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Only three more added to Mary of Hungary's profile today, but every little bit helps!
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Title: Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia, Governor of the Netherlands
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September 18, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Only three more added to Mary of Hungary's profile today, but every little bit helps!
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An unexpected addition today: Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (niece of Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy) and her prayerbook, ONB Cod. 1942: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Elean...
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August 25, 2026 at 12:36 AM
An unexpected addition today: Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (niece of Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy) and her prayerbook, ONB Cod. 1942: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Elean...
Another few new books today AND another woman owner: Eleanor of Austria, dowager queen of Portugal and France.
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August 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Another few new books today AND another woman owner: Eleanor of Austria, dowager queen of Portugal and France.
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Cambridge's @theul.bsky.social recently uploaded almost 1000 new images of unconserved, undescribed Cairo Genizah fragments, which means there's a good chance you can find something here that no one has read for hundreds of years: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?Facet...
August 17, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Cambridge's @theul.bsky.social recently uploaded almost 1000 new images of unconserved, undescribed Cairo Genizah fragments, which means there's a good chance you can find something here that no one has read for hundreds of years: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?Facet...
Only one new addition to Mary of Hungary's library today, but small progress is still progress!
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August 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Only one new addition to Mary of Hungary's library today, but small progress is still progress!
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Another five new additions to Mary of Hungary's (enormous) library - we're currently at vol. 402 😶
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August 16, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Another five new additions to Mary of Hungary's (enormous) library - we're currently at vol. 402 😶
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booksofduchesses.com/owners/Mary%...
Today's newest addition takes us significantly further east than we usually get to go: Bona Sforza, queen of Poland and her Book of Hours, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Douce 40, are now up on BoD.
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August 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today's newest addition takes us significantly further east than we usually get to go: Bona Sforza, queen of Poland and her Book of Hours, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Douce 40, are now up on BoD.
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Bona%...
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Bona%...
Today, we added Jeanne of Bar, countess of Marle and Soissons, as well as her connections to her granddaughters Marie and Françoise of Luxembourg (and their connection to each other).
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August 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Today, we added Jeanne of Bar, countess of Marle and Soissons, as well as her connections to her granddaughters Marie and Françoise of Luxembourg (and their connection to each other).
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Yesterday, we added our first book (in two volumes at two different institutions, of course) to Jacqueline of Bavaria, countess of Hainaut.
Check it out here: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Jacqu...
Check it out here: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Jacqu...
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August 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Yesterday, we added our first book (in two volumes at two different institutions, of course) to Jacqueline of Bavaria, countess of Hainaut.
Check it out here: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Jacqu...
Check it out here: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Jacqu...
Just a reminder that if you have a publication (recent or old) on medieval women's books that isn't cited on BoD and should be, you're very welcome to become a Guest Editor so that you can rectify the omission 😁
July 14, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Just a reminder that if you have a publication (recent or old) on medieval women's books that isn't cited on BoD and should be, you're very welcome to become a Guest Editor so that you can rectify the omission 😁
News, not new! Sigh!
In related *news*, two more additions to Mary's reading list today:https://booksofduchesses.com/owners/Mary%20of%20Hungary,%20queen%20consort%20of%20Hungary%20and%20Bohemia/
She'll have well over 500 books associated with her on BoD by the time this is done!
In related *news*, two more additions to Mary's reading list today:https://booksofduchesses.com/owners/Mary%20of%20Hungary,%20queen%20consort%20of%20Hungary%20and%20Bohemia/
She'll have well over 500 books associated with her on BoD by the time this is done!
In extremely cool new, the ongoing cross-referencing has resulted in the realization that the Chronicles of Holland, Zeeland, and Frisia formerly known as NE 1168 in fact still exists today as RBME O-II-20.
Check it out for yourself: booksofduchesses.com/books/RBME%2...
Check it out for yourself: booksofduchesses.com/books/RBME%2...
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June 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
News, not new! Sigh!
In related *news*, two more additions to Mary's reading list today:https://booksofduchesses.com/owners/Mary%20of%20Hungary,%20queen%20consort%20of%20Hungary%20and%20Bohemia/
She'll have well over 500 books associated with her on BoD by the time this is done!
In related *news*, two more additions to Mary's reading list today:https://booksofduchesses.com/owners/Mary%20of%20Hungary,%20queen%20consort%20of%20Hungary%20and%20Bohemia/
She'll have well over 500 books associated with her on BoD by the time this is done!
In extremely cool new, the ongoing cross-referencing has resulted in the realization that the Chronicles of Holland, Zeeland, and Frisia formerly known as NE 1168 in fact still exists today as RBME O-II-20.
Check it out for yourself: booksofduchesses.com/books/RBME%2...
Check it out for yourself: booksofduchesses.com/books/RBME%2...
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June 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
In extremely cool new, the ongoing cross-referencing has resulted in the realization that the Chronicles of Holland, Zeeland, and Frisia formerly known as NE 1168 in fact still exists today as RBME O-II-20.
Check it out for yourself: booksofduchesses.com/books/RBME%2...
Check it out for yourself: booksofduchesses.com/books/RBME%2...
