One day later, 27th March 1359, the statutes were ratified with seals of the Master & Fellows of #ClareCollege & the Chancellor of #CambridgeUniversity. The college seal commemorates the occasion, showing the statutes, which in turn mention the Master, Fellows, & seal.
@medievodons @histodons
#ClareCollege is celebrating its 700th anniversary. However it was #OTD 667 years ago, 26th March 1359, that Elizabeth #LadyofClare drew on decades of experience & signed the statutes. She wrote of education’s value to individuals & society, & her vision of one community of fellows & students, chosen on merit. Her principles & her language continue to inspire.
#legacy #philanthropy #education #CambridgeUniversity #GreatBardfield
@albertcardona Very encouraging to hear!
I've just been enjoying your #pembroke1347 posts, especially on the gardens full of flowers & new life in the spring:
https://mathstodon.xyz/@albertcardona/114208692736099464
This Spring I'm documenting the awakening of Pembroke College gardens in Cambridge, UK. Posts will touch on flowering plants, bushes and trees, and their visitors – largely bees, wasps, flies and butterflies, but also all other critters I happen to stumble upon. Aiming at one post per week. Posts will appear here: https://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news/all First post: "The return of the queens" https://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news/return-queens (March 13th, 2025). Second post, today: "Magnificent magnolia" https://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/news/magnificient-magnolia #Pembroke1347 #UK #CambridgeUK
Amid the pageantry of his installation, the new Chancellor of the University of Cambridge made some pointed & interesting comments, & important commitments.
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#UK institutions including the #NaturalHistoryMuseum & #CambridgeUniversity hold more than 263,000 human remains, #TheGuardian finds. 37,996 of these items are identified as being from outside the UK.
I have encountered evidence of so many horrors of the #BritishEmpire that I am rarely shocked. Often angered, but rarely surprised.
But the sheer scale of this global #graveRobbery stuns. YOU #GHOULS! 😡
1/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/07/vast-scale-of-overseas-human-remains-held-in-uk-museums-decried-by-mps-and-experts
2/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/07/what-human-remains-are-held-in-uk-museums-and-where
Clare College Cambridge is celebrating its 700th anniversary with stories of 70 individuals spanning the centuries - 7 each month, wonderfully diverse.
https://stories.clare.cam.ac.uk/70-for-700/
#70for700 #LadyOfClare #DavidAttenborough
#ClareCollege #CambridgeUniversity
@Rosaliesmedievalwoman In the medieval seal of Clare College Cambridge, an oval Agnus Dei held by St John the Baptist also shows the lamb looking back at the cross:
https://www.barnes1.net/seal/
#14thCentury #AgnusDei #ClareCollege #CambridgeUniversity #WaxSeal #StJohnTheBaptist
Exploring the universe doesn't have to involve massive rockets and oceans of fossil fuels.
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) will track the colossal black hole at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy throughout March and April with the aim of capturing footage of the swirling disc that traces out the edge of the event horizon, the point beyond which no light or matter can escape.
“Black holes have a bad rap as these evil vacuum cleaners that just suck everything up,” she said. “To me they represent the edge of our understanding of our universe, and they are endlessly fascinating. They actually play a very important role in the ecosystem of the universe.” Sera Markoff, newly appointed Plumian professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at the University of Cambridge
#astronomy #telescopes #seramarkoff #EventHorizonTelescope #CambridgeUniversity
Revolutionary imaging of black hole aims to prove they are not ‘evil vacuum cleaners’
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/18/astronomers-revolutionary-moving-image-black-hole-cambridge-science?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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