a cluttered desk with a bunch of open books (including two dictionaries), scattered pens and papers, an (empty) energy drink can and general chaos vibes
That “Must Finish This Chapter” vibe
#naghammadi #coptic #gnosticism #academia #phd
It’s a Coptic GIF!! Thanks @laurenrndll.bsky.social for the sneak peak from Manuscripts and the Mind at @chesterbeatty.bsky.social
#manuscripts #coptic
CfP 🚨 ‘Shaping the Word: the Form and use of Biblical Manuscripts in the Early Medieval West’
I have just discovered that PowerPoint slides can be exported as GIFs, which is excellent/terrible news for anyone who has sat through my papers on various "gnostic" systems. Here's the Apocryphon of John (I think based on the long version?), for... fun?
#coptic #naghammadi #gnostic
I figured I should be semi-professional and easy to find on here, but on the other site my handle was “ialdabaothspawn” and frankly I am still very proud of that.
Yes, I am procrastinating already.
a pretty orange notebook with a cross-section of a tree trunk on it, a mug of a 40s-style housewife captioned “I don’t want to brag, but I’m pretty mediocre at housekeeping,” and a stack of books of Coptic Gnostic texts
I can’t be the only one bribing myself to work with new stationery for the new academic year… right?
#coptic #naghammadi #academia #PhD #notebooks
