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Looking good in the 1880's @EtonCollLibrary 😁📚 PA-A.64:39-2013 | Eton Collections (etoncollege.com)
RIP the great artist Norman Ackroyd (1938-16.09.24): etcher-magician who conjured weather & light from metal & acid; his work constitutes one of the great visual records of this archipelago’s edges. We travelled together—& I made this programme with him: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
The people of ancient Babylonia believed celestial events could predict the future. Now scholars have deciphered 4,000-yr-old cuneiform tablets at @britishmuseum connecting lunar eclipses with omens. What did they portend? Death, destruction, pestilence… livescience.com/archaeology/a-…
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'A king will die': 4,000-year-old lunar eclipse omen tablets finally deciphered
Tablets added to the British Museum's collection many decades ago have finally been deciphered.
In the new volume of our ‘Studies in Manuscript Cultures’ series, Jean-Pierre Drège tells the story of more than 2,000 years of #Chinese #Paper, from its myth-enshrouded beginnings to the present day: csmc.uni-hamburg.de/news/2024-08-1… #OpenAccess
IES is accepting Expressions of Interest for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme! Themes: 📖 Book history & studies of the book 📖The book trade 📖Publishing 📖Collections & archives in galleries, museums, & libraries Deadline : 5/08/2024 buff.ly/4cTCm1s
Very pleased to be part of this #fundercollaboration @FunderHub partnership with @Conservators_UK to support conservation internships. Hoping to see it flourish and keen to talk to other interested T&Fs. buff.ly/3SC3QRg
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New issue of Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies Vol. 9, No. 1 (2024) muse.jhu.edu/issue/52731 #OpenAccess @PennPress @ProjectMUSE @sims_mss
We are delighted to announce the opening of our new exhibition 'Her booke': Early Modern Women and their Books at Lambeth Palace Library! Admission is FREE and we welcome you to browse the exhibition during our opening hours or attend one of our events. lambethpalacelibrary.info/exhibitions/he…
Call for applications! 2025 (Apr-Jun) Sir William Luce fellowship @durham_uni 's Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies deadline 1 Oct: research proposals re urgent regional issues in the area comprising the Sudans, Yemen, the Gulf States and Iran durham.ac.uk/departments/ac…
💫SHARP is seeking to fill the new position of Executive Director. Check out the job ad below, and share widely! docs.google.com/document/d/1RD…
Come work with us! We're looking for an Exhibitions & Access Coordinator to join our team. jobsearch.etoncollege.com/jobs/job/exhib…
New blog post from @EtonCollLibrary! collections.etoncollege.com/we-shall-place…
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We shall place the Sun himself at the centre of the Universe - Eton College Collections
“Right in the middle of everything sits the sun” wrote Copernicus in his work De...
VACANCY ALERT 🏛️ The Bodleian Libraries are seeking two enthusiastic Senior Resource Description Assistants. 📚The post-holders will be responsible for creating high quality catalogue records. Apply by 1 July: go.glam.ox.ac.uk/eKjrGUzvB #library #jobs #oxford #oxfordjobs
We are looking for a new Archivist to join our team! You would work to support the College Archivist with a focus on managing the College's Digital Archive. Read more about the post below and don't forget to apply by the 3rd of July! ☺️jobsearch.etoncollege.com/jobs/job/Archi…
📢Job klaxon: we are seeking an enthusiastic project cataloguer to join our busy, small team! Closing date: 30 June 2024 More info: jobsearch.etoncollege.com/jobs/job/Proje…
Call for papers for women in power conference at uni Adelaide!
The second edition of ‘BOOK HISTORY @ KBR’ will take place @kbrbe on 18 September 2024: 7 experts will present their research on manuscripts, printed books and historical newspapers from the KBR collections Free event, registration is appreciated: kbr.be/en/agenda/book…
Today is my last day as Archivist at Eton College. Working at Eton has been a wonderful experience and I am thankful to all my colleagues for being so kind and inspiring over the years.
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