Dr Mark Purcell
Director, Research and Collections, Cambridge University Libraries and Archives and CUL Research Institute; Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College; FSA FRHistS; University Deputy Proctor; The Country House Library (Yale, 2017); private views
- I knew we had Hrabanus Maurus manuscripts that looked like this @theul.bsky.social, but no idea we had this equally amazing printed edition of 1503 highlighted by @liamsims.bsky.social. Gosh. Completely wonderful.
- Still reflecting two months on about an unbelievably amazing trip to Egypt in December.
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- Just a few weeks ago I was here. Now I am in Cambridge, and it’s raining.
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- Reposted by Dr Mark PurcellAmazon has placed a VERY specific product warning on the published edition of the Kenneth Williams diaries. The incident that prompted this surely deserved more media attention.
- Reposted by Dr Mark PurcellCRASSH is inviting scholars from the Global South to apply for funded Visiting Fellowships in Cambridge in Spring 2027 The fellowship theme is 'Enslavement: histories, legacies and afterlives' ⏳ Apply by 16 Feb 2026 www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/global-south-fellowships
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- Extremely interesting ….
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- Feels like the first day of spring.
- Another Cambridge at dusk view. Absolutely wonderful.
- All looking very splendid at twilight.
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- Reposted by Dr Mark PurcellThis week's podcast is on the Wilton Diptych; what it's all about and who may have painted it. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
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- Reposted by Dr Mark PurcellInitial 'P'(arabole) at the beginning of Proverbs, depicting King Solomon surrounded by Wisdom, Prudence, Fortitude, and Justice. BL Harley 2799; 'The Arnstein Bible', Job to Revelation; c.1172 Germany, W.; f.57v
- Reposted by Dr Mark PurcellJOB! Lecturer in early medieval history at my lovely once and future department! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
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- Foundation collections! - printed books acquired by @theul.bsky.social between the late fifteenth and 1715 …
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- Good fun to go to the Metropolitan Club on Thursday.
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- Reposted by Dr Mark Purcell🚨 Two @rarebookschool.bsky.social courses coming to York in July! @wordsmith.bsky.social 'The Culture & Craft of Wood Type' & @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social 'The Rise of Periodical Print Culture' rarebookschool.org/courses/typo... rarebookschool.org/courses/hist... 🗃️ #bookhistory #earlymodern #18thC
- Dossier of press clippings at the Grolier Club - and learning of a direct link between the sale of two unique Caxtons from York Minster (now Morgan Library) and the foundation of @thefnl.bsky.social - news of sales broken in Times, 18 March 1931; FNL announced in Times, 21 March 1931. Fascinating.
- Reposted by Dr Mark PurcellPhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate. Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT. Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
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- Intrigued as always to see this at the Grolier Club. It’s a library catalogue for the 2nd Earl Spencer’s library at Althorp, now Grolier Club, New York. Another one went to @thejohnrylands.bsky.social along with the books in 1894. This was the travelling version, for book buying trips across Europe.
- Always good to see …
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- Back at the Grolier Club, New York City.
- Reposted by Dr Mark PurcellSome breaking art historical news for you - a lost portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn was unveiled today at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. It’s been missing for more than 200 years. 1/3
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- Reposted by Dr Mark PurcellOur latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February. www.bl.uk/services/res...
- Patience and Fortitude. It’s so cold that I’m running out of both.
- Back in the Gilded Age.
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- Reposted by Dr Mark PurcellThinking more about these doodles, the angle might suggest that if they were drawn by outlining a thumb or finger, it was the thumb/finger of a right hand. Was Eadburg a lefty?
- The inkless doodles of Eadburg, an 8th-c. nun, discovered by new technology: now published by Jessica Hendy-Hodgkinson in EME doi.org/10.1111/emed... (Open access)
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- A most wonderful squirrel from @theul.bsky.social
- Seventeenth-century squirrel, looks like it’s eating a little nut. On an embroidered binding from a 1641 psalter, SSS.34.27 @theul.bsky.social. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks 📷 #photography
- Walking in the cold and snow.
- Amiable exchanges with @nelsonrarebooks.com reminds me to ask - who else is in New York for Bib Week? Bib Week is a great moment to meet up with imaginary friends from social media. I’m staying on East 55th, so not far from the Grolier Club.
- Cold and blizzardy in Midtown tonight
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- By contrast with my previous posting; the resident cat is chilling.
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- What a brilliant cat
- There’s a mischief maker afoot….watch out wednesday! #hedgewatch #catsofblusky #cats #mischief #wednesday #watchoutwednesday
- Munby Fellowship in Bibliography based @theul.bsky.social in Cambridge - closes on 1 February, so still time to apply.
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