Icon Book and Paper Group @IconBook_Paper
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#HappyNewYear fellow #bookandpaperconservators! 🎉 Still working on your resolutions? Why not #volunteer for our Committee! Open positions include: Treasurer Lead Events Coordinator Conference Chair(s) & more! Learn more & apply: buff.ly/3vC7nX7 @Conservators_UK
📢It's the final few days to apply to join Team BodCons for a year as our next conservation fellow📢 @Conservators_UK @IconBook_Paper @IconEPN @bodleianlibs
Hey that’s us! Come join us on 29th June and join the fun!
Hey that’s us! Come join us on 29th June and join the fun!
We discovered Thomas Cromwell’s Book of Hours…and it’s the book painted on Cromwell’s desk by Hans Holbein the Younger in his famous portrait of Cromwell!! @hevercastle @DrOwenEmmerson Solving a 500 year old mystery - A THREAD (1/9)
Calling #conservators operating on @twitter @instagram or other social media platforms! 📨📯📭 Gloria Conti, @UnNomeACaso and Paola Fagnola @bottegafagnola are looking for your opinions… forms.gle/dUyaAUEscaW1Uh… @IconBook_Paper @conservators_UK @conservators @ICRI__
If you are in Oxford on 26th June make sure you pop over to the Weston Library to see our colleague Kate share more about her recent investigations into pigments used in Japanese & Byzantine manuscripts from the @bodleianlibs collection #HeritageScience @IconBook_Paper @ICONSci
If you are in Oxford on 26th June make sure you pop over to the Weston Library to see our colleague Kate share more about her recent investigations into pigments used in Japanese & Byzantine manuscripts from the @bodleianlibs collection #HeritageScience @IconBook_Paper @ICONSci
Happy #VolunteersWeek! 🙌✨ A heartfelt thank you to the amazing conservators & heritage scientists who generously volunteer their time and expertise to serve the profession. Together, we work to safeguard the stories of the past for future generations. 🏛️🔒❤️
Our joint talk with @IconBook_Paper on the history of dressmaking patterns with @vickyhaddock is happening tonight 7-9pm ⬇️
Our joint talk with @IconBook_Paper on the history of dressmaking patterns with @vickyhaddock is happening tonight 7-9pm ⬇️
Join us on 22 June for a knowledge exchange workshop, exploring the presence of historic pesticide treatments on paper-based collections. The event is hybrid with the option to join online or at The National Archives, Kew. Find out more and register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/knowledge-ex…
@IconBook_Paper this looks like a useful event for book & paper conservators 👇👇👇
@IconBook_Paper this looks like a useful event for book & paper conservators 👇👇👇
🚨 Happening today! 🔔 And you’re still on time to book for it 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
🚨 Happening today! 🔔 And you’re still on time to book for it 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
The @IconBook_Paper and Textiles Group continue our joint talks on 31st May, 7-9pm BST, with a talk on the history of dressmaking patterns by @vickyhaddock. Tickets are free to Icon Members and £10 for non-members: icon.org.uk/events/textile…
🌟WE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS🌟 @Conservators_UK
Handy as spatulas, though
The @IconBook_Paper and Textiles Group continue our joint talks on 24th May, 7-9pm BST. With a talk on the Naples bed hangings 19th century printed paper curtains repurposed as bed hangings. Tickets are free to Icon Members and £10 for non-members: icon.org.uk/events/textile…
We are HIRING a Project Paper Conservator to work exclusively on the unique and rare Buckland Archive for 8 months. Want to work closely with these materials? Apply now! oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/project-paper-…
We are HIRING a Project Paper Conservator to work exclusively on the unique and rare Buckland Archive for 8 months. Want to work closely with these materials? Apply now! oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/project-paper-…
📢New #BodJob alert📢Applications are now open to join team #BodCons as the next T. A. Barron Fellow in Conservation @bodleianlibs @Conservators_UK @IconBook_Paper @LladoBuisan #conservationjobs Closing date 16th June, more info here: tinyurl.com/58ddz9xv
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57 Followers 674 Following Compulsive reader, book nut and illustration fan, downsizing a lifetime's collection of books, magazines and other ephemera. Love #indiebookshopsKonstantina Elmaloglo.. @konstantinaelma
