Abigail Bainbridge ACR

Looking for librarians/curators/conservators/reading room staff to fill out the shortest survey ever about reading room policy on nail polish, please! forms.gle/N6rNtbcH2SSLdf…

@thameswater People just want to understand and not feel lied to. @HarryLow49

@thameswater Apologising with vague information and unlabelled photos on the website just leaves everyone frustrated. I understand that there are in fact two burst pipes, and this is why “the” pipe repair isn’t fixing the problem yet—the other one isn’t done. Why not just tell everyone?

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Searching for ya kabikaj inscriptions in books: eepurl.com/i7zXwQ Here's what it looks like in the garden.

يا كبيكج ! Ya Kabikaj! A project with @BainbridgeCons Click the link to learn more. eepurl.com/i7zXwQ

@doctorimperator Oh yes please!

@BainbridgeCons Do you mean my paper?

Manuscript copyists & authors often sought protection from natural plants in preserving manuscripts against deterioration. The supplicatory formula read: ياكبيكج احفظ الورق = kabikaj is a plant. Copyists burnt it to use as protective incense. See example.

@abhistoria Do you have the details of what manuscript this is please?

@doctorimperator @MENALibAHS Is there any chance you could send me a copy of your paper? I've been trying to find access to it.

@bdaiwi_historia @MENALibAHS Might be a Ranunculus sp. better to say: Ranunculus asiaticus. Adam Gacek has a great paper abour Kabikaj in English. I wrote a paper in Turkish years ago.

@mirchond Do you have the details for what manuscript this was from please?

South Asian Islamicate manuscripts will frequently have “yā kabīkaj” inscribed on their first page. Kabīkaj was the king of the cockroaches. It was hoped that, out of respect for their king, cockroaches would spare the book.

@The_PBS Do you still have these?

This lovely late 18th century French volumes on maths look unfinished to modern eyes. In fact, this is how books were often bought. Buy them in paper wraps like this and have them sent direct to your binders to be bound to fit in with all the others in your library.

@tonk_liz @The_PBS Oh I just love these

@The_PBS One for the collection @BainbridgeCons ?

@MOfP2021 Saves us work then - we'll bunk off early.

@BainbridgeCons Oh fair…. We will check and report back. We’ve needed less since we used some of the collection as fuel if we are honest.

We’ve taken tough action for the remainder of the financial year. If your project is not - a vanity project - something the friends of the curator want to attend - something the Director wants to attend We will be cutting it. We know that’s the commercial programme. #Museums

@MarshsLibrary An intimidating cabbage, even.

A very impressive 16th century cabbage for #WorldEnvironmentDay‌

@LeahWW @CarolineMcCaff @LondonMudlark @tedsandling However anyone can go on the foreshore in the permitted areas and just look—the rule is don't disturb (pick up, dig, take, etc.)—so you could just go walking around and looking, and take pictures of interesting things as a way of collecting.

@LeahWW @CarolineMcCaff @LondonMudlark @tedsandling They stopped issuing new licenses I'm afraid. You used to get them from the Port of London Authority and they would last 3 years though, so also expensive if you want to just do one or two trips; there was no one-off day option.

Any suggestions for how best to go about Mudlarking in London - I know you need a licence but is it possible to arrange a small group or tour? Would be myself and several Masters students down from Edinburgh. Any ideas @LondonMudlark @tedsandling ?! Thanks 🙏

@E_Schofield ❤️

Some more images of the Dover Castle door before, during, and after treatment: t.ly/B07EP @EnglishHeritage

This was so fun to have in the studio as the paint came away and new carvings were revealed.