@emherstory.bsky.social
See my new blog post on "Multi-talented Women" featuring the current exhibition at #NMWA on women as artists, engravers, calligraphers, sculptors, embroiderers, lacemakers, etc. I place #EstherInglis within this coteree of talented Netherlandish women. estheringlis.com/2025/11/17/w...
Women of Many Talents
Calligrapher, limner, embroiderer, writer – those are all arts in which Esther Inglis engaged. She seems to have been unique in Britain at the time, so who were her cohorts? There must have b…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
See my new blog post on "Multi-talented Women" featuring the current exhibition at #NMWA on women as artists, engravers, calligraphers, sculptors, embroiderers, lacemakers, etc. I place #EstherInglis within this coteree of talented Netherlandish women. estheringlis.com/2025/11/17/w...
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The next volume in the Camden Series of scholarly editions of primary sources for historians is 'The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)', edited by Helen Newsome-Chandler.
This volume will be published in print and online @universitypress.cambridge.org in August 2/2
This volume will be published in print and online @universitypress.cambridge.org in August 2/2
June 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The next volume in the Camden Series of scholarly editions of primary sources for historians is 'The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)', edited by Helen Newsome-Chandler.
This volume will be published in print and online @universitypress.cambridge.org in August 2/2
This volume will be published in print and online @universitypress.cambridge.org in August 2/2
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The new issue of @royalstudies.bsky.social Royal Studies Journal is out, a special issue that I've been really looking forward to, 'Material Culture and Built Heritage: Manifestations of Scotland’s Royal Past, Present and Future' rsj.winchester.ac.uk/30/volume/12...
Guest eds. Lucy Dean & Amy Hayes
Guest eds. Lucy Dean & Amy Hayes
Special Issue: Material Culture and Built Heritage: Manifestations of Scotland’s Royal Past, Present and Future | Royal Studies Journal
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June 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The new issue of @royalstudies.bsky.social Royal Studies Journal is out, a special issue that I've been really looking forward to, 'Material Culture and Built Heritage: Manifestations of Scotland’s Royal Past, Present and Future' rsj.winchester.ac.uk/30/volume/12...
Guest eds. Lucy Dean & Amy Hayes
Guest eds. Lucy Dean & Amy Hayes
See new blogpost "Esther Inglis and 'Little Beasts'" on relationship of her work with that of Flemish nature artists of the time, based on extraordinary new exhibition at NGA DC. estheringlis.com/2025/05/29/e...
@artherstory.bsky.social @ngadc.bsky.social #EstherInglis #JorisHofnagel #ClaraPeeters
@artherstory.bsky.social @ngadc.bsky.social #EstherInglis #JorisHofnagel #ClaraPeeters
May 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
See new blogpost "Esther Inglis and 'Little Beasts'" on relationship of her work with that of Flemish nature artists of the time, based on extraordinary new exhibition at NGA DC. estheringlis.com/2025/05/29/e...
@artherstory.bsky.social @ngadc.bsky.social #EstherInglis #JorisHofnagel #ClaraPeeters
@artherstory.bsky.social @ngadc.bsky.social #EstherInglis #JorisHofnagel #ClaraPeeters
A nice piece on the woman who tutored the young Mary Queen of Scots in French!
May 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A nice piece on the woman who tutored the young Mary Queen of Scots in French!
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This means that our Rachel Ruysch Note Card Wallet | 8 cards and envelopes - usually $16.95 - is on sale for $12.75!
May 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This means that our Rachel Ruysch Note Card Wallet | 8 cards and envelopes - usually $16.95 - is on sale for $12.75!
Spend your Saturday afternoon in good company with #EstherInglis, novelist Sara Sheridan in conversation with Anna Pike and Jamie Reid Baxter, along with poet Gerda Stevenson, and music by the White Rose Ensemble. St. Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh. 2-4 pm. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-afterno...
An Afternoon with Esther Inglis (c. 1570-1624)
Join author Sara Sheridan & experts to explore calligrapher Esther Inglis, with live Renaissance music, spoken word poetry & discussion!
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April 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Spend your Saturday afternoon in good company with #EstherInglis, novelist Sara Sheridan in conversation with Anna Pike and Jamie Reid Baxter, along with poet Gerda Stevenson, and music by the White Rose Ensemble. St. Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh. 2-4 pm. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-afterno...
Early German book in gorgeous binding, published by a woman. @emwjournal.bsky.social #women #publishing #binding
Here's the whole tooled pigskin binding. The book inside, published by Katherine Gerlach in Nürnberg in 1585, is comprised of two musical texts, one of which is printed (particularly beautifully) in red and black on vellum!
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April 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Early German book in gorgeous binding, published by a woman. @emwjournal.bsky.social #women #publishing #binding
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This is a register from the guild of book producers and merchants in 15th-century Bruges, showing a list of craftspeople who made books of hours.
One quarter of the guild members between 1455 and 1500 were women!
#medievalsky
#TrotsenTroost #PrideandSolace
One quarter of the guild members between 1455 and 1500 were women!
