Julia Walworth
@juliawalworth.bsky.social
Medievalist, book and library historian, lover of all libraries, Fellow Librarian at Merton College Oxford
An atmospheric Halloween visit to the Merton library tonight.
October 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
An atmospheric Halloween visit to the Merton library tonight.
A great pleasure to display some of the beautiful book creations by Paul Johnson and @majnouna.com for the Oxford Bibliophiles this evening!
October 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A great pleasure to display some of the beautiful book creations by Paul Johnson and @majnouna.com for the Oxford Bibliophiles this evening!
A new academic year & the Upper Library is finally re-opened. The exhibition this term features Merton's 'newest' medieval manuscript (MS 329) acquired this year with the generous help of @thefnl.bsky.social. Booklet of 14th-century astronomical tables! Eclipses, conjunctions and more!
October 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A new academic year & the Upper Library is finally re-opened. The exhibition this term features Merton's 'newest' medieval manuscript (MS 329) acquired this year with the generous help of @thefnl.bsky.social. Booklet of 14th-century astronomical tables! Eclipses, conjunctions and more!
Merton College Chapel putting on a good welcome for today’s wedding! 😍
September 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Merton College Chapel putting on a good welcome for today’s wedding! 😍
The joy of the pop-up display—greatly enhanced by the cup of tea afterwards!
September 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The joy of the pop-up display—greatly enhanced by the cup of tea afterwards!
Kloster Andechs in Bavaria August 1985 and August 2025! We’ve changed, but the church is still stunning.
August 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Kloster Andechs in Bavaria August 1985 and August 2025! We’ve changed, but the church is still stunning.
August 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Astrolabes and quadrants return to display in the Upper Library at Merton College with special thanks to Nikki Tomkins, Oxford Conservation Consortium, Khris Watts, Harriet Campbell Longley, and @stephenaj.bsky.social It took many hands! #astronomy #astrolabes
August 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Astrolabes and quadrants return to display in the Upper Library at Merton College with special thanks to Nikki Tomkins, Oxford Conservation Consortium, Khris Watts, Harriet Campbell Longley, and @stephenaj.bsky.social It took many hands! #astronomy #astrolabes
In 17c Netherlands you could enjoy drinking your cool beer from a ‘book’. Very nice blindstamped boards, raised bands, fore-edge ties. #Rijksmuseum #Bookart
July 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In 17c Netherlands you could enjoy drinking your cool beer from a ‘book’. Very nice blindstamped boards, raised bands, fore-edge ties. #Rijksmuseum #Bookart
A 17c ‘hidden’ church in Amsterdam made a memorable venue for a conference dinner. #CIHEC2025
June 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A 17c ‘hidden’ church in Amsterdam made a memorable venue for a conference dinner. #CIHEC2025
Dramatic results of cleaning late medieval masonry at Merton College.
March 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Dramatic results of cleaning late medieval masonry at Merton College.
Wonderful setting at Harvard for the opening plenary of @medievalacademy.bsky.social 2025!
March 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wonderful setting at Harvard for the opening plenary of @medievalacademy.bsky.social 2025!
Thank you to librarian Mark Statham for an impromptu visit to the light-filled upper library at Gonville & Caius College this afternoon!
February 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Thank you to librarian Mark Statham for an impromptu visit to the light-filled upper library at Gonville & Caius College this afternoon!
This will be familiar to manuscripts people in Cambridge. 😍
February 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This will be familiar to manuscripts people in Cambridge. 😍
A visit to the Other Place! Wonderful library and such helpful staff. #Cambridge #manuscripts
February 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A visit to the Other Place! Wonderful library and such helpful staff. #Cambridge #manuscripts
The wonderful London Library—thank you for an hour of calm focus in a day of meetings.
February 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The wonderful London Library—thank you for an hour of calm focus in a day of meetings.
February 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Artist and page in dialogue. In Merton MS 177 the artist breaks the sequence of straight edges to echo uneven parchment. #manuscripts #illumination
February 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Artist and page in dialogue. In Merton MS 177 the artist breaks the sequence of straight edges to echo uneven parchment. #manuscripts #illumination
It’s the weekend—with a flourish! (open image for the full view)
January 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It’s the weekend—with a flourish! (open image for the full view)
Normally I don’t condone writing in library books, but I was kind of impressed by this skilful 20c maniculum—appropriate to the subject matter. #marginalia
January 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Normally I don’t condone writing in library books, but I was kind of impressed by this skilful 20c maniculum—appropriate to the subject matter. #marginalia
Tsar Alexander prefers to gaze out at Fellows’ Quad rather than face the ‘work site’ that is the Merton Upper Library at the moment.
January 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Tsar Alexander prefers to gaze out at Fellows’ Quad rather than face the ‘work site’ that is the Merton Upper Library at the moment.
Seeking help from legal historians here. We have been puzzling over the identity of “N.L.R” who provided helpful information on references to Canon and Civil back in 1993. Any ideas? #canonlaw #legalhistory
January 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Seeking help from legal historians here. We have been puzzling over the identity of “N.L.R” who provided helpful information on references to Canon and Civil back in 1993. Any ideas? #canonlaw #legalhistory
Seeking ways to cheer up the house after the Christmas decorations come down.
January 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Seeking ways to cheer up the house after the Christmas decorations come down.
Godstow Priory reached after a very muddy but sunny walk.
January 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Godstow Priory reached after a very muddy but sunny walk.