37 Followers 277 Following Panel Paintings Conservator. MA Student in Preventive Conservation at Northumbria University Newcastle. Passionate about book history & printmaking.Imran Ali Buth @Imranalibuth
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2 Followers 366 FollowingTricérat’os 🦕 @papuchion
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5K Followers 3K Following Head of Conservation & Heritage for Cambridge University Libraries. All views my own 🇪🇺 #CULconservationProfessor Jane Hender.. @LJaneHenderson
4K Followers 3K Following mum, conservator former bon viveur. Follow people who tweet about heritage, politics or the Archers. Ideally all 3. 'Jane's questions are helpfully provocative'Icon - The Institute .. @Conservators_UK
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1.4M Followers 2K Following The V&A is a family of museums dedicated to the power of creativity.British Library @britishlibrary
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108K Followers 1K Following Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford. Visit | Read | ExploreIcon Sustainability G.. @icon_sn
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44K Followers 988 Following Les Archives nationales de France dépendent du ministère de la Culture, conservent les archives des organes centraux de l’État français.Mark Furness @Furnessorama
307 Followers 333 Following Book conservator, box maker, general misanthrope, occasional optimistCHADI @ChadiCongreso
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443 Followers 420 Following Based at @CCSDham, the project highlights the historic archives and book collections of the Sepulchrines, housed at @DU_Collections Tweets by Dr Cormac Begadon.Friends of the Nation.. @FNL313
1K Followers 803 Following Friends of the National Libraries, or FNL, awards grants for acquisitions to regional and national archives, libraries and museums.Reversible Zine @ReversibleZine
137 Followers 298 Following Fun & informative mini zine bringing together conservators, artists & heritage professionals. DM with any content ideas #conservation #heritage #art #zineCambridge Early Moder.. @EModCam
5K Followers 538 Following Early Modern History subject group at the Cambridge History Faculty | Tweets about events, publications, and opportunities | @emodcam.bsky.socialCMT Cambridge @CMTCambridge
695 Followers 166 Following Centre for Material Texts, University of CambridgeDiego Quintero Balbas @Didacus_QB
288 Followers 1K Following Heritage conservator and Heritage Scientist. Researcher at the Heritage Science group at @CNR_INO . Studying heritage with lasers and other optical techniquesThe Japanese Paper Pl.. @thejpp
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44 Followers 800 FollowingTextile Conservation .. @tex_cons_uofg
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8K Followers 394 Following Artist & author specialised in Kufi scripts & historical/natural materials. Beirut émigré in London. Earth lover, plastic-free. Contemplative. DW/Gallifrey fan.Castillo de Chapultep.. @Museodehistoria
509K Followers 648 Following El Museo Nal. de Historia de México, Castillo de Chapultepec, donde la historia continúa.Abierto:martes a domingo 9 a 17 h.Conservación-INAH @CNCPC_INAH
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3K Followers 309 Following A different heritage worker hosts every week. A @HeritageVoice initiative. This week is hosted by Ashleigh Murray @AshleighMur85 Heritage Advisor @InsallArchProf Alice Roberts�.. @theAliceRoberts
439K Followers 3K Following Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.Team Pigment @teampigment
235 Followers 56 Following shining light on ancient manuscripts to identify pigmentsI did not see a soul today, drawing this absolutely adorable little chapel in Coleorton, although it's next to a Primary school so week days will be very different! I thought someone was in the bushes at one point but it was a very lively squirrel! #stjohnschapel #coleorton
Considered and innovative solutions to problems resulting from some very ill advised ‘conservation work decades ago. Just the sort of high quality project @TheNMCT supports. We awarded a grant last year, possible thanks to the support that we get from @ThePilgrimTrust!
