Sara Charles
Medieval manuscript practitioner, bringing the manuscript making process to life. Author of The Medieval Scriptorium. Cat lady.
www.teachingmanuscripts.com
PhD in medieval martyrologies. Editor of Historical Research journal.
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- Reposted by Sara CharlesAnd bursaries are available thanks to @bibsoc.bsky.social ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
- Returning to the London International Palaeography Summer School due to popular demand is our hands-on course that explores the materials and processes of manuscript production through experimentation 👇 #MedievalSky ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
- We made ink, quills, paintbrushes, and pigments. We did scribing and illuminating while Hildegard von Bingen played in the background. We did early medieval interlacing and bookbinding. It was such FUN!!! And we’re doing it all again this summer ⬇️
- Reposted by Sara CharlesReturning to the London International Palaeography Summer School due to popular demand is our hands-on course that explores the materials and processes of manuscript production through experimentation 👇 #MedievalSky ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
- Reposted by Sara CharlesI’ll be reviving my irrepressible double act with Katherine Hindley for London International Palaeography Summer School 2026. We provide an introduction to manuscript studies ideal for anyone starting graduate study. It’s a lot of fun. #MedievalSky 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
- I'm really looking forward to the wonderful exhibition on the Hereford Gospels later this year. I'll also be giving a talk and hosting an ink making workshop if you are in the area in May! www.herefordcathedral.org/Event/from-p... www.herefordcathedral.org/Event/making... @bibliojenni.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sara CharlesI’m looking forward to this at the end of the month. There are still a couple of places if anyone has students who would benefit. #MedievalSky @ihr.bsky.social palaeography.uk/study/short-...
- I’ll be talking about my experiences of recreating medieval manuscript techniques at the IHR Medievalism seminar on 25 February (hybrid) @ihr.bsky.social #bookhistory #medievalsky www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Reposted by Sara CharlesCould you be our next Creative Practioner in Residence? For 2026 we are keen to support a practitioner with interests in creative writing, particulary poetry. Monthly stipend of £1000 (up to 3 months). Apply by 6 Feb 2026. universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/ihr_cre...
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- Reposted by Sara CharlesAn interim version of the Explore Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue is now available through the BL website: searcharchives.bl.uk It contains all the catalogue data from the eve of the 2023 cyberattack, and features embedded links to all currently available digitised content within the records.
- Reposted by Sara CharlesA press release from the University of Bristol about an exciting new article by @benpohl.bsky.social and published by Historical Research: www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
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- This is going to be such a great addition to #bookhistory!
- Christmas choir at Senate House 🥰
- Reposted by Sara CharlesReading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment. We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out! It’s a mess and a disgrace. Lift it up!!
- Booking is now open for Making Medieval Manuscripts! A practice-based course where we make ink, cut quills, illuminate, make pigments and bookbind, using #medieval techniques and materials. We also explore early medieval art. No experience necessary! #bookhistory ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
- Reposted by Sara Charles📣Booking is now open for the London International Palaeography School 2026 📣 We are running five 5-day courses, from practical hands-on 'making medieval manuscripts' to an introduction to Arabic manuscripts - don't miss out! 10% discount if you book before 23 Jan! ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
- Reposted by Sara Charles#DigiBodAdvent day 2, the so-called Amesbury Psalter (All Souls College MS 6). Come for the prefatory miniatures, stay for notated antiphons and extensive evidence of the book's use by John Grandisson bishop of Exeter (d. 1369) digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/4c70...
- Reposted by Sara CharlesAre you bored of advent calendars yet? I hope not, because I'll be highlighting 25 of the amazing medieval manuscripts added to Digital Bodleian @bodleian.ox.ac.uk this year. #DigiBodAdvent
- So excited to be among such eloquent writers for this panel on writing books for a general audience #IMC2026
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- You can't beat a bit of practice-based research!
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- Still time to register for this free online talk tomorrow on making medieval manuscripts #bookhistory #medievalsky
- I'll be talking to the Caxton Club next month on The Medieval Scriptorium - going through all the stages of making manuscripts, including demonstration videos. There may be cats in the background. Fri 14 Nov 12:00PM CT (5.00PM GMT) #medievalsky #bookhistory www.caxtonclub.org/event-6296386
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- Reposted by Sara Charles"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes." Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
- Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- A cat on Catte Street. I’m building a model to help with my research of Catte Street, Oxford. Leoba is helping via physical manifestation (not to scale)
- Reposted by Sara CharlesQuite. The lack of coverage of the BL cyberattack and its consequences has been dispiriting. There are multiple angles to it but apparently none of that has been found by editors to be especially newsworthy.
- A perfect exit hole in a marble gall #everydaymiracles #irongallink
- Good advice here from @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social
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- I'll be talking to the Caxton Club next month on The Medieval Scriptorium - going through all the stages of making manuscripts, including demonstration videos. There may be cats in the background. Fri 14 Nov 12:00PM CT (5.00PM GMT) #medievalsky #bookhistory www.caxtonclub.org/event-6296386
- Reposted by Sara CharlesBack by popular demand, Introduction to Latin Palaeography will run online in February 2026 #MedievalSky 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Reposted by Sara CharlesThe programme is out 📣 Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages! A two-day colloquium organised by the #CraftingDocuments project in partnership with the @cmtc-oxford.bsky.social (We are working on hosting it as a hybrid event. more soon) Registration info 👇🏼 #medievalsky
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- Homegrown madder pigment. It's wonderful to create medieval pigment from something grown in your garden #bookhistory #medievalpigments #medievalsky
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- You’re not working now. You’re giving me attention
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- Welcome back, old friend! #bookhistory
- MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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- Reposted by Sara CharlesSix weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
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- Reposted by Sara CharlesI'm hugely honoured and very excited to be giving this year's Historical Research #Lecture at @ihr.bsky.social, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the #public'. Tuesday 4 November, all welcome. More info in AltText. Book here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Reposted by Sara CharlesNext Wednesday 8th October, 12.30-1.30: Jiří Vnouček on "A Tale of Two Parchments" - insular and continental parchment preparation. In person: @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library, Lecture Theatre Or livestreamed. Free: book here visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/...
- This is so beautifully written:
