Fran Álvarez
@o-xico.bsky.social
Former Senior Researcher at ERC project #PeopleandWriting
Universidad de Salamanca.
The Exeter Fragments Project.
Palaeography. Diplomatics. Fragmentology.
Galego. De Alveos.
Universidad de Salamanca.
The Exeter Fragments Project.
Palaeography. Diplomatics. Fragmentology.
Galego. De Alveos.
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New #OnHistory blog, IHR Fellow Chris Lewis writes about new publication, "Making Domesday: Intelligent Power in Conquered England" by Stephen Baxter, Julia Crick, and C. P. Lewis, and Domesday scholarship in the IHR.
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/dome...
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Domesday at the IHR - On History
IHR Fellow, Chris Lewis, writes about new publication, 'Making Domesday'.
blog.history.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
New #OnHistory blog, IHR Fellow Chris Lewis writes about new publication, "Making Domesday: Intelligent Power in Conquered England" by Stephen Baxter, Julia Crick, and C. P. Lewis, and Domesday scholarship in the IHR.
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/dome...
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/dome...
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This year's Brixworth Lecture will be given by Joyce Hill on Pastoral Provision and the Benedictine Reform. Tickets: www.friendsofbrixworthchurch.org.uk/2025/09/03/b...
September 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This year's Brixworth Lecture will be given by Joyce Hill on Pastoral Provision and the Benedictine Reform. Tickets: www.friendsofbrixworthchurch.org.uk/2025/09/03/b...
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💀🦴 Empieza la cuenta atrás!!! Aqui os dejamos el programa completo del Congreso 'Morir en los límites del Imperio'
Os esperamos el 9-10 de octubre en el Salón de Grados de la Facultad de Geografía e Historia de la USAL.
Si queréis asistir vía online podéis escribirnos a arqueofunerarianw@usal.es
Os esperamos el 9-10 de octubre en el Salón de Grados de la Facultad de Geografía e Historia de la USAL.
Si queréis asistir vía online podéis escribirnos a arqueofunerarianw@usal.es
October 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
💀🦴 Empieza la cuenta atrás!!! Aqui os dejamos el programa completo del Congreso 'Morir en los límites del Imperio'
Os esperamos el 9-10 de octubre en el Salón de Grados de la Facultad de Geografía e Historia de la USAL.
Si queréis asistir vía online podéis escribirnos a arqueofunerarianw@usal.es
Os esperamos el 9-10 de octubre en el Salón de Grados de la Facultad de Geografía e Historia de la USAL.
Si queréis asistir vía online podéis escribirnos a arqueofunerarianw@usal.es
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The 2025 Dorothy Whitelock Lecture @engfac.bsky.social will be given by Prof. Jane Roberts. All welcome. In person and online. Registration details below.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The 2025 Dorothy Whitelock Lecture @engfac.bsky.social will be given by Prof. Jane Roberts. All welcome. In person and online. Registration details below.
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Step back to 1086 and explore the fascinating world behind the oldest surviving Domesday manuscript!📜
Dr Chris Lewis speaks on the mysteries, gaps and stories of Exon Domesday.
👉 When: 30 October 7:30pm
👉 Where: Exeter Cathedral and online
👉 Tickets: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/eve...
Dr Chris Lewis speaks on the mysteries, gaps and stories of Exon Domesday.
👉 When: 30 October 7:30pm
👉 Where: Exeter Cathedral and online
👉 Tickets: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/eve...
September 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Step back to 1086 and explore the fascinating world behind the oldest surviving Domesday manuscript!📜
Dr Chris Lewis speaks on the mysteries, gaps and stories of Exon Domesday.
👉 When: 30 October 7:30pm
👉 Where: Exeter Cathedral and online
👉 Tickets: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/eve...
Dr Chris Lewis speaks on the mysteries, gaps and stories of Exon Domesday.
👉 When: 30 October 7:30pm
👉 Where: Exeter Cathedral and online
👉 Tickets: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/eve...
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Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing? If yes, then you may be interested in this f...
jobs.kent.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Now that I'm back in the UK, a little announcement: I'll be speaking at the Medieval Manuscripts Seminar (Senate House Library) on Tues 30th. Expect fragments galore!
The event is held in person & online!
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The event is held in person & online!
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Pieces of the past: the Small Fragment folder in the Rosenthal Collection at Keio University
ies.sas.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Now that I'm back in the UK, a little announcement: I'll be speaking at the Medieval Manuscripts Seminar (Senate House Library) on Tues 30th. Expect fragments galore!
The event is held in person & online!
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The event is held in person & online!
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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📢 Call for Papers – EAUH 2026 (Barcelona, 2–5 Sept.)
Session 24: Invisible Currencies, Visible Cities: Trust, Information, and Urban Economies in the Late Medieval Mediterranean
👉 More info & submissions: www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#se...
Session 24: Invisible Currencies, Visible Cities: Trust, Information, and Urban Economies in the Late Medieval Mediterranean
👉 More info & submissions: www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#se...
