned out to be Melvyn Bragg’s last series of In Our Time and also thrilled that an article in The Times today lists our episode (on George Herbert) as one of the best 15 ever! You can listen to it here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, George Herbert

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss arguably the greatest devotional poem writer in English.

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