The spy who loved to read: Theodora Minshall and her lost library
Sara DโAmico, University of Alicante I believe there is nothing that fits International Womenโs Day more than the celebration of an unsung heroine of British history. Women have consistently โฆ
๐ฏ A spy who loved books - and a library that vanished.
On this International Womenโs Day, read our latest blog post by Sara D'Amico (Alicante) about Theodora Minshall, whose fascinating story sits at the intersection of espionage and book history.
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #BookCollecting #Booksky
08.03.2026 14:58
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Thank you very much, @remcosleiderink.bsky.social !!
We will pass your observations on to Brenda!
18.02.2026 14:32
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Ovidโs Heroical Epistles: The Heroides in the Seventeenth Century
Brenda Luies, University of Galway Ovidโs Heroical Epistles (OHE) (Dublin, National Library of Ireland, J.87)1 is a small, sextodecimo (16mo) held in the National Library of Irelandโs Joly collectiโฆ
๐ Explore Ovidโs Heroical Epistles with us - an early modern print whose doodles, torn pages, and pointed dedications reveal how seventeenth-century readers engaged with the poet.
Read more in our latest blog post by Brenda Luies (Galway).
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #OldBooks #Ovid #PrintingHistory
16.02.2026 09:14
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Collage of 8 pictures with impressions from REBPAFs Zurich meeting. The REBPAF logo can be seen in the middle.
Our big #REBPAF meeting in #Zurich with excellent student presentations, input on postdoctoral opportunities, workshops, and an excursion to the wonderful Abbey Library of #St.Gallen has come to an end.
A big, big thank you to all speakers and organisers!
#MSCA #Bookhistory #Booksky #Oldbooks
06.02.2026 13:27
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Immense thanks to our invited speaker for giving us such a rich overview of life in academic publishing!
03.02.2026 10:37
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Good morning, Zurich! What a pleasure to speak with PhD students and faculty from all over Europe from the @rebpaf.bsky.social doctoral network about academic publishing as career path.
03.02.2026 10:23
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๐ซ Many thanks to everyone who responded to the CfP for our #REBPAFConference !
We are delighted to have received so many fantastic submissions!
The committee will review each proposal and get back to you as soon as possible.
It promises to be an exciting event!!
#MSCA #BookHistory #Conference
21.12.2025 09:05
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Sailing Through Seas and Languages: A Particular Old French Copy of the โNavigatio Sancti Brendaniโ
Melania Marra, University of Alicante Among the manuscripts preserved at Trinity College Library in Dublin, MS 951 is a modest yet remarkable codex, an example of a medieval text that travelled acrโฆ
๐๐ Set sail into a rare Old French 'Navigatio Sancti Brendani' with us! This manuscript tells us about a medieval adventure with a philological twist โ come aboard and read about it in our new blog post by Melania Marra (Alicante)!
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #Manuscript #ManuscriptStudies #OldBooks
12.12.2025 08:30
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CFP: Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures
Keynotes: Sarah Werner, independent book historian; Renske Hoff, University of Utrecht; Aditi Nafde, Newcastle University Date & Location: 23-25 June 2026, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin Re-mediatโฆ
๐ฃ Reminder: CFP Deadline Coming Up!
If youโre planning to apply for our #REBPAFConference, the deadline is December 15!
Donโt miss your chance to be part of this exciting conversation on early book studies!
Spread the word! ๐
Follow link for details.
#REBPAF #MSCA #bookhistory #printinghistory
09.12.2025 17:32
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From Treasured Tomes to TikTok Awards: REBPAF at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair
Melissa Bastian, University of Vienna It is a cold and windy autumn day in a big city, but those inside the huge, modern glass and steel building are sheltered from the threat of rain. Narrow, seemโฆ
๐ Step into a living city of books with us & find out more about the story of the Frankfurt Book Fair, where the history of the book mingles with its future!
Read all about it in our new blog post by @melissabastian.bsky.social !
