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Special collections library at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge
https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/parker-library
Parker Library On the Web - our medieval and early modern MSS digitised
https://parker.stanford.edu/parker
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@tainonen.bsky.socialReposted by @parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialNext 3 days will be on From Skin to Script workshop with @crasshlive.bsky.social
Starting with dehairing soaked skins
@enniusredloeb.bsky.socialReposted by @parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialThe journey to Jerusalem
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 026; Matthew Paris OSB, Chronica maiora I; 13th century; England (St Albans); f.ivr @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialTomorrow is today!
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialCurious what the exhibition is all about?
Your chance to see some exceptional early medieval manuscripts - mainly from pre-1066 world & the #BayeuxTapestry, some even from the time before Charlemagne (d. 814) & King Alfred (d. c. 886) & the Viking invations!
📖 www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/art...
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialTomorrow we join #OpenCambridge with
@cambridgefestival.bsky.social
See our exhibition of #MedievalMSS + early printed books & meet conservation & college archivist too!
17 Sept, 10–12 & 2–4pm (queue capped 30min before closing)
No need to book, but some queues expected
More info: bit.ly/4oHWtpR
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialThird option: a pre-organised group tour for 10-20 people
We have some availability to host pre-booked group tours. Just contact us directly via email & ask
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialBook on a tour via Eventbrite:
Once a week, full 1hr tour with our Sub-Librarian and Special Collections Librarian @tainonen.bsky.social
Max group size 20
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialFree: come and see during Open Cambridge 2026
We're open Thu 17 Sept, 10-12:00 and 14-16:00 (last admission 30min before closing)
Queques possible (and quite likely, probable!)
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialWhat a lineup! 👀 Must be seen to be believed!
In autumn 2026 we focus on 'Art of Handwriting' though antiquarian Humfrey Wanley's (d. 1726) calligraphic work on some of the oldest MSS in our collection
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/art...
Booking details below (limited availability)
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialCatch a rare sighting of the earliest known copy of Richness of Desire (Ghunyat al-Munya), the earliest treatise on Hindustani music written in Persian (now CCCC Or. MS 219; c1425–50)
A Mughal Songbook: Art, Music and Empire at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialGoing to see the Bayeux Tapestry? Be sure to look out for the image that may well have been inspired by the 6thC Augustine Gospels (CCCC MS 286)
parker.stanford.edu/parker/catal...
The 11thC embroidery was probably made at Canterbury where the MS was then at St Augustine’s Abbey
#bayeuxtapestry
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialOur MSS in this study
Corpus Glossary, CCCC MS 144 parker.stanford.edu/parker/catal...
Ieuan ap Sulien's Augustine on the Trinity, CCCC MS 199 parker.stanford.edu/parker/catal...
Psalter of Count Achadeus, CCCC MS 272 parker.stanford.edu/parker/catal...
The Article
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialVIRUS ALERT! Sheeppox virus found in our parchment! Luckily, it is the ancient kind, so no extra precautions needed 😅
What a multidisciplinary effort - congrats to everyone involved!
(Incidentally, the culprit MS is currently on display in our exhibition)
@enniusredloeb.bsky.socialReposted by @parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialThe presentation picture depicts Æthelstan, King of the English (r.924-939), presenting the book to St Cuthbert. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 183: Bede the Venerable:Two Lives of St Cuthbert with Regnal Lists; mid-930s; f.1v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialEnjoy #OpenCambridge with us!
What? Exciting display of mss & early printed books, book conservation in action, & College Archives display just for one day!
When? Thu 17 Sept, 10–12pom & 2–4pm (queue closes 30min before closing)
No need to book, but some queues expected
More info: bit.ly/4oHWtpR
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.socialPeterborough Psalter and Bestiary is making a visit to London!
Why not drop by to say hi
The manuscript is on loan at a new exhibition:
The Painted Tower: Conservation in Context at Longthorpe
Courtauld Gallery, 26 Feb–27 May 2026
courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...
CCCC MS 53, ff. 7v-8r
#medievalMSS
