Tuija Ainonen
@tainonen.bsky.social
Medieval and early modern manuscripts and libraries
Sub-Librarian / Special Collections Librarian at The Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
My posts, my views and interests - not my employer's
Sub-Librarian / Special Collections Librarian at The Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
My posts, my views and interests - not my employer's
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Tuija Ainonen
@tainonen.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Very modest starter pack for accounts that post mainly about medieval manuscripts and libraries - let me know how many I missed and I'll be happy to add you / your suggestions
#MedievalMSS
go.bsky.app/7EkwHVJ
#MedievalMSS
go.bsky.app/7EkwHVJ
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Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
MEMS to Host the Fifteenth Century Conference 2026
www.kent.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
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📢 Delighted to announce that our Visiting Research Fellowships scheme for 2026 is now open for applications. Wonderful collections, world-class library & a brilliant @uofglasgow.bsky.social team to support you. Find out more 👇
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
📢 Delighted to announce that our Visiting Research Fellowships scheme for 2026 is now open for applications. Wonderful collections, world-class library & a brilliant @uofglasgow.bsky.social team to support you. Find out more 👇
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Just found out about this amazing example of #manuscript #recycling . The whole manuscript is made up from the margins of an earlier liturgical manuscript, cut out and rearranged (hence the unusual format), the (mostly) blank margins then used to copy various magical texts in the mid 16th century.
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Just found out about this amazing example of #manuscript #recycling . The whole manuscript is made up from the margins of an earlier liturgical manuscript, cut out and rearranged (hence the unusual format), the (mostly) blank margins then used to copy various magical texts in the mid 16th century.
3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
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We're delighted to digitally contribute to @theul.bsky.social Curious Cures project
Curator James Freeman highlights some of way Middle English medical writings have survived to us:
specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=30906
One more month to catch the physcial exhibition, do not miss it!
Curator James Freeman highlights some of way Middle English medical writings have survived to us:
specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=30906
One more month to catch the physcial exhibition, do not miss it!
In their own words: medical writings in Middle English – Cambridge University Library Special Collections
specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We're delighted to digitally contribute to @theul.bsky.social Curious Cures project
Curator James Freeman highlights some of way Middle English medical writings have survived to us:
specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=30906
One more month to catch the physcial exhibition, do not miss it!
Curator James Freeman highlights some of way Middle English medical writings have survived to us:
specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=30906
One more month to catch the physcial exhibition, do not miss it!
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🗞️Newsletter alert🗞️
Issue 85 of the AMARC newsletter is en route to our members, which means Issue 84 is now available online - take a look!
amarcsite.wordpress.com/newsletters-...
Issue 85 of the AMARC newsletter is en route to our members, which means Issue 84 is now available online - take a look!
amarcsite.wordpress.com/newsletters-...
Newsletters 81-90
AMARC Newsletter No. 81: Newsletter81 AMARC Newsletter No. 82: Newsletter82 AMARC Newsletter No. 83: Newsletter83 AMARC Newsletter No. 84: Newsletter84
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October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🗞️Newsletter alert🗞️
Issue 85 of the AMARC newsletter is en route to our members, which means Issue 84 is now available online - take a look!
amarcsite.wordpress.com/newsletters-...
Issue 85 of the AMARC newsletter is en route to our members, which means Issue 84 is now available online - take a look!
amarcsite.wordpress.com/newsletters-...
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In the midst of a long-overdue update to Stanford Text Technologies. If you want to get a sense of what the project does, head over to texttechnologies.stanford.edu
Stanford Text Technologies
texttechnologies.stanford.edu
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
In the midst of a long-overdue update to Stanford Text Technologies. If you want to get a sense of what the project does, head over to texttechnologies.stanford.edu
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🚨Manuscripts Event🚨
Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages
📆13-14 November
📍The Queen's College, Oxford
Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages
📆13-14 November
📍The Queen's College, Oxford
The programme is out 📣
Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages!
A two-day colloquium organised by the #CraftingDocuments project in partnership with the @cmtc-oxford.bsky.social
(We are working on hosting it as a hybrid event. more soon)
Registration info 👇🏼
#medievalsky
Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages!