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #BookFair #FBM25 #ResearchImpactEU #H2021
21.11.2025 08:19
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We are very excited as well!
See you on Saturday!
18.11.2025 12:50
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Very much looking forward to the Irish Renaissance Seminar here in Galway this Saturday, featuring a keynote by @fredschurink.bsky.social, a panel by our @rebpaf.bsky.social friends, and a surprise visit from @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social.
cc: @stemma.bsky.social, @uniofgalway.bsky.social
18.11.2025 12:28
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CFP: Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures
Keynotes: Sarah Werner, independent book historian; Renske Hoff, University of Utrecht; Aditi Nafde, Newcastle University Date & Location: 23-25 June 2026, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin Re-mediatโฆ
Do you research early #bookhistory?
Come to our #REBPAFConference : 23-25 June 2026, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin!
๐ Key details:
โข Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
[Abstract (max 300 words) + short CV]
โข Themes: Selection,Value,Accessibility & Survival in book culture
Follow the link for more info!
#REBPAF
13.11.2025 12:40
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Natรผrlich Mittelalter!
๐ฏ Should you be in Zurich today, you have to listen to Luca Hollenborgs lecture about "Gardens and Metaphors.Nature in Early Middle Latin Poetry" with Alexander Hรคberlin! It is part of the ongoing lecture series "Natรผrlich Mittelalter", don't miss it! ๐ฟ๐ผ
(Link for Info!)
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory
04.11.2025 09:02
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Educational, Customisable, and Anti-Plague: Investigating the centuries-long development of a one-of-a-kind early printed music book
Marika Fox, University of Antwerp During my recently completed REBPAF internship at Maggs Bros. Rare Books and Manuscripts, I had the opportunity to work with a lot of fascinating booksโ but none wโฆ
Singing for the sick? ๐ถ Our latest post by @marikakyrannafox.bsky.social (Antwerp) dives into a fascinating Graduale Romanorum - the largest 15th c music print?! Discover this beautifully made book & find out how the plague influenced its contents & appearance! ๐
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #Printing
30.10.2025 13:46
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Spanish poster advertising a seminar on hagiography organised by the University of Alicante and the IIVF with a focus on a talk by Melania Marra on Oct 31, 11.30 am in th Aula Magna, University of Alicante.
Interested in #saints? ๐ซ
Friday (31 Oct) Melania Marra (Alicante) will talk about โThe Life of St Margaret in an Occitan Translation of the Legenda Aurea and its Relation with the Catalan Traditionโ as part of a seminar by @ua.es & IIVF.
Come by if youโre in the area!
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory
27.10.2025 12:32
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The REBPAF logo as well as the logo of the Frankfurt Book Fair with a full bookshelf as background.
โจ Weโre excited to share that part of our team will be at the #fbm25 !
๐ If youโre curious about #REBPAF, want to know more about what we do, or simply want to connect - feel free to reach out to arrange a meet up!
See you in Frankfurt!
#MSCA #FrankfurtBookFair #Networking #Publishing #BookHistory
11.10.2025 15:59
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Did you know #REBPAF also has a very active Instagram? ๐ธโจ
Follow @rebpaf.network for more visuals, updates & fun, interesting videos! ๐๐ฝ
#MSCA #BookHistory #ResearchImpactEU #PrintingHistory #ManuscriptHistory #Booksky
30.09.2025 12:41
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"Can I call you back? I'm stuck in an O at the moment."
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 711; Abbreviatio Decreti "Quoniam egestas"; second half of the 12th century; p.18 (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
27.09.2025 21:46
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Although #REBPAF focuses primarily on handwritten & printed books, itโs always worthwhile to look beyond one's own horizon - you never know what connections you might find!
On a research trip to monasteries in Northern Germany, we found many vehicles of knowledge beyond the book!
