Books of Duchesses
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Official posts re: website and database Books of Duchesses: Mapping Women Book Owners, 1350-1550 (booksofduchesses.com). Come be a guest editor!
We are so excited! We just finished a training session with Sarah Dyer Magleby, our newest Guest Editor who's adding the bourgeois Marie Turquam and her books to the database! Keep an eye on this page: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marie...
Books of Duchesses
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October 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We are so excited! We just finished a training session with Sarah Dyer Magleby, our newest Guest Editor who's adding the bourgeois Marie Turquam and her books to the database! Keep an eye on this page: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marie...
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Happening now at @imc-leeds.bsky.social : the first of three panels in memory of Dr Johanna Green. Speakers in the first panel will speak about one of Johanna’s greatest passions: Old English literature.
July 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happening now at @imc-leeds.bsky.social : the first of three panels in memory of Dr Johanna Green. Speakers in the first panel will speak about one of Johanna’s greatest passions: Old English literature.
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Get your 300–500 word abstracts in by 30 September 2025!
Call for Contributors!
@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!
Deadline: 30 September 2025
More info here 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news/call-co...
@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!
Deadline: 30 September 2025
More info here 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news/call-co...
Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies
Call for ContributorsThe Routledge Companion to Book StudiesEdited by Michael Durrant and Cynthia Johnston Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
ies.sas.ac.uk
April 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Get your 300–500 word abstracts in by 30 September 2025!
Another unexpected addition to BoD today as the result of other research: Marie de Baussay, lady of Champdeu and Samarcolle, who shared ownership with her husband of a 1424 copy of Pontus et Sidoine according to the scribe's colophon
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marie...
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marie...
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March 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Another unexpected addition to BoD today as the result of other research: Marie de Baussay, lady of Champdeu and Samarcolle, who shared ownership with her husband of a 1424 copy of Pontus et Sidoine according to the scribe's colophon
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marie...
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marie...
We love stumbling across new-to-us women. Today's prime example: Marguerite de Croy, lady of Wavrin (1508-49), associated with two books for sure and potentially a third: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Margu...
Books of Duchesses
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March 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We love stumbling across new-to-us women. Today's prime example: Marguerite de Croy, lady of Wavrin (1508-49), associated with two books for sure and potentially a third: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Margu...
Although last night's reading did not advance the paper it had been ILLed for, it did add another couple woman from the bourgeoisie to BoD's list of ladies! Meet Thomasin (Barrington) Hopton and her granddaughter Thomasin (Sidney) Ganell: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Thoma...
Books of Duchesses
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March 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Although last night's reading did not advance the paper it had been ILLed for, it did add another couple woman from the bourgeoisie to BoD's list of ladies! Meet Thomasin (Barrington) Hopton and her granddaughter Thomasin (Sidney) Ganell: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Thoma...
And today, it's ONB Cod. 1897 linking Margaret Tudor and her sister Mary, to whom she gave this Book of Hours as a gift: booksofduchesses.com/books/ONB%20...
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February 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
And today, it's ONB Cod. 1897 linking Margaret Tudor and her sister Mary, to whom she gave this Book of Hours as a gift: booksofduchesses.com/books/ONB%20...
Always a good time when research for other things results in additions to BoD. Today, that's the beginnings of Anne of Bohemia (booksofduchesses.com/owners/Anne%...) and Mary I of England (booksofduchesses.com/owners/Mary%...).
Books of Duchesses
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February 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Always a good time when research for other things results in additions to BoD. Today, that's the beginnings of Anne of Bohemia (booksofduchesses.com/owners/Anne%...) and Mary I of England (booksofduchesses.com/owners/Mary%...).
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📢 #CfP #OldEnglish #medievalsky #SELIM35
📜The 35th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM 35)
📅24th-26th September 2025
📲Details: selim35.uma.es/call-for-paper
⌛️Deadline: 30 March 2025
📜The 35th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM 35)
📅24th-26th September 2025
📲Details: selim35.uma.es/call-for-paper
⌛️Deadline: 30 March 2025
February 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📢 #CfP #OldEnglish #medievalsky #SELIM35
📜The 35th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM 35)
📅24th-26th September 2025
📲Details: selim35.uma.es/call-for-paper
⌛️Deadline: 30 March 2025
📜The 35th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM 35)
📅24th-26th September 2025
📲Details: selim35.uma.es/call-for-paper
⌛️Deadline: 30 March 2025
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JUST ANNOUNCED! The Winterthur Library Fresh Perspectives on Collecting Symposium highlights the work and voices of the next gen of rare book, manuscript, and special collections professionals, scholars, and enthusiasts. Tune in on Zoom March 18 & 19! 📜
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February 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
JUST ANNOUNCED! The Winterthur Library Fresh Perspectives on Collecting Symposium highlights the work and voices of the next gen of rare book, manuscript, and special collections professionals, scholars, and enthusiasts. Tune in on Zoom March 18 & 19! 📜
Another new addition (and something is definitely off with the code of our book count...): Isabel de Zuniga y Pimentel! booksofduchesses.com/owners/Isabe...
