I can barely believe it! 🥹 My book is now available for you to read! It’s a mix of research, theory, and very cool (+ slightly spooky) objects. 📖 I’m SOOO grateful to @ArcHumanities, @ETreharne, and @Calthalas, among others, and truly can’t *wait* to hear what folks think! ♥️
Coat of arms box, 1583 It contains the coat of arms of Archduke Ferdinand II, framed by the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece and flanked by two griffins. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
Thank you so much to Jen Hoyer of @NewBooksNetwork for our conversation about my recently published book! 📖 Such insightful and fun questions, it was a delight. (See Transmediation and the Archive, late 2024 via @ArcHumanities!)
{New Interview} Jen Hoyer interviewed Astrid Smith on her new book with us Transmediation and the Archive. @NewBooksNetwork@astridjsmith https://t.co/Bcqu2rglNX
What a brilliant evening at the opening of the
@britishlibrary exhibit 'Medieval Women: In Their Own Words' —absolutely unmissable! Honoured to have contributed to the companion book alongside @MedievalFemina. Superb work from @BLMedieval
bringing this amazing project to life.
Books have layers! Book printed in black and white (1484), rubricated, woodcuts coloured and initials flourished by hand, damaged, repaired in handwriting. And still going strong today @ubleiden
Dutch translation of the Gesta Romanorum, 21219 B 15: 2.
Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874) gathers real swaths of poisonous arsenic wallpaper sourced from stores across Michigan. Originally printed in a run of 100 copies, only 6 remain due to recipients fearfully destroying their copies: https://t.co/DqgJhLuFzu
And thus one of my weirder childhood fantasies has been fulfilled: I am a sorceress, a necromancer. I wrest utterances from the void. I raise the dead. 📜🔬🪄👻😜 #OBNS_MISHA#BookScience#MedievalManuscripts
✨ Exciting news! We’ve successfully opened the glazing of the St. John’s fragment, mounted over 20 years ago. Thankfully, it hasn’t adhered to the glass as we feared. Now, it's ready for re-glazing to ensure its continued preservation! 📜
#TheJohnRylands#Conservation#Papyrus
I can barely believe it! 🥹 My book is now available for you to read! It’s a mix of research, theory, and very cool (+ slightly spooky) objects. 📖 I’m SOOO grateful to @ArcHumanities, @ETreharne, and @Calthalas, among others, and truly can’t *wait* to hear what folks think! ♥️