#FindsFriday - Cremation Burial.
The leaden canister contains the cremated bones of a man aged at least 35 in a linen cloth. Libations of #wine, milk or honey could have been poured down the leaden pipe.
Found at the south-east of the fortress at #Caerleon #Archaeology 📸 My own
"Make people dependent enough, and then make it shitty"
Still giggling at this hilarious video from the Norwegian Consumer Council "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator" which seems a perfect embodiment of Silicon Valley and tech generally these days
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
My new JTS article on (Ps.-)Didymus the Blind's De Trinitate is out! I argue for a late-fourth-century dating, showing that the angelology of De Trin is perfectly compatible with practices of angel veneration that are well-attested in that period. academic.oup.com/jts/advance-...
Ah the joys of public transport.
The recently discovered Maronite World Chronicle does mention the Third Council of Constantinople, but does not mention John Maron, who became patriarch after the denunciation of monotheletism. This is odd.
Is it possible that John Maron is the author of this chronicle?
The recently discovered Maronite World Chronicle does mention the Third Council of Constantinople, but does not mention John Maron, who became patriarch after the denunciation of monotheletism. This is odd.
Is it possible that John Maron is the author of this chronicle?
Are you looking forward to visiting a free Iran?
Iran is a country with a long and rich history, where many civilisations thrived over thousands of years. With 29 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Iran offers an incredible variety of archaeological & cultural wonders.
www.worldhistory.org/article/1871...
Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus #openaccess publications ptolemaeus.badw.de/publications @brepols.net @phullmeine.bsky.social @badw.de
Ancient Coin of the Day: Something a little niche today, with coins issued by the interesting figure of Vetranio in AD 350, starting with this rather fabulous solidus. #ACOTD #Numismatics 🏺 🧵
Image: RIC VIII Siscia 260; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 28121). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Want to know the date of the Tremulous Hand of Worcester, or why medieval documentary ‘forgery’ is, more properly, imaginative fiction? My book is now available in paperback! 🥳
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270086...
Only 10 #Manuscripts this week from the #Vatican
www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026...
some Ge'ez (including music), an Arbor Philosophiae, a Formularium, some classical works and more (not much more)
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
But your point is quite valid. The mass media is simply not reporting stuff.
Have two accounts, perhaps? One to get news, the other for academic stuff. Block on the academic account.
Thank you!
bsky.app/profile/mqas...
I just mute, block that stuff.
Oh, just saw that both volumes are already available #OA on the project page.
ptolemaeus.badw.de/publications
#astrohistory #histsci #medievalsky
Wonderful item, but is there actually any open-access content at that link?
🔓𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀
𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗗 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟬
𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
David Juste
More Info: bit.ly/4bavsX4
#Ptolemy #Astronomy #Astrology #ManuscriptStudies #Manuscripts #OpenAccess
A very sensible article in the @FT (and not paywalled) about the awful new tax regime in the UK.
The bit that really grates is being forced to pay private companies for software to file your new exciting 5 tax returns a year.
www.ft.com/content/8010...
A selection of #Roman ridged glass bowls, all made about 2000 years ago - but still looking fantastic! #AncientBlueSky
#archaeology #ancientbluesky #romanhistory #Texas
Epitaph of Saturnia, 1stC AD, San Antonio Museum
"Diis Man(ibus) sac(rum) Saturniae . Vix(it) ann(is) XVI. Paederos conser(ae) dulc(issmae) ben(e) mer(erenti) fec(it)."
Don't miss this great write-up by @christycobb.bsky.social about the influence of Christian apocrypha on history & tradition!
Enhanced image of palimpsested page, original writing in red; a large illuminated 'E' can be seen in bottom right quadrant.
Somehow, an 8th-c. English liturgical manuscript ended up in Mount Sinai (where it was palimpsested and written over by a Christian Arabic scribe). For more info: Michelle Brown, austriaca.at/0xc1aa5572%2...
#TIL "the LORD of Hosts" (𐡉𐡄𐡄 𐡑𐡁𐡀𐡕, [yh]h ṣbʾt) is attested as a divine name on an #Aramaic ostracon from Elephantine. (First line, starting with the second 𐡄.)
"In the 1950s and 1960s, the Dominicans collected rare printed books in Arabic, particularly Muslim devotional works . . . These books are slim and ephemeral . . . Most other repositories of rare books in the Muslim world don’t think they’re worth collecting."
The monk sat warming himself by the logs,
Beside him was Blue, the very best of dogs.
But Brother Edwin had a secret, known only to he,
For he had a left hand where his right hand should be.
14/15th century, Cambridge Library MS Ff.1.27, p. 316
journal cover
Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin Vol. 11, Nos. 1-2 (2025) www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/comst/pub... @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social #openaccess @petertarras.bsky.social
So, here's the article I have out as of today and it's #OpenAccess. It deals with one of the earliest Christian Arabic scribal workshops in the Sinai monastery, where many of the mss produced there have been preserved to this day. In this 🧵 I do a quick rundown of the most important findings. 1/n