September 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📢 Call for Papers – EAUH 2026 (Barcelona, 2–5 Sept.)
Session 24: Invisible Currencies, Visible Cities: Trust, Information, and Urban Economies in the Late Medieval Mediterranean
👉 More info & submissions: www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#se...
Session 24: Invisible Currencies, Visible Cities: Trust, Information, and Urban Economies in the Late Medieval Mediterranean
👉 More info & submissions: www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/sessions/#se...
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‘Medieval Fragments’ at the #IMC2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social is shaping up to be great. There’s still time to join! Open for expressions of interest until Sept 20th 💙 #fragments #medieval #medievalsky
September 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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There's an exciting new 3-year job in Göttingen (Germany) available as part of our project! www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...
We need someone with experience in manuscript studies and early medieval Germanic vernaculars. Digital humanities skills an advantage! Deadline: 14 July. #palaeography
We need someone with experience in manuscript studies and early medieval Germanic vernaculars. Digital humanities skills an advantage! Deadline: 14 July. #palaeography
Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
June 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
There's an exciting new 3-year job in Göttingen (Germany) available as part of our project! www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...
We need someone with experience in manuscript studies and early medieval Germanic vernaculars. Digital humanities skills an advantage! Deadline: 14 July. #palaeography
We need someone with experience in manuscript studies and early medieval Germanic vernaculars. Digital humanities skills an advantage! Deadline: 14 July. #palaeography
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Ancient Manuscripts, Modern Science!
What links medieval monks, secret ink recipes & ancient cow DNA?
Learn how Scientists used X-ray technology and genetic sequencing to uncover the secrets of 1,200-year-old Irish manuscripts in Switzerland
Read more: museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#NMIBlog #MuseumBlog
What links medieval monks, secret ink recipes & ancient cow DNA?
Learn how Scientists used X-ray technology and genetic sequencing to uncover the secrets of 1,200-year-old Irish manuscripts in Switzerland
Read more: museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#NMIBlog #MuseumBlog
June 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Ancient Manuscripts, Modern Science!
What links medieval monks, secret ink recipes & ancient cow DNA?
Learn how Scientists used X-ray technology and genetic sequencing to uncover the secrets of 1,200-year-old Irish manuscripts in Switzerland
Read more: museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#NMIBlog #MuseumBlog
What links medieval monks, secret ink recipes & ancient cow DNA?
Learn how Scientists used X-ray technology and genetic sequencing to uncover the secrets of 1,200-year-old Irish manuscripts in Switzerland
Read more: museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#NMIBlog #MuseumBlog
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May 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Allí estaremos. ¡Preparados para el viaje! 📜#PeopleandWriting
Congreso Hispano-Luso que nos invita a un viaje al siglo XII
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La FRAH se prepara para un viaje al siglo XII de la mano de Portugal - Enfoque Diario de Zamora
La Fundación Rei Afonso Henriques acogerá, entre los días 6 y 7 de junio, el congreso luso-español “Portugal, siglo XII: la génesis de Portugal”. La cita se ha presentado este jueves en la propia sede...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Allí estaremos. ¡Preparados para el viaje! 📜#PeopleandWriting
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🧵Is the piece of parchment too small?
No problem – I’ll just stitch on another one to match!
#Materiality #MssStudies
No problem – I’ll just stitch on another one to match!
#Materiality #MssStudies
May 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🧵Is the piece of parchment too small?
No problem – I’ll just stitch on another one to match!
#Materiality #MssStudies
No problem – I’ll just stitch on another one to match!
#Materiality #MssStudies
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Do you like medieval rolls? Well who doesn’t! Don’t forget to register for Elaine Treharne’s lecture on mortuary rolls, whic is in person, at Senate House in London, on June 11th 👇📜
ies.sas.ac.uk/events/john-...
ies.sas.ac.uk/events/john-...
John Coffin Memorial Lecture in Palaeography 2025
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May 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Do you like medieval rolls? Well who doesn’t! Don’t forget to register for Elaine Treharne’s lecture on mortuary rolls, whic is in person, at Senate House in London, on June 11th 👇📜
ies.sas.ac.uk/events/john-...
ies.sas.ac.uk/events/john-...
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Next London Palaeography Seminar: Changing the Script: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 10, Scribal Stints and the Question of Norms in Early 10th Century Manuscripts, 21 May 2025 (online and in person) with Sharon Rowley (Christopher Newport University, VA) ies.sas.ac.uk/events/chang...
Changing the Script: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 10, Scribal Stints and the Question of Norms in Early 10th Century Manuscripts
ies.sas.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Next London Palaeography Seminar: Changing the Script: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 10, Scribal Stints and the Question of Norms in Early 10th Century Manuscripts, 21 May 2025 (online and in person) with Sharon Rowley (Christopher Newport University, VA) ies.sas.ac.uk/events/chang...
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Early Latin-Old English Glossaries Colloquium to be held on Zoom, May 30-31, 2025.
