@harryspillane.bsky.social
Early modern historian, University of Cambridge | Bye Fellow (Downing College) & Senior Member (Newnham College) | Former Munby Fellow, Cam. University Library | PhD on the Bishops' Bible | General book lover www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-harry-spillane
'Every shop hath Bibles of diverse translations', John Boys noted in the 1610s.
What was the result of so many English Bible translations circulating in early modern England? How did worship function when the Prayer Book used older translations as newer ones circulated?
Join this Friday to see!
Very much looking forward to speaking on whether you can have too many bibles and what this meant for Prayer Book worship in early modern England.
Do join the seminar at Emmanuel College, this Friday at 4pm!
I can promise lots of pernickety puritan pedantry...
Looking forward to speaking at the Cambridge Early Modern Scholarship and Religion Seminar:
'Too Many Bibles? Religious Uniformity, English Scripture and the Book of Common Prayer, 1549-1662'
4pm, Friday 27th Feb, Emmanuel College, Gulliver Room
Lots of pernickety puritan pedantry on offer!
Pictured above is the Lévy family at La Baule c. 1930 with Gaston Lévy on the left. They are joined by the artist Paul Signac (stood next to Gaston) whose work Lévy collected and catalogued. Photograph courtesy of the Signac Archives.
Librarians @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social have been shocked to deliver trolleys of French nudes in place of the usual Bishops' Bibles and Tyndale Testaments....don't worry, back to them I go...
🚨Not Bibles!🚨 In a surprising turn of events I have published with Peter Elliott on looted art and the remarkable life of Gaston Lévy (1893-1977)
Looted art, fraud, criminal trials, and some delightful paintings along the way. It is a gripping story...
tinyurl.com/2weja52s
Do join us @crasshlive.bsky.social on 26th & 27th September for an event showcasing research into the Bible Society Collections and discussing its future
@theul.bsky.social @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social
Papers can be submitted until August 25th and registration opens shortly
We don't use them at Cambridge University Library @theulspeccoll.bsky.social but our friends at the National Library of Wales do still use white gloves for delicate materials like these
A write up of our wonderful 'Great Bible Exhibition' and the scientific analysis carried out on the two stunning presentation copies for Henry VIII and Cromwell @hips-project.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social and National Library of Wales
Such a joy to spend time with these books!
A printed ❤️ symbol from a 1702 text about the Holy Trinity.
On this day in 1509, Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon were married #tilldeathdouspart
HOW IT STARTED HOW IT ENDED
International Heraldry Day is celebrated on June 10th because it was on this date in 1128 that Geoffrey Plantagenet was presented by King Henry I (his father-in-law) with a blue shield of six gold lions. This is widely recognised as the earliest grant of arms
Happy International Heraldry Day!
Why not celebrate by reading all about Archbishop Matthew Parker's uses of heraldry in Elizabethan England in this short piece of mine for @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
#coatsofarms #heraldry @theheraldrysociety.bsky.social
With Whitsunday approaching, here is a lovely depiction of Pentecost from Coverdale's 1538 English New Testament, with some lovely flames/Mohican haircuts on the heads of figures....
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
CUL, BSS.201.B38.7 (STC 2836), sig. R2r
With Whitsunday approaching, here is a lovely depiction of Pentecost from Coverdale's 1538 English New Testament, with some lovely flames/Mohican haircuts on the heads of figures....
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
CUL, BSS.201.B38.7 (STC 2836), sig. R2r
Absolutely, so many of these early printed woodcuts are based on manuscript exemplars
On Ascension Day, here is one of my favourite illustrations from the series of English New Testaments printed by Richard Jugge in the 1550s, depicting some lovely dangling feet and Christ's sandals left behind on the ground...🦶🦶
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social, BSS.201.B52.3, sig. L3v
Listening to @harryspillane.bsky.social giving a fascinating talk on the Victorian Bible collector Francis Fry (1803-86) @theul.bsky.social. Bibles and chocolate!
Absolutely brilliantly informative & entertaining talk @theul.bsky.social by @harryspillane.bsky.social on Francis Fry: maker of chocolate and collector of Bibles.
Although hybrid was not possible, a full recording will be available after the talk and I'll make sure to share it here!
Happening today! Looking forward to sharing all things Francis Fry @theul.bsky.social
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Join Darwin Fellow @harryspillane.bsky.social at 5pm today at the UL, as he explores how Francis Fry, Victorian collector and heir to J.S Fry & Sons, combined two of life’s greatest pleasures: chocolate and bibliography.
Book here if you plan to attend: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rese.../even...
In advance of my Munby talk next week, my digitization of Francis Fry's magnum opus, his 'Description of the Great Bible', is available now
It has bonkers fold-outs and stunning illustrations!
@camdiglib.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-SSS-...
When you slowly shift the BSS collection across the UL a trolley at time there are bound to be goodies!
There are some lovely initial letters in that edition which Parker has mucked around with and added his initials too - some discussed by Peter Blayney in an article of his
Whose trolley was that on? 👀👀👀
It is often said that Parker's many visitations and bureaucratic investigations into Elizabethan parishes led to the phrase 'Nosey Parker' - difficult to prove but a great story nevertheless!
Archbishop Parker died on this day 450 years ago. He was Elizabeth I's first archbishop of Canterbury, a dedicated collector of manuscripts, and wearer of a very fine moustache
@corpuscambridge.bsky.social @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
I discuss his portraiture here
corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/mat...
Do come along on May 28th to hear all about Francis Fry, his bibles, and a little bit about his chocolate...which you might even get to try🍫
The fruits of my Munby Fellowship research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