A two-day colloquium organised by the #CraftingDocuments project in partnership with the @cmtc-oxford.bsky.social
(We are working on hosting it as a hybrid event. more soon)
Registration info 👇🏼
#medievalsky
October 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🚨Manuscripts Event🚨
Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages
📆13-14 November
📍The Queen's College, Oxford
Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages
📆13-14 November
📍The Queen's College, Oxford
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The @ies-sas.bsky.social online Winter School in Jan. 2026 includes courses by Michelle Brown (the Medieval Book); Anna Somfai (Medieval Scientific and Philosophical mss); and dream team @manuelmunoz.bsky.social @rozierhistorian.bsky.social and me (History Books). Book👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
IES: LIPS & LRBS Winter School | 2026
ies.sas.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The @ies-sas.bsky.social online Winter School in Jan. 2026 includes courses by Michelle Brown (the Medieval Book); Anna Somfai (Medieval Scientific and Philosophical mss); and dream team @manuelmunoz.bsky.social @rozierhistorian.bsky.social and me (History Books). Book👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Our most famous manuscript, available on Parker Library On the Web: tinyurl.com/4a62s8s6
In case you havent noticed, you can have a copy of this too! Download full manuscript pdf directly from the image viewer for you personal enjoyment 📖
We have released all our images with CC BY-NC 4.0 licensing
In case you havent noticed, you can have a copy of this too! Download full manuscript pdf directly from the image viewer for you personal enjoyment 📖
We have released all our images with CC BY-NC 4.0 licensing
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Our most famous manuscript, available on Parker Library On the Web: tinyurl.com/4a62s8s6
In case you havent noticed, you can have a copy of this too! Download full manuscript pdf directly from the image viewer for you personal enjoyment 📖
We have released all our images with CC BY-NC 4.0 licensing
In case you havent noticed, you can have a copy of this too! Download full manuscript pdf directly from the image viewer for you personal enjoyment 📖
We have released all our images with CC BY-NC 4.0 licensing
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Rana et Bufo!
@byrhtferth.bsky.social has translated Frog and Toad into Latin and he reads it for you: youtu.be/PrA0Xq15etU?...
(Fortunately, the style is more Damian than Byrhtferth.)
@byrhtferth.bsky.social has translated Frog and Toad into Latin and he reads it for you: youtu.be/PrA0Xq15etU?...
(Fortunately, the style is more Damian than Byrhtferth.)
Rana et Bufo: Ver (Frog and Toad in Latin)
YouTube video by MedievalFleming
youtu.be
October 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Rana et Bufo!
@byrhtferth.bsky.social has translated Frog and Toad into Latin and he reads it for you: youtu.be/PrA0Xq15etU?...
(Fortunately, the style is more Damian than Byrhtferth.)
@byrhtferth.bsky.social has translated Frog and Toad into Latin and he reads it for you: youtu.be/PrA0Xq15etU?...
(Fortunately, the style is more Damian than Byrhtferth.)
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Here, on the occasion of #InternationalTranslationDay, MS Reykjavík, GkS 1812 IV, 4°, fol. 34v with Arabic star names in Latinised form and Old Icelandic translation. The glossary is the oldest Scandinavian source containing Arabic terms.
#medievalsky #histsci
handrit.is/manuscript/v...
#medievalsky #histsci
handrit.is/manuscript/v...
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Here, on the occasion of #InternationalTranslationDay, MS Reykjavík, GkS 1812 IV, 4°, fol. 34v with Arabic star names in Latinised form and Old Icelandic translation. The glossary is the oldest Scandinavian source containing Arabic terms.
#medievalsky #histsci
handrit.is/manuscript/v...
#medievalsky #histsci
handrit.is/manuscript/v...
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We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...
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🚨AMARC GRANTS: upcoming deadline🚨
We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives.
📅Deadline: 1 November
Read more on our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives.
📅Deadline: 1 November
Read more on our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
Grants
AMARC awards small grants in support of initiatives that are in line with our objective of promoting the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives of all periods. AMARC invi…
amarcsite.wordpress.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🚨AMARC GRANTS: upcoming deadline🚨
We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives.
📅Deadline: 1 November
Read more on our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives.
📅Deadline: 1 November
Read more on our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
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Happening this Friday!
Next Week: We invite you all to the RGME 2025 Autumn Symposium, "Readers, Fakers, and Re-Creators of Books: From Page to Marketplace and Beyond". This event will be held online October 17-19; more details and registration found on the website: manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/2025-rg...
October 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Happening this Friday!
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MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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What a success!
We recently held our doors open for Open Cambridge celebrations. Over 300 visitors had a chance to check out our exhibition, the room & talk to the Conservation and the Archives of @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/ope...
We recently held our doors open for Open Cambridge celebrations. Over 300 visitors had a chance to check out our exhibition, the room & talk to the Conservation and the Archives of @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/ope...
Open Doors at the Parker Library
Successful Open Cambridge event at the Parker Library in September 2025
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What a success!
We recently held our doors open for Open Cambridge celebrations. Over 300 visitors had a chance to check out our exhibition, the room & talk to the Conservation and the Archives of @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/ope...
We recently held our doors open for Open Cambridge celebrations. Over 300 visitors had a chance to check out our exhibition, the room & talk to the Conservation and the Archives of @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/ope...
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Next Wednesday 8th October, 12.30-1.30: Jiří Vnouček on "A Tale of Two Parchments" - insular and continental parchment preparation.
In person: @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library, Lecture Theatre
Or livestreamed.
Free: book here visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/...
In person: @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library, Lecture Theatre
Or livestreamed.
Free: book here visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/...
A tale of two parchments
In this talk, Dr. Jiří Vnouček discusses differences in species choice and membrane preparation of 'Insular' and 'Continental' parchment used for book-making in the early Middle Ages.
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Next Wednesday 8th October, 12.30-1.30: Jiří Vnouček on "A Tale of Two Parchments" - insular and continental parchment preparation.
