William Turner was at Pembroke College, Cambridge, roughly between 1526 and 1538. He botanised extensively in the Fens. He travelled in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, he clearly observed birds closely and communicated with bird catchers.
September 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Architectural angels. @pembroke1347.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAlliteration 📷 #photography
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAlliteration 📷 #photography
July 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Architectural angels. @pembroke1347.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAlliteration 📷 #photography
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAlliteration 📷 #photography
A late winter night @pembroke1347.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A late winter night @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Beautiful autumn day in Cambridge, and Waterhouse has never looked better @pembroke1347.bsky.social.
September 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Beautiful autumn day in Cambridge, and Waterhouse has never looked better @pembroke1347.bsky.social.
Enjoyed seeing this today. @pembroke1347.bsky.social as depicted by Rudolph Ackermann in 1815.
January 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Enjoyed seeing this today. @pembroke1347.bsky.social as depicted by Rudolph Ackermann in 1815.
Part of today spent thinking and writing about this, the Breviary of Marie de St-Pol, made in Paris round 1330-1340, for the Foundress of @pembroke1347.bsky.social. A wonderful jewel-like manuscript.
July 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Part of today spent thinking and writing about this, the Breviary of Marie de St-Pol, made in Paris round 1330-1340, for the Foundress of @pembroke1347.bsky.social. A wonderful jewel-like manuscript.
Is anybody attending the Opening of the new extension to @pembroke1347.bsky.social on Saturday? You might get a surprise at dinner.....
May 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Is anybody attending the Opening of the new extension to @pembroke1347.bsky.social on Saturday? You might get a surprise at dinner.....
Heard Sir Ian McKellen speak @pembroke1347.bsky.social yesterday (including a reading of some #Shakespeare). Then to dinner, after which I was lucky to sit with him and chat for a while. Pretty good evening!
February 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Heard Sir Ian McKellen speak @pembroke1347.bsky.social yesterday (including a reading of some #Shakespeare). Then to dinner, after which I was lucky to sit with him and chat for a while. Pretty good evening!
Day 24, #30DaysWild. Midsummer’s Day botany on the way to @camzoology.bsky.social. Rosebay willowherb on top of @pembroke1347.bsky.social. #UrbanPlants
June 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Day 24, #30DaysWild. Midsummer’s Day botany on the way to @camzoology.bsky.social. Rosebay willowherb on top of @pembroke1347.bsky.social. #UrbanPlants
Reading until the cocks crow
Cambridge, Pembroke College Library, MS 302; Gospel Lectionary; Mid-11th century; England; f.6v @camdiglib.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Cambridge, Pembroke College Library, MS 302; Gospel Lectionary; Mid-11th century; England; f.6v @camdiglib.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
March 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Reading until the cocks crow
Cambridge, Pembroke College Library, MS 302; Gospel Lectionary; Mid-11th century; England; f.6v @camdiglib.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Cambridge, Pembroke College Library, MS 302; Gospel Lectionary; Mid-11th century; England; f.6v @camdiglib.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
On Saturday Pembroke College had an open day to launch the new development that Ray Dolby funded. I had helped a little in the Fundraising and the Master asked me to make a thank you for our donors. Here it is. @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Thanks to @liamlynch111.bsky.social for the edit.
Thanks to @liamlynch111.bsky.social for the edit.
May 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
On Saturday Pembroke College had an open day to launch the new development that Ray Dolby funded. I had helped a little in the Fundraising and the Master asked me to make a thank you for our donors. Here it is. @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Thanks to @liamlynch111.bsky.social for the edit.
Thanks to @liamlynch111.bsky.social for the edit.
I forget to post this on Sunday, but always a privilege to sit in the glorious chapel of @pembroke1347.bsky.social - Wren’s first building, consecrated in 1665. It has one very unexpected feature - can anyone guess?
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I forget to post this on Sunday, but always a privilege to sit in the glorious chapel of @pembroke1347.bsky.social - Wren’s first building, consecrated in 1665. It has one very unexpected feature - can anyone guess?
At @pembroke1347.bsky.social this evening for a lecture by Julia Gillard.
March 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
At @pembroke1347.bsky.social this evening for a lecture by Julia Gillard.
Quite an initial 'Q'(uonian) at the beginning of Luke's Gospel
Cambridge, Pembroke College Library, MS 302; New Testament; Mid-11th century; England; f.61r @camdiglib.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Cambridge, Pembroke College Library, MS 302; New Testament; Mid-11th century; England; f.61r @camdiglib.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
March 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Quite an initial 'Q'(uonian) at the beginning of Luke's Gospel
Cambridge, Pembroke College Library, MS 302; New Testament; Mid-11th century; England; f.61r @camdiglib.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Cambridge, Pembroke College Library, MS 302; New Testament; Mid-11th century; England; f.61r @camdiglib.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
In the Pembroke College auditorium, awaiting the arrival of Sir Ian McKellen, who is visiting @pembroke1347.bsky.social this evening.