#medievalsky
#TrotsenTroost #PrideandSolace
April 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This is a register from the guild of book producers and merchants in 15th-century Bruges, showing a list of craftspeople who made books of hours.
One quarter of the guild members between 1455 and 1500 were women!
#medievalsky
#TrotsenTroost #PrideandSolace
One quarter of the guild members between 1455 and 1500 were women!
#medievalsky
#TrotsenTroost #PrideandSolace
For Maundy Thursday, A Royal Maundy depicted by Levina Teerlinc from the court of Elizabeth I.
April 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
For Maundy Thursday, A Royal Maundy depicted by Levina Teerlinc from the court of Elizabeth I.
Celebrate Esther in April!
Staatsbibliothek, Berlin MS.Lat.C14 If you're in Edinburgh, come enjoy a wonderful afternoon with interesting talks, delightful poetry, and great music. When: Saturday, 26th April : 2-4 PM Where: St. Cecilia's Hall and Concert Room, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh Scottish…
Staatsbibliothek, Berlin MS.Lat.C14 If you're in Edinburgh, come enjoy a wonderful afternoon with interesting talks, delightful poetry, and great music. When: Saturday, 26th April : 2-4 PM Where: St. Cecilia's Hall and Concert Room, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh Scottish…
Celebrate Esther in April!
Staatsbibliothek, Berlin MS.Lat.C14 If you're in Edinburgh, come enjoy a wonderful afternoon with interesting talks, delightful poetry, and great music. When: Saturday, 26th April : 2-4 PM Where: St. Cecilia's Hall and Concert Room, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh Scottish novelist Sara Sheridan will be in conversation with historians Jamie Reid Baxter and Anna-Nadine Pike to illuminate the life and times of Franco-Scottish creative woman, Esther Inglis (1570?-1624).
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April 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Celebrate Esther in April!
Staatsbibliothek, Berlin MS.Lat.C14 If you're in Edinburgh, come enjoy a wonderful afternoon with interesting talks, delightful poetry, and great music. When: Saturday, 26th April : 2-4 PM Where: St. Cecilia's Hall and Concert Room, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh Scottish…
Staatsbibliothek, Berlin MS.Lat.C14 If you're in Edinburgh, come enjoy a wonderful afternoon with interesting talks, delightful poetry, and great music. When: Saturday, 26th April : 2-4 PM Where: St. Cecilia's Hall and Concert Room, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh Scottish…
Just arrived in the mail - new from #Brill Congratulations to #EliseWatson and #JessicaFarrellJobst for a big editorial job on 24 articles, including my piece on #EstherInglis, #embroidery, and #calligraphy. A couple of chapters for free here: brill.com/edcollbook/t...
Gender and the Book Trades
"Gender and the Book Trades" published on 02 Dec 2024 by Brill.
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March 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Just arrived in the mail - new from #Brill Congratulations to #EliseWatson and #JessicaFarrellJobst for a big editorial job on 24 articles, including my piece on #EstherInglis, #embroidery, and #calligraphy. A couple of chapters for free here: brill.com/edcollbook/t...
Interested in #embroidery and early techniques? Sign up to hear professional embroiderers Christy Batie and Erin Moody tell how they recreated one of #EstherInglis's #bindings and what they learned.
Virtual talk, Thursday Jan. 30, 6pm EST; 11pm GMT
www.folger.edu/whats-on/vir...
Virtual talk, Thursday Jan. 30, 6pm EST; 11pm GMT
www.folger.edu/whats-on/vir...
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Interested in #embroidery and early techniques? Sign up to hear professional embroiderers Christy Batie and Erin Moody tell how they recreated one of #EstherInglis's #bindings and what they learned.
Virtual talk, Thursday Jan. 30, 6pm EST; 11pm GMT
www.folger.edu/whats-on/vir...
Virtual talk, Thursday Jan. 30, 6pm EST; 11pm GMT
www.folger.edu/whats-on/vir...
The Folger has now posted "turning the page" versions of three of its Esther Inglis manuscripts: V.a.91, V.a.92 and V.a.93 (for Prince Maurice of Nassau - newly digitized). Give each a moment to load, then enjoy! Sctoll down on this page to find them. www.folger.edu/whats-on/lit...
Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis | Folger Shakespeare Library
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January 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The Folger has now posted "turning the page" versions of three of its Esther Inglis manuscripts: V.a.91, V.a.92 and V.a.93 (for Prince Maurice of Nassau - newly digitized). Give each a moment to load, then enjoy! Sctoll down on this page to find them. www.folger.edu/whats-on/lit...
Hi old friends from the T-verse - I'm now joining you all in the Blue Sky. Expect to do most of my posting here from now. Had a nice Christmas gift card for an indy bookshop in Raleigh NC, so purchased a copy of Adam's book there today. (I like the jacket of the UK edition better, but still . . . )
December 26, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Hi old friends from the T-verse - I'm now joining you all in the Blue Sky. Expect to do most of my posting here from now. Had a nice Christmas gift card for an indy bookshop in Raleigh NC, so purchased a copy of Adam's book there today. (I like the jacket of the UK edition better, but still . . . )