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January 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Another new addition (and something is definitely off with the code of our book count...): Isabel de Zuniga y Pimentel! booksofduchesses.com/owners/Isabe...
More minor progress: we've added two more books to BoD, both of which are associated with Yolande de Lalaing, lady of Brederode and Vianen: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Yolan...
Books of Duchesses
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January 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
More minor progress: we've added two more books to BoD, both of which are associated with Yolande de Lalaing, lady of Brederode and Vianen: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Yolan...
Conference prep leads to fortuitous discoveries: newly entered into BoD is Jeanne Filleul, demoiselle d'honneur of Margaret Stewart and a poetess in her own right: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Jeann...
Books of Duchesses
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January 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Conference prep leads to fortuitous discoveries: newly entered into BoD is Jeanne Filleul, demoiselle d'honneur of Margaret Stewart and a poetess in her own right: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Jeann...
Ideally, we want as much information as possible when we enter a book into BoD, but sometimes it just doesn't exist! Take, for instance, the case of BnF fr. 2154, which has almost unknown women's names inscribed in it: booksofduchesses.com/books/BnF%20...
Books of Duchesses
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January 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Ideally, we want as much information as possible when we enter a book into BoD, but sometimes it just doesn't exist! Take, for instance, the case of BnF fr. 2154, which has almost unknown women's names inscribed in it: booksofduchesses.com/books/BnF%20...
We have another new addition to BoD: Anne de La Tour d'Auvergne, countess of Auvergne! Check her out:
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Anne%...
And if you know of other of her books, please tell us!
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Anne%...
And if you know of other of her books, please tell us!
Books of Duchesses
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November 19, 2024 at 5:31 PM
We have another new addition to BoD: Anne de La Tour d'Auvergne, countess of Auvergne! Check her out:
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Anne%...
And if you know of other of her books, please tell us!
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Anne%...
And if you know of other of her books, please tell us!
It has been a tumultuous couple of months here on the back end of things, but we're finally (slowly) getting back in the digital saddle: today, we added Margret Vigfusdottir and our first pin in Iceland! booksofduchesses.com/owners/Margr...
Books of Duchesses
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October 20, 2024 at 10:18 PM
It has been a tumultuous couple of months here on the back end of things, but we're finally (slowly) getting back in the digital saddle: today, we added Margret Vigfusdottir and our first pin in Iceland! booksofduchesses.com/owners/Margr...
It is perhaps a little late in the game, but is there enough interest to pull together a panel of speakers on/using Books of Duchesses for #IMCLeeds2025?
August 29, 2024 at 7:10 PM
It is perhaps a little late in the game, but is there enough interest to pull together a panel of speakers on/using Books of Duchesses for #IMCLeeds2025?
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Thrilled to let you all know that I'll be a presenter for the 2-day workshop on Medieval Women's Networks happening on Zoom Oct. 17-18! Come listen to me talk about @booksofduchesses.bsky.social and learn about projects by @aboyarin.bsky.social, @yvonneseale.bsky.social, and others!
July 25, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Thrilled to let you all know that I'll be a presenter for the 2-day workshop on Medieval Women's Networks happening on Zoom Oct. 17-18! Come listen to me talk about @booksofduchesses.bsky.social and learn about projects by @aboyarin.bsky.social, @yvonneseale.bsky.social, and others!
Exciting news: Margaret of Austria's full inventory as edited by Margaret Debae is finally fully entered into BoD! booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marga...
Now to chase down all of the other associated inventories 😅
Now to chase down all of the other associated inventories 😅
Books of Duchesses
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July 20, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Exciting news: Margaret of Austria's full inventory as edited by Margaret Debae is finally fully entered into BoD! booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marga...
Now to chase down all of the other associated inventories 😅
Now to chase down all of the other associated inventories 😅
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Did you finish or examine a book history dissertation in 2022 or 2023 at any level (undergrad, masters, doctoral)? Please submit the citation info to the form below! The next SHARP bibliography will be the 2022-2023 Dissertation Bibliography! (Plz reskeet!) #BookHistory
forms.gle/XbTJNUTSy7Tp...
forms.gle/XbTJNUTSy7Tp...
