Matilda Houston-Brown
@matildah-b.bsky.social
DPhil at the University of Oxford.
Working on Cathedral libraries & mid-17th century biblioclasm. Also interested in widows, book donation, pamphlet culture and (non-academically) Dungeons & Dragons.
Working on Cathedral libraries & mid-17th century biblioclasm. Also interested in widows, book donation, pamphlet culture and (non-academically) Dungeons & Dragons.
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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.
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.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:glqdunvigi5zxowf6heik65g/bafkreigi4rz7omz3cell5pa7hlyceoxd4fxsjy2ynmcd37fozanjejhsry@jpeg)
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Matilda Houston-Brown
Today is publication day for PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE! Available in paper or digital form www.pennpress.org/978151282744... @pennpress.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Today is publication day for PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE! Available in paper or digital form www.pennpress.org/978151282744... @pennpress.bsky.social
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Believe it or not, this is a parish register from the seventeenth century that was damaged during a fire! 🔥
Heat causes the collagen fibres in the parchment to denature and shrink and eventually turn to gelatine, which sometimes has a ‘glassy’ appearance.
#EarlyModern #Skystorians
Heat causes the collagen fibres in the parchment to denature and shrink and eventually turn to gelatine, which sometimes has a ‘glassy’ appearance.
#EarlyModern #Skystorians
September 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Believe it or not, this is a parish register from the seventeenth century that was damaged during a fire! 🔥
Heat causes the collagen fibres in the parchment to denature and shrink and eventually turn to gelatine, which sometimes has a ‘glassy’ appearance.
#EarlyModern #Skystorians
Heat causes the collagen fibres in the parchment to denature and shrink and eventually turn to gelatine, which sometimes has a ‘glassy’ appearance.
#EarlyModern #Skystorians
Some hidden music I caught sight of today!
August 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Some hidden music I caught sight of today!
Had a wonderful time at the Print Matters summer school with Thin Ice Press this week! So many exciting conversations with so many interesting people.
July 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Had a wonderful time at the Print Matters summer school with Thin Ice Press this week! So many exciting conversations with so many interesting people.
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Print Matters summer school hard at work at Thin Ice Press amid 3 days of book-making, reading Lucretius, depicting 'chaos', and perusing the Minster Library and Shandy Hall
July 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Print Matters summer school hard at work at Thin Ice Press amid 3 days of book-making, reading Lucretius, depicting 'chaos', and perusing the Minster Library and Shandy Hall
Reposted by Matilda Houston-Brown
June 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Book-spotting in the Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa.
May 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Book-spotting in the Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa.
cloisters and catalogues at Lincoln Cathedral
April 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
cloisters and catalogues at Lincoln Cathedral