In person: @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library, Lecture Theatre
Or livestreamed.
Free: book here visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/...
In person: @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library, Lecture Theatre
Or livestreamed.
Free: book here visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/...
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#MedievalSky don't forget to send in your proposals for #DigitalMedievalist sessions at #IMC2026! Thank you for the great abstracts already received! We'll be in touch in the coming days.
#DigitalMedievalStudies #MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities #DH #AI #LLM
#DigitalMedievalStudies #MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities #DH #AI #LLM
If you do #DigitalMedievalStudies consider submitting to panels we are organising for #IMC2026 by @imc-leeds.bsky.social, sponsored by @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social! Feel free to get in touch if you have questions!
📜Call for Papers: Digital Medievalist sponsored sessions International Medieval Congress 2026 (Leeds, UK).
We seek proposals on the following themes:
- 'Large Language Models and Medieval Texts'
- 'Digital Methods and Materiality of Manuscripts'
▶️Full call: tinyurl.com/f82tcrzk
📆21 Sept 2025
We seek proposals on the following themes:
- 'Large Language Models and Medieval Texts'
- 'Digital Methods and Materiality of Manuscripts'
▶️Full call: tinyurl.com/f82tcrzk
📆21 Sept 2025
September 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#MedievalSky don't forget to send in your proposals for #DigitalMedievalist sessions at #IMC2026! Thank you for the great abstracts already received! We'll be in touch in the coming days.
#DigitalMedievalStudies #MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities #DH #AI #LLM
#DigitalMedievalStudies #MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities #DH #AI #LLM
The artwork in thus book is just incredible 😍
One of the highlights of Words on the Wave at @NMIreland is Cod. Sang. 51—an 8th-c. Irish Gospel book with rare depictions of the Crucifixion & Second Coming. On display until 24 Oct. 🕊️
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
September 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The artwork in thus book is just incredible 😍
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Getting ready for Open Cambridge at the Parker:
Thursday 18 Sept, 10-12 and 2-4pm we'll keep the doors open for anyone to drop by
www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/open-...
Did you know we also have Youtube Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dsv...
Why not listen and find out what we're all about
Thursday 18 Sept, 10-12 and 2-4pm we'll keep the doors open for anyone to drop by
www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/open-...
Did you know we also have Youtube Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dsv...
Why not listen and find out what we're all about
Parker Library | Parker Library On the Web
YouTube video by Corpus Christi
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Getting ready for Open Cambridge at the Parker:
Thursday 18 Sept, 10-12 and 2-4pm we'll keep the doors open for anyone to drop by
www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/open-...
Did you know we also have Youtube Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dsv...
Why not listen and find out what we're all about
Thursday 18 Sept, 10-12 and 2-4pm we'll keep the doors open for anyone to drop by
www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/open-...
Did you know we also have Youtube Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dsv...
Why not listen and find out what we're all about
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Jobs for Medievalists
Professor - Late Antiquity
Department of Classics / Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Application Deadline: November 6
The Department of Classics and the Centre for Medieval Studies in the Faculty of Arts and
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
Professor - Late Antiquity
Department of Classics / Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Application Deadline: November 6
The Department of Classics and the Centre for Medieval Studies in the Faculty of Arts and
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
September 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Jobs for Medievalists
Professor - Late Antiquity
Department of Classics / Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Application Deadline: November 6
The Department of Classics and the Centre for Medieval Studies in the Faculty of Arts and
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
Professor - Late Antiquity
Department of Classics / Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Application Deadline: November 6
The Department of Classics and the Centre for Medieval Studies in the Faculty of Arts and
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
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Fellowships at the Harry Ransom Center, 2026–2027
THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for its 2026–2027 research fellowships.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/9428-2/
THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for its 2026–2027 research fellowships.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/9428-2/
September 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Fellowships at the Harry Ransom Center, 2026–2027
THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for its 2026–2027 research fellowships.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/9428-2/
THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for its 2026–2027 research fellowships.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/9428-2/
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Jobs For Medievalists
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
September 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Jobs For Medievalists
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
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Come and see what the fuss is all about!
In one week we're taking part in Open Cambridge. Visitors are welcome on Thu 18 Sept, 10-12 and 14-16. Conservation and Archives will be there too!
youtu.be/1dsvMieq01o?...
In one week we're taking part in Open Cambridge. Visitors are welcome on Thu 18 Sept, 10-12 and 14-16. Conservation and Archives will be there too!
youtu.be/1dsvMieq01o?...
Parker Library | Parker Library On the Web
YouTube video by Corpus Christi
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Come and see what the fuss is all about!
In one week we're taking part in Open Cambridge. Visitors are welcome on Thu 18 Sept, 10-12 and 14-16. Conservation and Archives will be there too!
youtu.be/1dsvMieq01o?...
In one week we're taking part in Open Cambridge. Visitors are welcome on Thu 18 Sept, 10-12 and 14-16. Conservation and Archives will be there too!
youtu.be/1dsvMieq01o?...