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Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Ki Tisa (ΧΦ΄ΦΌΧ ΧͺΦ΄Χ©ΦΈΦΌΧΧ) with this hybrid and castle.
#ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La CoruΓ±a, Spain; f.53r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
The world keeps turning
BL Harley MS 4940; Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d'amor; France (Toulouse?); 14th century; f.28r @blmedieval.bsky.social
Did you know books have been bound in leather not just from cows, but from reindeer, seal, and even shark?π¦ Learn more about historic bookbindings in my new episode of Bite Sized Book History! youtu.be/3aUdEy0Edf4?...
The drunk uncle theory.
You donβt argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows thereβs safe people and better possibilities out there
On my dad's side, a high school teacher. And on my mom's side, he was some kind of manager at an electric company.
Welcome to March! This 15th century Book of Hours, use of Rouen, celebrates the month with the labor of pruning vines, and an illustration of Abraham and Isaac (the ram in the image reflects the Zodiac sign of Aries). UPenn Ms. Codex 1056, f. 3r-3v #medievalsky
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Gotta love how academic books don't earn you money, but LLMs can make money off of stealing them in the aggregate and if you write enough, they can also profit from stealing your personality after you are dead.
For students who need to edit medieval texts, this summer school course in London, 8-12 June, provides an intensive introduction. Let your graduate students know. #medievalsky πππ βοΈ
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Calling #Skystorians #MedievalSky the 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School (formerly the Keele summer school) is open for bookings. 27-31 July in Birmingham. π
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π’ Call for applicants!
We are delighted to announce the SIMS-CSMC Fellowship, set up with our colleagues @sims-mss.bsky.social. It supports innovative approaches to the study of manuscripts and includes time at SIMS in Philadelphia and at CSMC in Hamburg.
Apply by 1 May 2026!
More info:
We are a little late for #SuberbOwl, but hopefully this is a case of better late than never. Our owl is hanging out in the bottom margin of f. 316r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
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For #CoffeeWithACodex on March 5, Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman will bring out CAJS Rar Ms 720, Marcus Hartig's alphabetization of the Hebrew Psalms, in his 1876 manuscript.
Register here: https://bit.ly/4sjWykb
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I know this is emotionally difficult for various left-liberal male podcasters who have developed embarrassing crushes on Platner (PSA, KYE, etc) but start watching REACHER or something
Want to know the date of the Tremulous Hand of Worcester, or why medieval documentary βforgeryβ is, more properly, imaginative fiction? My book is now available in paperback! π₯³
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Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
If you have the prerequisite knowledge to know that something is correct, you don't need the machine, and if you do not, it can never help you because you can't check it.
That's the problem.
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