Mairi Cowan

Little black cat with bright green eyes

This little cat wishes you a happy bright-eyed Friday

Amanda Herbert and Kevin Dawson debut a new HLQ article category called Early/Modern Connections: original #earlymodern research in service of the public good. The article and cover feature art by Ebony Iman Dallas. Open access: muse.jhu.edu/article/983132

😈🪄😁

Good luck, thank you, and I hope you get some sunlight soon!!

Card that says "Roses are dead / On this skull dry and grey. But you're my first-class relic / For this Valentine's Day!" wtih image of skull and bones of St Valentine beneath

In case you are looking for some help from a medievalist as we approach Valentine's Day, I have made you this card.

Card that says "Roses are dead / On this skull dry and grey. But you're my first-class relic / For this Valentine's Day!" wtih image of skull and bones of St Valentine beneath

In case you are looking for some help from a medievalist as we approach Valentine's Day, I have made you this card.

Glad that whichever team wins in the sportsing, Bad Bunny has won the super thing

Red owl on a black bowl

A Superb Owl on a Super Bowl (Attica, c. 450 BCE, British Museum) for whatever your game this Sunday #SuperbOwl

Superb Owl Sunday X A special Sunday event: our tenth-annual photo collection celebrating these magnificent birds of prey. If you have some time before the big game (or are skipping the event entirely), we invite you to ...

The big event: Superb Owl Sunday!!

www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

An ancient Egyptian figurine of a hedgehog blue in colour with dark blue or black bumps to represent the spikes

Happy #NationalHedgehogDay 🥺

This little Egyptian faience model of a hedgehog is from a tomb at Abydos, and was made around 1,500–1,300 BCE.

Hedgehogs had a favourable reputation in ancient Egypt, and were often seen as a symbol of rebirth and renewal of life.

Medieval manuscript page featuring a large decorative letter with floral motifs and detailed embellishments. Two figures are interacting near the bottom while ice-skating. Text is in Latin with red and blue accents.

An ornate medieval manusctipy page featuring figures standing at an alter.

Step into February through medieval eyes: Candlemas illuminates the month with glowing candles, while wintry traditions like ice-skating come alive in this beautiful manuscript! ❄️🕯️

Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Douce 5

#MedievalMonday

Bright eyes on a cold day

Black cat yawning

This kitty is ready for a fierce nap

Could you please add me? I'm in this zone.

Trump links Greenland dispute to not getting Nobel Peace Prize The US president says he no longer feels obliged to think only of peace, after not being awarded the annual prize.

I know this is stupid. But in the interests of peace, or at least not starting more wars, could the Nobel committee make up a new "special" prize, slather it in gold, get some royals to sign it, and hand it to this guy in a big tacky ceremony?

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Black cat with bright eyes lying upside down on a blanket

Weekend afternoon perspective

Mural on the side of a building showwing a man caring for robins

Happy St Mungo's Day! (Or, for the more formal among you, Feast Day of St Kentigern.) This is a mural of the legendary founder of Glasgow (and friend to the robins) by artist Smug.

Bonnie and her ilk are amazing!!!

An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

January from a Book of Hours

Happy New Year! May our Januaries bring a good balance of eating by a cozy fire and playing out in the fresh cold air, as in this depiction from British Library Add. MS 18852.

Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Vicarage with a cat sleeping on a blanket

Peak coziness

Sleepy cat on a blanket

26 December vibes. Also, if you need me for anything, please note that I cannot move while the cat holds me here

Yule kitty (not to be confused with Jólaköttur)

Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.

Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.

Need to up my feasting game