I will be THERE! Details on signing up to Zoom in are at the link. (Reposting bc the original post w/the link disappeared.)
epinal-erfurt.artsci.utoronto.ca/index.php/ea...
#medievalsky
I will be THERE! Details on signing up to Zoom in are at the link. (Reposting bc the original post w/the link disappeared.)
epinal-erfurt.artsci.utoronto.ca/index.php/ea...
#medievalsky
Early Latin-Old English Glossaries Colloquium (May 30-31, 2025)
epinal-erfurt.artsci.utoronto.ca
May 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Early Latin-Old English Glossaries Colloquium to be held on Zoom, May 30-31, 2025.
I will be THERE! Details on signing up to Zoom in are at the link. (Reposting bc the original post w/the link disappeared.)
epinal-erfurt.artsci.utoronto.ca/index.php/ea...
#medievalsky
I will be THERE! Details on signing up to Zoom in are at the link. (Reposting bc the original post w/the link disappeared.)
epinal-erfurt.artsci.utoronto.ca/index.php/ea...
#medievalsky
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A few weeks ago, a colleague asked me for help dating a medieval document long considered a forgery. Yes, a forgery—but one with a precise date: the year 1033. And yet no one had ever asked: what if that date actually matches the likely time it was produced? 👇 #MssStudies
May 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A few weeks ago, a colleague asked me for help dating a medieval document long considered a forgery. Yes, a forgery—but one with a precise date: the year 1033. And yet no one had ever asked: what if that date actually matches the likely time it was produced? 👇 #MssStudies
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Exposição leva ao mosteiro do Lorvão um comentário ao Livro do Apocalipse. Oportunidade rara para ver uma obra que é do mundo e costuma estar numa casa-forte na Torre do Tombo. Até 18 de Maio.
Manuscrito que fala do fim dos tempos regressa ao lugar onde foi feito há 836 anos
Exposição leva ao mosteiro do Lorvão um comentário ao Livro do Apocalipse. Oportunidade rara para ver uma obra que é do mundo e costuma estar numa casa-forte na Torre do Tombo. Até 18 de Maio.
www.publico.pt
May 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Exposição leva ao mosteiro do Lorvão um comentário ao Livro do Apocalipse. Oportunidade rara para ver uma obra que é do mundo e costuma estar numa casa-forte na Torre do Tombo. Até 18 de Maio.
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📜 There is still time to apply for the remaining few spots at the Digital Medieval Studies Institute UK edition, a one-day event on digital methods for medievalists, sponsored by Digital Medievalist!
📆 July 11 2025, University of Leeds
▶️ Info and registration: tinyurl.com/yeyhact4
#medievalsky
📆 July 11 2025, University of Leeds
▶️ Info and registration: tinyurl.com/yeyhact4
#medievalsky
April 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
📜 There is still time to apply for the remaining few spots at the Digital Medieval Studies Institute UK edition, a one-day event on digital methods for medievalists, sponsored by Digital Medievalist!
📆 July 11 2025, University of Leeds
▶️ Info and registration: tinyurl.com/yeyhact4
#medievalsky
📆 July 11 2025, University of Leeds
▶️ Info and registration: tinyurl.com/yeyhact4
#medievalsky
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Friday 2 May, 5pm, @regentsox.bsky.social and on zoom I'll be talking after the AGM of the Henry Bradshaw Society @oxmedstud.bsky.social. #medievalsky
April 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Friday 2 May, 5pm, @regentsox.bsky.social and on zoom I'll be talking after the AGM of the Henry Bradshaw Society @oxmedstud.bsky.social. #medievalsky
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@usaloficial.bsky.social @esmicroproj.bsky.social La semana que viene estaré en el Colegio Público de Monterrubio para hablarles a l@s alumn@s del cole y sus compañeros del CRA de Castellanos y San Cristóbal del concepto de comunidad y valoraremos el patrimonio histórico del pueblo y sus aledaños 👇
April 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
@usaloficial.bsky.social @esmicroproj.bsky.social La semana que viene estaré en el Colegio Público de Monterrubio para hablarles a l@s alumn@s del cole y sus compañeros del CRA de Castellanos y San Cristóbal del concepto de comunidad y valoraremos el patrimonio histórico del pueblo y sus aledaños 👇
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In September 2023 I discovered a few mss fragments at the #KRB (Brussels). I identified 2 wrote in Old Spanish, now a paper identifying 3 Latin fragments has been published doi.org/10.3989/aem.... All these have a common feature: they were taken from Spanish ecclesiastical libraries in the 1960.
Tres fragmentos en escritura visigótica conservados en la Biblioteca KBR de Bruselas
| Anuario de Estudios Medievales
doi.org
April 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In September 2023 I discovered a few mss fragments at the #KRB (Brussels). I identified 2 wrote in Old Spanish, now a paper identifying 3 Latin fragments has been published doi.org/10.3989/aem.... All these have a common feature: they were taken from Spanish ecclesiastical libraries in the 1960.