Kristine Rose-Beers

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3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.

#Medieval #Manuscript

Two days of Heritage Science and Manuscripts @ox.ac.uk with an excellent session @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Scientists, Historians and Conservators in conversation 📚

Dark, damp, but decidedly festive 🎄

@bodleian.ox.ac.uk and @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social looking beautiful in the rain this evening.

#UniversityOfOxford #OxfordGLAM

Autumn days in Cambridge 🍂
@theul.bsky.social @clarecollege @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
looking splendid on a crisp cold day.

#CambridgeUniversityLibraries

Details of a fragment from an Abbasid Qur’an 📚

Iron gall ink on perfect parchment 🐑

@theul.bsky.social MS Add.1118, 3/4th century AH/ 9/10th century CE

#IslamicManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #Parchment #JummahMubarak

#ManuscriptMonday from a flying visit to Words on the Wave @nmireland.bsky.social 📚

An exquisite show with wonderful archaeological objects, but always a joy to see books at the heart of an exhibition.

#NationalMuseumofIreland #IrishManuscripts #FaddenMorePsalter #KinaleBookShrine

'Rare' medieval hair accessory uncovered at Eilean Donan Castle The gravoir was used for neatly parting hair and creating elaborate hairstyles.

She is holding a book! 📖
Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New research may rewrite the story of the Book of Kells 📚 @tcddublin.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social

Walnut (husk) ink in progress.

#NaturalDyes #NaturalInks #PracticeBasedResearch

Day to day collaboration between #CULconservation and colleagues in #CHIL @theul.bsky.social 📚 📷

Catching up on 1920’s week in @sewingbee.bsky.social and noticed a familiar backdrop!

@cam.ac.uk @caiuscollege.bsky.social

Looking glorious in the sunshine 🌞

Clean dry hands have greater dexterity than gloved hands, so are safer when handling delicate manuscripts 📚

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

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

#CULconservation #ParchmentConservation

A fascinating treatment by #CULconservation @theul.bsky.social for Criminology #RadzinowiczLibrary 🦛

#Conservation #LibraryConservation #NotJustBooks

Fascinating discussion which begins to explore the pros and cons of lending—and transporting—irreplaceable cultural heritage collections.

Come and work with us! @theul.bsky.social 📚

#CULconservation #BookConservation @conservators.bsky.social

There’s not a walnut tree in @theul.bsky.social Dye Garden (yet) so this year’s walnut ink production is thanks to a harvest in Norfolk.

#NaturalDyes #PracticeBasedResearch #MedievalPalette

‘A symbol of Palestinian presence and identity’: the personal and political world of ‘tatreez’ – in pictures A new exhibition explores Palestine’s ‘most vital living tradition’ – embroidery which reflects not only the personal lives of women, but is also a symbol of resistance and survival

Excellent coverage of this beautiful exhibition, previously @kettlesyard.bsky.social 🇵🇸

www.theguardian.com/fashion/gall...

Tyger, tyger, burning bright 🧡

Beautiful day-flying Jersey Tiger moth spotted sheltering from showers today.

@britentsoc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #BigButterflyCount

Something for @bbka.org.uk 🐝

Week 2 of the Montefiassone Conservation Project ends with a selection of Safina made by a dedicated class of would-be Safavid binders 📚

Painted gold and stencilling embellishes leather, paper, and textile. Thank you everyone!

#MonteProject2025 #Montefiascone #SafavidBinding #IslamicBookbinding

Beautiful corners of Orvieto, Umbria, visiting after class here at the Montefiascone Conservation Project.

#MonteProject #BookHistory #PracticeBasedResearch

A tall plant with black flowers against a brick building and arched and rectangular windows.

Beautiful black Hollyhock in the Dye Garden at @theul.bsky.social yesterday evening. 🖤 📷 #photography

Hi! We’re hoping to extract a blueish purple from the flowers using water. Experiments will begin soon, and we’ll share the results here and on Instagram 💜

A butterfly on the blooming safflower today in the @theul.bsky.social Dye Garden 🌱

You can get blues and greens from it, but because it’s a natural colour we won’t know how this harvest behaves until we process it 🎨 Chemically, it contains an anthocyanin and is ph sensitive. @majnouna.com has done some excellent work in this and we’ll share our results soon!

A woman is picking flowers from a raised flower bed. A small pile of dark blue flowers sits on the wall beside her.

We see two hands picking dark blue flowers from a raised flower bed.

We see a pile of dark purplish blue flowers held in the palms.

This week, our Conservation team harvested the cornflowers from the Dye Garden. Later this summer, we will share how to turn them into traditional colour for manuscript painting.

#CULConservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #DyeGarden #ManuscriptConservation

Clear skies and rainbow flag flying for the final day of #PrideMonth @theul.bsky.social

Almost midsummer, and almost twilight in the Dye Garden @theul.bsky.social

#CULconservation #CambridgeUniversityLibrary #LibraryGardens #Midsummer #DyePlants #PracticeBasedResearch