Dr. Krisztina Szilágyi is teaching a short course on Christian Arabic texts & manuscripts, January 6-15, 2026 (Westminster College, Cambridge)

30.09.2025 10:57 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

A bee-themed (but unidentified) #bookplate, in a five-volume edition of the letters of Zacharias Konrad von Uffenbach (1683-1734), printed at Ulm in 1753-56. A great collector of books, he visited Cambridge and its libraries in the early eighteenth century. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social XVII.11.33-37.

27.09.2025 10:01 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Poster advertisement for a course at Cambridge called "Explore Syriac."

Sharing this on behalf of George Kiraz: There will be an introductory Syriac course at Cambridge in the winter term (January 2026). Please share with anyone who might be interested!

25.09.2025 14:22 — 👍 27    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 1

Conserved c.20 years ago, and holding up pretty well 📚🧿

@theul.bsky.social Add. 1116, fragments of a Qur’an, 9th century

#CULconservation #ParchmentConservation

11.09.2025 18:35 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Happy to see this old queen (Doris) was still going strong today. She is 4 years old. Her bees take their cue from her, very calm and quiet.

08.09.2025 22:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Illustrated Cairo Genizah A thematic, illustrated guide to the Cairo Genizah collections at Cambridge University Library.

I think it might be a bit in the weeds, but if you want a cool intro to the world of Cairene Jews (and its discovery), there are a few greats: @nposegay.bsky.social

www.gorgiaspress.com/the-illustra...

05.09.2025 02:49 — 👍 20    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 0

A decent size onion!

17.08.2025 16:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🐝Did you know we keep bees at the UL? Dr Melonie Schmierer-Lee explains how she cares for our colony of bees, including queen bee, Brontë!

#CambridgeUniversityLibrary #UrbanBeekeeping #Beekeeping #Cambridge
@meloniesch.bsky.social‬

Video by Blazej Mikula

24.07.2025 05:33 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

I first learned about the cairo genizah during a teacher workshop in cambridge back in 2017 (still the best PD I've experienced) and as a world history teacher the possibilities for the classroom blew my mind. since then I've been keen to have teachable resources so I'm really pleased to see this.

22.07.2025 13:41 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Here, our colleague Nadia Vidro reads a translation of the #letter — offering a rare glimpse into the everyday life of Jewish communities in medieval Afghanistan:

#medievalsky #digitalhumanities

04.07.2025 07:25 — 👍 12    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0