February 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
In the Pembroke College auditorium, awaiting the arrival of Sir Ian McKellen, who is visiting @pembroke1347.bsky.social this evening.
Very thrilled that Lord Smith the retiring master of Pembroke College has been elected Chancellor of Cambridge University. A very wise choice. @pembroke1347.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Very thrilled that Lord Smith the retiring master of Pembroke College has been elected Chancellor of Cambridge University. A very wise choice. @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to Lord Smith, outgoing Master of @pembroke1347.bsky.social, who has been elected Chancellor of the University.
July 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Huge congratulations to Lord Smith, outgoing Master of @pembroke1347.bsky.social, who has been elected Chancellor of the University.
Well he’s very funny. We’re doing a gig in Pembroke but you can’t come because it’s in Pembroke, it’s free and it’s sold out. @pembroke1347.bsky.social
That was a very good interview, and of course the professor has a way of explaining things that just get you so mesmerized. The guy is beyond genius. He's also a bit of a loony. Lol
June 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Well he’s very funny. We’re doing a gig in Pembroke but you can’t come because it’s in Pembroke, it’s free and it’s sold out. @pembroke1347.bsky.social
I do love a good bishop's register (NRO, DN/REG 14). Here Thomas Nuce to rectory of Gazely, Sfk—sometime fellow of @pembroke1347.bsky.social temp. Andrewes, Spenser, and Harvey; translator of Seneca's Octavia, dedicated in print to Leicester (1566). #EarlyModern niche post.
April 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I do love a good bishop's register (NRO, DN/REG 14). Here Thomas Nuce to rectory of Gazely, Sfk—sometime fellow of @pembroke1347.bsky.social temp. Andrewes, Spenser, and Harvey; translator of Seneca's Octavia, dedicated in print to Leicester (1566). #EarlyModern niche post.
Also Harvard send your grads to my college. Well look after them until the brain dead leave. Ray Dolby ok there. Pembroke Cambridge. @pembroke1347.bsky.social
@harvard.edu please get it started ✅
May 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Also Harvard send your grads to my college. Well look after them until the brain dead leave. Ray Dolby ok there. Pembroke Cambridge. @pembroke1347.bsky.social
The Breviary of Countess Marie de St Pol, @theUL MS. Dd.5.5, who founded @pembroke1347 on Christmas Eve 1347 - 677 years ago today. Here the Foundress in her heraldic mantle kneels in prayer before St Cecilia.
December 24, 2024 at 4:59 PM
The Breviary of Countess Marie de St Pol, @theUL MS. Dd.5.5, who founded @pembroke1347 on Christmas Eve 1347 - 677 years ago today. Here the Foundress in her heraldic mantle kneels in prayer before St Cecilia.
Funky God exuding power in this blockbook ‘Ars Memorandi’, printed entirely from woodblocks in Southern Germany (?Nuremberg) c. 1475-80. Once at the Benedictine Abbey of Göttweig in Austria. Bought by R. E. Hart of @pembroke1347.bsky.social & bequeathed to @theul.bsky.social in 1946 (Inc.3[4247]).
July 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Funky God exuding power in this blockbook ‘Ars Memorandi’, printed entirely from woodblocks in Southern Germany (?Nuremberg) c. 1475-80. Once at the Benedictine Abbey of Göttweig in Austria. Bought by R. E. Hart of @pembroke1347.bsky.social & bequeathed to @theul.bsky.social in 1946 (Inc.3[4247]).
Sad pink sloth that needs cheering up near @pembroke1347.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Sad pink sloth that needs cheering up near @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Looking forward to discussing Melissa Leach & James Fairhead's 'Naturekind' with @brambuscher.bsky.social , @arikkershenbaum.bsky.social & Rebecca Kilner this evening! Book launch at 5.30 pm, @pembroke1347.bsky.social Auditorium - lnkd.in/e8AzFxxy
(Spoiler: it's goooood!)
(Spoiler: it's goooood!)
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Looking forward to discussing Melissa Leach & James Fairhead's 'Naturekind' with @brambuscher.bsky.social , @arikkershenbaum.bsky.social & Rebecca Kilner this evening! Book launch at 5.30 pm, @pembroke1347.bsky.social Auditorium - lnkd.in/e8AzFxxy
(Spoiler: it's goooood!)
(Spoiler: it's goooood!)
#WhathaveIdonethisyear ? - spent time feeling very much at home at the lovely @pembroke1347.bsky.social - welcoming my splendid colleague Chris Burgess of @theul.bsky.social as a Bye-Fellow, and the excellent Professor Lars Burman, late University Librarian at Uppsala, as a Visiting Scholar.
December 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#WhathaveIdonethisyear ? - spent time feeling very much at home at the lovely @pembroke1347.bsky.social - welcoming my splendid colleague Chris Burgess of @theul.bsky.social as a Bye-Fellow, and the excellent Professor Lars Burman, late University Librarian at Uppsala, as a Visiting Scholar.