Anna-Lujz Gilbert
@annalujz.bsky.social
book history | digital humanities | early modern
A submission for early modern name of the day: Jewell Sparke, who subscribed in 1712, and signed his name with added sparkle
October 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A submission for early modern name of the day: Jewell Sparke, who subscribed in 1712, and signed his name with added sparkle
Procrastinating (never!) by browsing books in the library. Here’s a copy of Lewis Morris’s The Epic of Hades that was gifted in 1901 by Marie Muller to Ernest Newlandsmith, who would quote from it in The Temple of Art (1904). Then gifted to the Exeter University library by a Mrs W Wordsworth.
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Procrastinating (never!) by browsing books in the library. Here’s a copy of Lewis Morris’s The Epic of Hades that was gifted in 1901 by Marie Muller to Ernest Newlandsmith, who would quote from it in The Temple of Art (1904). Then gifted to the Exeter University library by a Mrs W Wordsworth.
‘Tis the season for getting home and finding one’s pockets mysteriously full of perfect conkers
September 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
‘Tis the season for getting home and finding one’s pockets mysteriously full of perfect conkers
Day two of conference two this week, and I’m happily soaking up the early modern public library goodness of Chetham’s
September 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Day two of conference two this week, and I’m happily soaking up the early modern public library goodness of Chetham’s
Day two of the Built With Books conference @livesandletters.bsky.social ! My paper this afternoon will be for demonstrating how the EBDO and CEBEME datasets can be used to find old and second-hand books in early modern England
September 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Day two of the Built With Books conference @livesandletters.bsky.social ! My paper this afternoon will be for demonstrating how the EBDO and CEBEME datasets can be used to find old and second-hand books in early modern England
The walk through Hyde Park isn’t a bad consolation for not being able to get the tube
September 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The walk through Hyde Park isn’t a bad consolation for not being able to get the tube
A few allotment joys from this evening’s session, ft. rudbeckia from my mother in law, a compost slow worm and lots of blackberries
July 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A few allotment joys from this evening’s session, ft. rudbeckia from my mother in law, a compost slow worm and lots of blackberries
We'll also demonstrate querying the data directly, and I've been having lots of fun writing sample queries and working out just how much this dataset can do.
July 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
We'll also demonstrate querying the data directly, and I've been having lots of fun writing sample queries and working out just how much this dataset can do.
If you're coming to the Continental Books (CEBEME) panel at #RenSoc25 on Friday afternoon, you'll get a sneak preview of our project website (developed by Annie Zheng at Manchester using the Sampo-UI framework).
July 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
If you're coming to the Continental Books (CEBEME) panel at #RenSoc25 on Friday afternoon, you'll get a sneak preview of our project website (developed by Annie Zheng at Manchester using the Sampo-UI framework).
The garden is awash with roses, along with my camera roll
June 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The garden is awash with roses, along with my camera roll
We can agree that shorts are acceptable conference wear no?
June 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
We can agree that shorts are acceptable conference wear no?
Took some trains, saw some mountains, would recommend
June 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Took some trains, saw some mountains, would recommend
The Lake District in bluebell season is not a disappointment
May 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The Lake District in bluebell season is not a disappointment
Birthday beach visit
April 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Birthday beach visit
Yesterday was potato day at the allotment (we’d planned for it to be today, but changed our minds when we saw how much rain was coming in)
April 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Yesterday was potato day at the allotment (we’d planned for it to be today, but changed our minds when we saw how much rain was coming in)
Away from home so my partner’s sending updates on the status of the apple blossom
April 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Away from home so my partner’s sending updates on the status of the apple blossom
At the weekend I stopped by the lovely Selworthy parish church, Somerset, where they still have the seventeenth-century hour glass attached to the pulpit, with contemporary sounding board above
April 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
At the weekend I stopped by the lovely Selworthy parish church, Somerset, where they still have the seventeenth-century hour glass attached to the pulpit, with contemporary sounding board above
The tulips and plum blossom outside my windows are lovely, but my lunchtime views today can’t really compete with yesterday’s
April 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The tulips and plum blossom outside my windows are lovely, but my lunchtime views today can’t really compete with yesterday’s
Clouds of spring blossom
March 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Clouds of spring blossom
Going to miss this view
March 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Going to miss this view
Sealing wax as bookplate fixer
March 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Sealing wax as bookplate fixer
If you spot any mistakes in the data (there's bound to be some!), you can contact the project: ebdo.org.uk/contact/
This was a wonderful project for me to work on, and I'm so excited to see where PI Robyn Adams takes it over the coming months!
#BookHistory #EarlyModern #DigitalHumanities
This was a wonderful project for me to work on, and I'm so excited to see where PI Robyn Adams takes it over the coming months!
#BookHistory #EarlyModern #DigitalHumanities
March 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
If you spot any mistakes in the data (there's bound to be some!), you can contact the project: ebdo.org.uk/contact/
This was a wonderful project for me to work on, and I'm so excited to see where PI Robyn Adams takes it over the coming months!
#BookHistory #EarlyModern #DigitalHumanities
This was a wonderful project for me to work on, and I'm so excited to see where PI Robyn Adams takes it over the coming months!
#BookHistory #EarlyModern #DigitalHumanities
For anyone interested in the early Bodleian Library or early modern book owners, the Shaping Scholarship project at CELL, UCL has made the project data available: ebdo.org.uk/data/ It details every officially recorded donation made c. 1600-1620, plus some extras, which is around 10,000 items.
March 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
For anyone interested in the early Bodleian Library or early modern book owners, the Shaping Scholarship project at CELL, UCL has made the project data available: ebdo.org.uk/data/ It details every officially recorded donation made c. 1600-1620, plus some extras, which is around 10,000 items.
Durham Cathedral and castle in the evening sun
March 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Durham Cathedral and castle in the evening sun
When even your imprint is polemical
March 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
When even your imprint is polemical