Jessica Lockhart

Head of Research, Old Books New Science lab (UofToronto) and the Mellon-funded "The Book and the Silk Roads". PhD in medieval literature.

[Jessica Lockhart @lockhartjj]

@L_Bozec @SJLahey @UofT @UofTDentistry Your lab and lab team are incredible. It was such a privilege to see your collagen research in person!

[SUCHO (Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online) @sucho_org]

If you missed our #SUCHO community meeting earlier today you can find the Zoom recording and the slides in our brandnew Wiki: https://t.co/QQcZeaA2TJ

[SUCHO (Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online) @sucho_org]

Our first aid shipment of digitization equipment arrived at @NBUV in Kyiv today. We thank the @awscloud Disaster Response team, @amazon Retail and Community and https://t.co/BjYqaZKr7Z for their hard work! Donate here to help preserve Ukrainian culture: https://t.co/Xy3VUeqUwk

[Kairouan Manuscript Project (KMP) @KairouanMss]

And @oldbooksnewsci at @UTM and @UofT has made a generous donation of collection care-related equipment and materials to support our courses on preventive conservation and the implementation of environmental monitoring and integrated pest management programmes in Kairouan. 4/4

[Kairouan Manuscript Project (KMP) @KairouanMss]

The KMP has begun its 2022 training programme for the staff of @du_patrimoine’s conservation laboratory in Kairouan and other Tunisian heritage professionals. Over 10 weeks, @LJaneHenderson and @PhilParkes4 will teach Managing the Archive, Library, and Museum Environment. 1/4

[Dr Julia King @julialilinoe]

Sometimes you just can't figure out the Wordle... (BL Egerton MS 821)

[The Medieval Academy @MedievalAcademy]

2022 Schallek Fellow https://t.co/2W1j5ZER7k

[Princeton Geniza Lab @GenizaLab]

A medieval medical student following his dreams:

"[Dear Mom], I visited Rabbi Moses (Maimonides), who received me handsomely, just as I saw in my dream."

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[OBNS @oldbooksnewsci]

Tonight is the night, it’s the opening ceremony of Hidden Stories @AgaKhanMuseum and it’s going to be all glitz, all glamour. A positive MET Gala for the manuscript world.

So who is going to be there? A thread:

#HiddenStories #BookSilkRoads #MedievalTwitter

[Daniel Yacob @ethiopic]

Nice to see an #Amharic keyboard arrive with iOS 15. It's fairly normal, with a few clever choices. Offering non-Amharic letters may cause some confusion, slow typing, and lead to more spelling errors. Better to support these letters under additional keyboards. But it's a start!

[Jessica Lockhart @lockhartjj]

@BainbridgeCons @aehdeschaine Martin Heijdra of Princeton's Firestone Library once spoke in my presence about how early Chinese paper is treated with insect repellant, and that's what gives the paper its yellow appearance!

[Jessica Lockhart @lockhartjj]

@iamkristinesr @Chezzaporter @Islamic_MSS @IconBook_Paper @ICRI__ @SoBbookbinders @CakircaBetul 😅🤩🤣I had been wondering... but I'm no expert, so didn't want to presume! Gorgeous reconstruction!

[OBNS @oldbooksnewsci]

Exciting update to VisCodex for the development team this week! It may seem like just a small change, but it makes all the difference when it comes to decentering Western books. Collation diagrams can now be built R to L!

#digitalhumanities #medievaltwitter

[Kristine Rose-Beers @iamkristinesr]

This is a 1:1 scale model of an Abbasid Qur’an binding from the 9th/10th century.

The original is a rare survival of an intact early Islamic binding, which contains one juz’ of the Qur’an.

#ramadankareem #ramadan2021 #EidMubarak #EidalFitr

[Vanina Kopp @VaninaMadeleine]

Always a classic

[OBNS @oldbooksnewsci]

It is with regrets that, since a resolution is yet to be reached over CAUT censure of UofT, we will be postponing our Textiles in Manuscripts Workshop from May 4-5 to June 2-3. We apologise for the inconvenience. We are optimistic that in a month solution may be closer at hand.

[Jessica Lockhart @lockhartjj]

@nevemackay A few nights ago I had a dream about getting my shot, and then I woke up. :( What a weird world.

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

Ther ys a Starman waitinge yn the skye
He wolde wisshe to come and meet us
Yet thynketh it wolde blowe ower myndes
Ther ys a Starman waitinge yn the skye
He tolde us not to blow it
For he knoweth it ys all worthwhile

[Royal Ontario Museum @ROMtoronto]

All things considered, we'd have to say our perfect date is still April 25th, because it's not too hot and not too cold, all you need is a light jacket.