"(...) that rejection (of christianity) is not without spiritual consequences. Something else will fill the void, and it won’t simply be materialism. Perhaps the old gods are just waiting for their moment."
Voll interessante Rezension zu einem neuem BL Tales of the Weird-Band:
#books #literature #weirdfiction #anthology #sff #britishlibrary
https://drfrancisyoung.com/2025/05/21/unquiet-gods/
The #illuminatedManuscript #Khamsa of Nizami #BritishLibrary, Or. 12208 is a lavishly illustrated manuscript of the Khamsa or "five poems" of #NizamiGanjavi, a 12th-century Persian poet, which was created for the #MughalEmperor #Akbar in the early 1590s by a number of artists and a single scribe working at the Mughal court, very probably in Akbar's new capital of #Lahore in North #India, now in #Pakistan. Apart from the fine #calligraphy of the #PersianText.
We were out yesterday at Liverpool Central Library, just a 10 minute walk from our office. We did a quick repair job and gave an impromptu workshop on Museum in a Box.
The @britishlibrary project Unearthed is coming up soon and Liverpool Central Library are taking part, so our assistance was well timed.
It's not all about sitting behind your computer you know, get out and enjoy the power of gardening.
The Register: Data watchdog will leave British Library alone – further probes ‘not worth our time’. “The UK’s data protection overlord is not going to pursue any further investigation into the British Library’s 2023 ransomware attack. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it doesn’t think its resources would be best spent on UK’s national library, even though it was such a […]
Are you a PhD student? Interested in working with #BritishLibrary collections? While we're still recovering from the cyber-attack, we can explore what IS possible. Take a look at the next Doctoral Open Day, which is on the Library's digital collections. I'll be talking about the Digital Research Team @BL_DigiSchol and our work! Friday 23 May 12-4pm
https://events.bl.uk/events/not-just-books-digital-collections-and-resources
BDG feature: The Spellbound Path: Unravelling Buddhist Magic, from Ancient Rituals to Modern Miracles
🔗 Read here: https://tinyurl.com/2sb9axkh
#Buddhism #BritishLibrary #London #Magic #EsotericBuddhism #TibetanBuddhism #SilkRoad #BuddhistHistory #Dunhuang #Tibet
I've recently attended and delivered a keynote at the #Wikisource 2025 Conference in Bali, Indonesia, which was an absolute delight. Read here about my impressions: https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2025/04/wikisource-2025-conference.html
@BL_DigiSchol #BritishLibrary
That embarrassing moment when your medieval pet suddenly decides it isn’t going to walk any further and you have to carry it back home - 2nd half of the 13th century, Rutland Psalter, British Library, Add. 62925, f. 76v
@MedMilMedicine #Medieval #humour #humor #BritishLibrary
We are very happy to share the #FF2025 call for proposals: https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2025/03/fantastic-futures-2025-ff2025-call-for-proposals-.html please share with your networks across #GLAM #AI #ml #DH #DigitalLibrary #DigitalScholarship #DataScience #BritishLibrary
Call for Proposals! :apartyblobcat:
Fantastic Futures 2025: AI Everywhere, All at Once
AI4LAM’s annual conference, December 3 – 5, 2025, #britishlibrary London
Last week I travelled to London in a whirlwind trip to see the Mike Kelley show at the Tate Modern & Medieval Women show at the British Library, and the new Hunterian Museum. A report back at my blog:
https://allysonshaw.com/2025/03/06/rampant-pizzled-magic/ #London #MedievalWomen #BritishLibrary #Tate #TateModern #MikeKelley #Travel #nostalgia
The devastating attack on the British Library by the Rhysida ransomware gang shook the public arts establishment to its core, according to Keith Nolan, head of technology delivery at the Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO).
“Everybody in the sector is very concerned about how secure we are, or think we are,” he said.
#britishlibrary #ransomware #technews #itil #hybridcloud #infosec #cybersecurity
‘No one is born knowing how to chop an onion’.
An essay on living with autism and chopping onions.
This year will also see the first British Library Food Season Food Awards, which will recognise the value of narrative cookery writing and storytelling in archives, museums, and exhibitions, and shine a light on the Library’s extensive food collections.
British Library acquires long-lost draft for Elgar masterpiece.
The British Library has secured previously unknown drafts of Edward Elgar’s 'Introduction and Allegro for Strings', shedding new light on the composer's creative process.
#BritishLibrary #EdwardElgar #UK #Music #ClassicalMusic #Culture #Composing
"Ich musste sehr dafür sorgen, dass die Berichterstattung nicht zu Dan-Brown-mäßig wird," sagt Dirk Schultze, einer der beiden Entdecker einer mittelalterlichen Handschrift an der @stabi_berlin. Doch die Geschichte hinter diesem Manuskript liest sich mindestens genauso spannend wie der "Da Vinci Code": https://www.spkmagazin.de/2025/der-moench-und-die-handschrift.html
#discovery #StabiBerlin #StaatsbibliothekBerlin #Handschrift #Manuscript #Literatur #literature #Berlin #spk #spkmagazin #britishlibrary
British Library acquires torn-out drafts of Edward Elgar masterpiece.
Sketches for Introduction and Allegro for Strings had been removed from sketchbook by composer in 1930 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/22/british-library-acquires-torn-out-drafts-of-edward-elgar-masterpiece #music #BritishLibrary
Medieval scribes used a number of different methods to correct mistakes and omissions. This one used the figure of a man pulling the omitted portion of the text towards the place it belonged.
1st half of the 15th century, Brit. Lib, Arundel 38, f. 65r
@MedMilMedicine #medieval #BritishLibrary #manuscripts