SHARP Thesis/Dissertation Bibliography Submission Form
Use this form to submit citation information about book history theses and dissertations completed between 2022 and 2023
Guidelines
Dissertations and theses about book history (interpreted broadly, if...
forms.gle
July 17, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Did you finish or examine a book history dissertation in 2022 or 2023 at any level (undergrad, masters, doctoral)? Please submit the citation info to the form below! The next SHARP bibliography will be the 2022-2023 Dissertation Bibliography! (Plz reskeet!) #BookHistory
forms.gle/XbTJNUTSy7Tp...
forms.gle/XbTJNUTSy7Tp...
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EBS Session 6: Lost MSS and Printed Books. Between fire (Cottonian Library, 1731), theft, and losses over time, one wonders about titles mentioned in wills and inventories, books lent and lost, ghost copies, fabricated citations w/ no correspondence to primary sources icms.confex.com/icms/2025/pa...
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Paper Submission Loading - 2025 International Congress on Medieval Studies
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July 14, 2024 at 5:06 PM
EBS Session 6: Lost MSS and Printed Books. Between fire (Cottonian Library, 1731), theft, and losses over time, one wonders about titles mentioned in wills and inventories, books lent and lost, ghost copies, fabricated citations w/ no correspondence to primary sources icms.confex.com/icms/2025/pa...
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EBS Session 4: Women’s Books: Owners, Makers, Patrons
can explore any aspect of women’s books: ownership, patronage, books written for or directed to women, annotations, ownership marks, heraldic insignia, evidence of reading, etc. icms.confex.com/icms/2025/pa...
can explore any aspect of women’s books: ownership, patronage, books written for or directed to women, annotations, ownership marks, heraldic insignia, evidence of reading, etc. icms.confex.com/icms/2025/pa...
Paper Submission Loading - 2025 International Congress on Medieval Studies
Paper Submission Loading - 2025 International Congress on Medieval Studies
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July 14, 2024 at 5:03 PM
EBS Session 4: Women’s Books: Owners, Makers, Patrons
can explore any aspect of women’s books: ownership, patronage, books written for or directed to women, annotations, ownership marks, heraldic insignia, evidence of reading, etc. icms.confex.com/icms/2025/pa...
can explore any aspect of women’s books: ownership, patronage, books written for or directed to women, annotations, ownership marks, heraldic insignia, evidence of reading, etc. icms.confex.com/icms/2025/pa...
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EBS Session 1: Old Books, New Technologies explores uses of tech in eliciting information about MSS and books. Also envisioned as a sharing session with papers on useful repositories and other online resources scholars need to know about. To submit a proposal, go to: icms.confex.com/icms/2025/pa...
Paper Submission Loading - 2025 International Congress on Medieval Studies
Paper Submission Loading - 2025 International Congress on Medieval Studies
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July 14, 2024 at 4:58 PM
EBS Session 1: Old Books, New Technologies explores uses of tech in eliciting information about MSS and books. Also envisioned as a sharing session with papers on useful repositories and other online resources scholars need to know about. To submit a proposal, go to: icms.confex.com/icms/2025/pa...
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I'm not EBS's official person #onhere, but I've been asked to post the #cfp for #Kzoo2025, so here they come!
6 EBS sessions have been accepted for the 60th ICMS Kalamazoo (May 8–10, 2025). All open for proposals. Volunteers session chairs welcome! Proposals due 9/15.
See earlybooksociety.org
6 EBS sessions have been accepted for the 60th ICMS Kalamazoo (May 8–10, 2025). All open for proposals. Volunteers session chairs welcome! Proposals due 9/15.
See earlybooksociety.org
Call for Papers
wmich.edu
July 14, 2024 at 4:57 PM
I'm not EBS's official person #onhere, but I've been asked to post the #cfp for #Kzoo2025, so here they come!
6 EBS sessions have been accepted for the 60th ICMS Kalamazoo (May 8–10, 2025). All open for proposals. Volunteers session chairs welcome! Proposals due 9/15.
See earlybooksociety.org
6 EBS sessions have been accepted for the 60th ICMS Kalamazoo (May 8–10, 2025). All open for proposals. Volunteers session chairs welcome! Proposals due 9/15.
See earlybooksociety.org
So, so close to finishing the entries from Debae's edition of Margaret's 1523 inventory (about 50 left!) AND that article got accepted and will come out late this year or early next. Appreciating the small joys!
July 14, 2024 at 3:41 AM
So, so close to finishing the entries from Debae's edition of Margaret's 1523 inventory (about 50 left!) AND that article got accepted and will come out late this year or early next. Appreciating the small joys!