Today (and yesterday… and probably another day) we treat the big papyrus, Demotic 9, with some enzymes to remove some Ill-advised historic applications of sunflower oil (by an academic in the 1960s - reasoning unclear) Part 1 in a process @TheJohnRylands @TheNMCT @enminubeazul1
@HateNewbuild This is tragic. Planning is completely broken in the UK.
Today (and yesterday… and probably another day) we treat the big papyrus, Demotic 9, with some enzymes to remove some Ill-advised historic applications of sunflower oil (by an academic in the 1960s - reasoning unclear) Part 1 in a process @TheJohnRylands @TheNMCT @enminubeazul1
@mclees_fiona Strong lack of experiential knowledge on how to prevent the house heating up & helping it cool down over here—i.e. closing curtains when sun is coming in, closing windows when outside is hotter than in, strategic fan placement
@BodCons @Conservators_UK @IconBook_Paper @IconEPN @bodleianlibs Please tell me the successful candidate also gets that hedgehog brush for their tool kit?
Hey that’s us! Come join us on 29th June and join the fun!
📢 We have an announcement! This month's #ArchiveHour on 29th June will be hosted by @ARA_PCG and we will be looking at preventive conservation! 🤩 Stay tuned for more information!
We discovered Thomas Cromwell’s Book of Hours…and it’s the book painted on Cromwell’s desk by Hans Holbein the Younger in his famous portrait of Cromwell!! @hevercastle @DrOwenEmmerson Solving a 500 year old mystery - A THREAD (1/9)
This mid #1860s satin tartan dress @Fashion_Museum always surprises me with its timelessness when I see it. It could as easily dated to the 1940s or 1950s as to the 1860s. It is currently on show at the #Tartan exhibition @VADundee #fashionhistory
@IconBook_Paper this looks like a useful event for book & paper conservators 👇👇👇
Join us on 22 June for a knowledge exchange workshop, exploring the presence of historic pesticide treatments on paper-based collections. The event is hybrid with the option to join online or at The National Archives, Kew. Find out more and register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/knowledge-ex…
😮There are serious concerns in the museum sector over the impact of Glasgow City Council's proposed cuts to its museums and collections service @glasgowlife @MuseumsAssoc museumsassociation.org/museums-journa…
A heart-breaking moment saved in an SS picture of deportations of Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. It was taken 79 years ago, most likely in late May 1944. A little child found a dandelion in the grass and is handing it or showing it to an older boy. All the people in…
Manuscripts like this damaged by iron-gall ink need the magic skill of my @britishlibrary Imaging Services colleague Eugenio Falcioni: this is what he can do with infrared reflectorgraphy blogs.bl.uk/living-knowled…
Reception of ‘Ottoman’ manuscripts to Sumatra/broader Malay world: (2) Malay translation of ʿAbd al-Rahman Bistami’s (d. 1454) Shams al-āfāq fī ʿilm al- ḥurūf wa-l-awfāq. Collection of NL of Indonesia—part of the court library of Palembang #ottoman #malay #occult #transimperial
The „Unerhörte Frauen“ have arrived! And they are beautiful! Any suggestion for translating the title?
Fascinating #miniaturebook #mudlarking find! MSI by @theUL team 📚 @IconBook_Paper @HertSci_UK
Can you help us identify this man? Last seen on the Thames foreshore, 500 years ago #earlymodern #bookhistory
It's not every day you come across the cost of repairing a trebuchet in a manorial account. Accompanied by a nice little doodle too! #History #Medieval #twitterstorians
@DigTravis @historyinmemes The men didn't want those finding the message to think they had been drinking whisky and knew they'd long be dead when it was found. The two would be dust blowing along the road outside. They were saying, "Remember us."