#MSCA #BookHistory
25.09.2025 15:52
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๐ #REBPAF members @kaiyankele.bsky.social & Alena Minko (Bristol) were in Exeter for the first workshop of the GW4 project 'Medieval Studies Mobilising Digital Humanities', learning more about manuscripts and biocodicology!
Details: gw4.ac.uk/community/me...
#MSCA #BookHistory #DigitalHumanities
17.09.2025 08:27
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Natรผrlich Mittelalter!
๐ฏ๐ฟToday marks the start of 'Natรผrlich Mittelalter!',a new interdisciplinary lecture series organised by Prof.Dr. David Ganz & #REBPAF โs Luca Hollenborg (Zurich),exploring the role of nature in the Middle Ages!
#MSCA #MedievalLiterature #Nature #BookHistory
Discover more: www.uzh.ch/de/events/rv...
16.09.2025 18:08
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Knights, Dragons and an Angry Librarian: Douce 261 between Manuscript and Print
Kaila Yankelevich, University of Bristol โOn paper, with rude pictures, imperfectโ. This is how the online catalogue of the Bodleian Library describes a sixteenth-century English manuscript in theiโฆ
๐โ Rude and imperfect - or Tudor treasure?
@kaiyankele.bsky.social (Bristol) dives into Douce 261: a 16th-century handwritten remix of printed chivalric romances, with bold, woodcut-style images.
๐ Read the full story about knights and unimpressed librarians on the #REBPAF blog!
#MSCA #BookHistory
13.09.2025 16:54
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Cover of the September 2025 issue of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, featuring a close-up image of a bound palm-leaf manuscript with text in a South Asian script, situated on a black field.
Black text on a lavender background. Partial table of contents for the September 2025 issue of PBSA, including three articles
๐The September issue ofย PBSA is here! Members and subscribers keep an eye on your mailbox ๐ฌ and don't forget you can access the electronic edition right now!
All BSA members get PBSA for free - Link in Bio to join today or login to access the digital edition.
https://bit.ly/bsa-membership-benefits
05.09.2025 17:02
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๐ฏRead #REBPAF Sara D'Amico's (Alicante) article for #PBSA (@bibsocamer.bsky.social), spotlighting the work of Sarah de Laredo - cataloguer, translator, & researcher - whose significant contributions have been largely overlooked until now.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#MSCA #BookHistory
01.09.2025 11:39
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Secrets of a 1569 letter: how booksย defied borders? The power of partnerships in the 16th century
Rosenn Nicolas, University of Galway1 Figure 1: Introduction of the letter The Plantin Moretus Museum keeps an original letter exposing unusual facts about the people involved in the printing spherโฆ
โ๏ธ We're back from our summer break with a new blogpost by Rosenn Nicolas (Galway),exploring a letter to Christopher Plantin that shows how 16th-century European book production depended on networks of publishers,printers, & intermediaries,shaped by commerce and censorship.
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory
30.08.2025 11:47
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CFP: Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures
Keynotes: Sarah Werner, independent book historian; Renske Hoff, University of Utrecht; Aditi Nafde, Newcastle University Date & Location: 23-25 June 2026, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin Re-mediatโฆ
๐ All basic information about our #REBPAFConference in Dublin next year can now also be found on our blog, where future updates will be posted as well.
โจ๏ธ Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm so far โ we really appreciate it! ๐โจ๏ธ
#REBPAF #MSCA #CfP #BookHistory
03.08.2025 11:52
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Thank you for your message and for bringing this to our attention! The CfP has not even gone live on our Website yet. Once we have the goโahead, we will post the call again in all accessible formats, which we expect will be within the next few days.
30.07.2025 09:25
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CFP: The Mobility of People, Ideas and Objects between the German-speaking Lands and the World beyond Europe
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-156453
Wolfenbรผttel, 20.05.2026-22.05.2026, Frรผhe Neuzeit Interdisziplinรคr (FNI) and Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbรผttel (HAB);
Organizers: โฆ
18.07.2025 19:48
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