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4. Fragments of a Sacramentary
By Kate Falardeau (@kate_falardeau) The binding of a mid-ninth-century copy of Bede’s Martyrology (Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek, M.p.th.f. 50) is material proof of the fragmentation and reuse of medieval manuscripts.[1] Four small strips of parchment (110 x 60 mm) from another manuscript have been used as waste, in this case to reinforce the spine of the codex.
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Doing History in Public Year in Review: 2021
By Alex White (@alex_j_white) Historians often struggle to recognise the significance of their own times. Finding trends, transformations and turning points in the archive is one thing, but recognising monumental change in the present can be quite another. Looking back at 2021, however, it already seems clear that the world has had an eventful year.…
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Early Modern Quarantine and Present Social Distancing
By Marina Inì (@MarinaIni_) Originally published 5 May, 2020 The past few months have been unexpected and distressing for everyone. As an Italian citizen originally from Lombardia, the centre of the outbreak in Italy, I strongly felt the anxiety caused by COVID-19 weeks before the declared global pandemic. As a historian, however, I have been…
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The Archive in Decline: The Emergency of Archival Collections in Italy
By Marina Iní (@MarinaIni_) Originally published 12 November, 2019. During part of the last academic year, I travelled to several archives and libraries collection in the Italian peninsula for my PhD fieldwork. It has been an extremely rewarding experience on the research side, but it was also thought-provoking. I saw with my own eyes the…
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Bored Bluestockings and Frivolous Flirts: The Necessary Adaptations of Early Female University Students in Ireland
By Aoife O’Leary McNeice (@aolmcn) Female students were admitted to Queen’s College Cork (QCC) – now University College Cork – Ireland in 1886. One might imagine that these women were innovative and progressive, as they challenged the boundaries placed upon their gender by entering the predominantly male space of the University. But despite their pursuit of higher…
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