BodleianConservation

Activities from the Conservation & Collection Care team at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Caring for our collections since 1602. #BodCons

[Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies @OCHJSnews]

LAST CALL for applications for our Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop! The deadline to #apply is TOMORROW 21 February at 12 noon UK time. All details here: https://t.co/oWPyLMnA6w. #ManuscriptStudies #Hebrew #Workshop #ApplyToday #JewishStudies

[The Classics Library @StephenJenkin]

Herculaneum: First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years.

https://t.co/4H5QBltrpN

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@EmilyGuerry @liber_ray @bodleianlibs Nice to see you in the staff common room as well! 🥪

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📽️ Premier tonight! 🍿
Catch @bodleianlibs conservator Andrew Honey talking about the paper and pins(!!) used by Jane Austen in the manuscript of 'The Watsons'

[Jane Austen’s House @JaneAustenHouse]

🎬 YOUTUBE PREMIERE: ‘SPOTLIGHT ON THE WATSONS’.

Premiering on 28 November, this film examines Jane Austen’s earliest surviving manuscript, diving into her creative process.

With thanks to @bodleianlibs

📽️ https://t.co/CeJRSoDh7s

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We hope to see you there 🍂 And this is your ONE chance to bring DRY leaves into the library with you, to contribute to a risograph collage (with permission of the Preventive Conservation team of course!) https://t.co/hbE7mlt8Pb

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If you go down to the woods next week you’re in for a nice surprise! Join the @bodleianlibraries team on Saturday 9th November for ‘Reading in the Woods - a day of learning about wood in the library and the chance to hear from lots from team BodCons throughout the day

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We’ll also be welcoming back artist @alicefoxartist to talk about some of her more botanical works and her piece that currently features in the ‘Book Marks’ display in Blackwell Hall 🖇️

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https://t.co/6WNnux4nAL

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For today’s #WhatIsItWednesday we’re back with Claire and her fabulous work rehousing the artefacts in the @bodleianlibraries John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. Any guesses as to what she’s experimenting with here? https://t.co/6WNnux4nAL

[BodleianConservation @BodCons]

An unexpected and sweet smelling part of the collection has required Claire to do a lot of thinking outside the box and work with objects and materials she never expected to be faced with when working in a library. For more see her article in @IIC_ News in Conservation, pp. 28-33

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@MatthewHolford No I hadn't, but it does make me feel (slightly) better about the one I'm currently using for the Buildwas Abbey guidebook!

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@ALillieSvensson @liber_ray @bodleianlibs They're in stock in the physical Bodleian shop

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@liber_ray @ALillieSvensson @bodleianlibs Luckily it features as one of the bookmarks available from the Bodleian shop!
https://t.co/exzYKpxU1C

[BodleianConservation @BodCons]

I'm glad you like our stains and paperclips! 🖇️

[Digital Medievalist @digitalmedieval]

We are seeking papers dealing with digital manuscript studies for a series of sessions entitled ‘Digital Approaches to Materiality of Manuscripts’ at @IMC_Leeds 2025 (UK). 
Deadline for proposals: 25 September 2024, 23:59 CST.

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@mclees_fiona @NMWPrevCons Half a Dunmow flitch??

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@liber_ray Does this mean we need recalibrate our manuscript measuring device? Our units were 'Alisons' but we'll update to 'Dr Rays'!! 📏📏

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@liber_ray 😱
We're suitably traumatised (but everyone should have their Philomena Cunk moment
https://t.co/NMkAHdPTtI)

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@petetoth @bodleianlibs Surely a slightly petulant dog? 🐩