Things are starting up again in dribs and drabs over here. Current project (for reasons associated with @medievallitura.bsky.social's work) is Mary of Hungary's books from her 1558-59 inventory (largely distinct from the several hundred that she inherited from Margaret of Austria)
June 8, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Things are starting up again in dribs and drabs over here. Current project (for reasons associated with @medievallitura.bsky.social's work) is Mary of Hungary's books from her 1558-59 inventory (largely distinct from the several hundred that she inherited from Margaret of Austria)
We are so excited! We just finished a training session with Sarah Dyer Magleby, our newest Guest Editor who's adding the bourgeois Marie Turquam and her books to the database! Keep an eye on this page: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marie...
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October 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We are so excited! We just finished a training session with Sarah Dyer Magleby, our newest Guest Editor who's adding the bourgeois Marie Turquam and her books to the database! Keep an eye on this page: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marie...
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Happening now at @imc-leeds.bsky.social : the first of three panels in memory of Dr Johanna Green. Speakers in the first panel will speak about one of Johanna’s greatest passions: Old English literature.
July 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happening now at @imc-leeds.bsky.social : the first of three panels in memory of Dr Johanna Green. Speakers in the first panel will speak about one of Johanna’s greatest passions: Old English literature.
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Get your 300–500 word abstracts in by 30 September 2025!
Call for Contributors!
@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!
Deadline: 30 September 2025
More info here 👇
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@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!
Deadline: 30 September 2025
More info here 👇
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Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies
Call for ContributorsThe Routledge Companion to Book StudiesEdited by Michael Durrant and Cynthia Johnston Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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April 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Get your 300–500 word abstracts in by 30 September 2025!
Another unexpected addition to BoD today as the result of other research: Marie de Baussay, lady of Champdeu and Samarcolle, who shared ownership with her husband of a 1424 copy of Pontus et Sidoine according to the scribe's colophon
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March 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Another unexpected addition to BoD today as the result of other research: Marie de Baussay, lady of Champdeu and Samarcolle, who shared ownership with her husband of a 1424 copy of Pontus et Sidoine according to the scribe's colophon
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marie...
booksofduchesses.com/owners/Marie...
We love stumbling across new-to-us women. Today's prime example: Marguerite de Croy, lady of Wavrin (1508-49), associated with two books for sure and potentially a third: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Margu...
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March 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We love stumbling across new-to-us women. Today's prime example: Marguerite de Croy, lady of Wavrin (1508-49), associated with two books for sure and potentially a third: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Margu...
Although last night's reading did not advance the paper it had been ILLed for, it did add another couple woman from the bourgeoisie to BoD's list of ladies! Meet Thomasin (Barrington) Hopton and her granddaughter Thomasin (Sidney) Ganell: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Thoma...
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March 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Although last night's reading did not advance the paper it had been ILLed for, it did add another couple woman from the bourgeoisie to BoD's list of ladies! Meet Thomasin (Barrington) Hopton and her granddaughter Thomasin (Sidney) Ganell: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Thoma...
And today, it's ONB Cod. 1897 linking Margaret Tudor and her sister Mary, to whom she gave this Book of Hours as a gift: booksofduchesses.com/books/ONB%20...
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February 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
And today, it's ONB Cod. 1897 linking Margaret Tudor and her sister Mary, to whom she gave this Book of Hours as a gift: booksofduchesses.com/books/ONB%20...
Always a good time when research for other things results in additions to BoD. Today, that's the beginnings of Anne of Bohemia (booksofduchesses.com/owners/Anne%...) and Mary I of England (booksofduchesses.com/owners/Mary%...).
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February 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Always a good time when research for other things results in additions to BoD. Today, that's the beginnings of Anne of Bohemia (booksofduchesses.com/owners/Anne%...) and Mary I of England (booksofduchesses.com/owners/Mary%...).
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📢 #CfP #OldEnglish #medievalsky #SELIM35
📜The 35th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM 35)
📅24th-26th September 2025
📲Details: selim35.uma.es/call-for-paper
⌛️Deadline: 30 March 2025
📜The 35th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM 35)
📅24th-26th September 2025
📲Details: selim35.uma.es/call-for-paper
⌛️Deadline: 30 March 2025
February 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📢 #CfP #OldEnglish #medievalsky #SELIM35
📜The 35th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM 35)
📅24th-26th September 2025
📲Details: selim35.uma.es/call-for-paper
⌛️Deadline: 30 March 2025
📜The 35th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM 35)
📅24th-26th September 2025
📲Details: selim35.uma.es/call-for-paper
⌛️Deadline: 30 March 2025
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JUST ANNOUNCED! The Winterthur Library Fresh Perspectives on Collecting Symposium highlights the work and voices of the next gen of rare book, manuscript, and special collections professionals, scholars, and enthusiasts. Tune in on Zoom March 18 & 19! 📜
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February 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
JUST ANNOUNCED! The Winterthur Library Fresh Perspectives on Collecting Symposium highlights the work and voices of the next gen of rare book, manuscript, and special collections professionals, scholars, and enthusiasts. Tune in on Zoom March 18 & 19! 📜
Another new addition (and something is definitely off with the code of our book count...): Isabel de Zuniga y Pimentel! booksofduchesses.com/owners/Isabe...
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January 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Another new addition (and something is definitely off with the code of our book count...): Isabel de Zuniga y Pimentel! booksofduchesses.com/owners/Isabe...
More minor progress: we've added two more books to BoD, both of which are associated with Yolande de Lalaing, lady of Brederode and Vianen: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Yolan...
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January 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
More minor progress: we've added two more books to BoD, both of which are associated with Yolande de Lalaing, lady of Brederode and Vianen: booksofduchesses.com/owners/Yolan...