⏳🎉📯D-day -7
Our Zoom workshop on the transmission of knowledge is this coming Sunday! For details and registration (compulsory), scan the QR code or write to me privately. Don't miss out !

A Tironian manual was copied in the 10th century onto the folios that were originally blank

BnF MS Latin 1597A; Concilium Parisiense, anno 825; 9th century (between 882 et 900, with 10th and 13th century additions); Abbey of Saint-Rémi of Reims; f.2r-3v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Chuffed to see this out. Very grateful to Jonathan Lyon and Simon MacLean for the opportunity to take part in this volume. Rightly dedicated to a scholar who, a decade ago, sat in the Ship and Castle patiently listening to me both enthuse and rant about the very text translated here

Just arrived: Drew Jones' 2-volume edition and translation with extensive commentary of Odo of Cluny's tenth-century epic poem, The Occupatio. Over 1000 pages in length, this is a towering work of scholarship, comparable to Giles Constable's 1967 edition of the Letters of Peter the Venerable.

The risen Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene before the empty tomb
#EasterSunday
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 4453; 'Gospels of Otto III'; c.1000 CE; Reichenau; p.104

What better way to greet Friday than to admire this bearded, crested, three-headed beast of hell. It’s a beauty.

It’s a 3rd century BC fresco from the delightfully named Tomb of the Infernal Chariot (which sounds like a Hammer movie).

🏛️📷 Museum of Sarteano
#FrescoFriday

"Monasticism and Manuscript Culture in Medieval Europe: Studies in Cluniac History, c. 900–1200," by Scott G. Bruce, Cornell University Press, 2026

Today's featured title:

"Monasticism and Manuscript Culture in Medieval Europe: Studies in Cluniac History, c. 900–1200," by Scott G. Bruce,
Cornell University Press, 2026

@xuthal.bsky.social @cornellupress.bsky.social

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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern...

"The Caliph and the Falcons": just out, by @medivalist.bsky.social and @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social
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Greatest honour of my career so far. As founding editor I'm proud to announce @edinburghup.bsky.social Studies in Late Roman History. The world's first book series exclusively dedicated to the core domain of Late Antiquity. Like to discuss proposals or manuscripts? Reach out!

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Servants of God, Slaves of the Church by Lisa Kaaren Bailey | Hardcover | Cornell University Press In Servants of God, Slaves of the Church, Lisa Kaaren Bailey uncovers the surprising intimacy between sacred devotion and coerced labor in early medieval Europe. From queens who scrubbed monastery floors...

In SERVANTS OF GOD, SLAVES OF THE CHURCH, Lisa Kaaren Bailey uncovers the surprising intimacy between sacred devotion and coerced labor in early medieval #Europe. #Medieval #History #Religion

Learn more here: https://ow.ly/TST550XJrYZ

‘An Entirely New Domain of Knowledge’ | Magda Teter The Torah scholars who came to be called “rabbis” emerged as figures of authority after the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 CE and the later exile of Jews from Judaea—and created Judaism’s foun...

The “conversations, debates, and quarrels” of early rabbis “capture how they grappled with questions of practice and observance of the Torah without the temple.” —@mteter-historian.bsky.social

Making Money in the Early Middle Ages by Rory Naismith

Now in #paperback, @rorynaismith.bsky.social's Making Money in the Early Middle Ages is an examination of coined money and its significance to rulers, aristocrats and peasants in early medieval Europe.

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#History #ReadUP

Red background with the JSTOR logo and the text “Cornell University Press Publisher Collection” alongside the description “Authoritative and forward-looking scholarship that spans the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.” On the right, the book cover of Monasticism and Manuscript Culture in Medieval Europe by Scott G. Bruce, displaying an ornate illuminated letter “L” in a medieval manuscript style.

@cornellupress.bsky.social has been shaping scholarship since 1869.

The Cornell University Press Publisher Collection offers access to nearly 150 new titles in 2026 & more than 3,700 backlist works, including 300+ open access books available to read now.

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Research-Creation in the early Middle Ages: the example of Hibernicus Exul : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne <p> The pivotal role played by Irish scholars in preserving and transmitting ancient learning during the early Middle Ages is well known even beyond the academy, thanks to popularising works such as ‘How the Irish Saved Civilization’. Yet a great deal of work remains to be done on individual Irish figures working in continental Europe during the eighth to tenth centuries in order to establish more rigorously the Irish contribution. The shadowy figure known as ‘Hibernicus Exul’ (‘the Irish exile’) provides an ideal test-case for this work: the author of thirty-eight Latin poems, on scholarly, political, and comic topics, his works appear in a single manuscript, Vatican Reg. Lat. 2078. This is an important and influential poetic anthology from the heart of the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of intense cultural and intellectual activity in eight- and ninth-century Europe during which the literature and learning of the ancient Graeco-Roman world was rediscovered and concerted efforts were made to standardise and widen access to educational systems, with significant consequences for the intellectual history of western Europe. The PhD student recruited will write the first monograph-length study of Hibernicus Exul, setting his work in the context of the manuscript, addressing the controversial question of his possible identification with the better- known Carolingian scholar Dúngal, and demonstrate how the poet exemplifies the nature of medieval Irish literature, which simultaneously aims to educate and to entertain, and can in many ways be seen as a predecessor of today’s Research-Creation. </p> <p> <strong>Please note below additional requirements when submitting your Expressions of Interest:</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Additional requirements: <ul> <li> <strong>Statement of research interest [max. 1000 words]</strong> </li> <li> <strong>MA in a related field, or equivalent, to be completed by the programme start date.</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Evidence of at least six semesters of Latin, or equivalent, with grades of B+ or higher, or equivalent</strong> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

#MEDIEVAL #LATIN #PHD OPPORTUNITY:
Co-supervised by myself and Cillian O'Hogan, University of Toronto

Project start: September 2027, with time in #Toronto, France, & @unimelb.edu.au. #Scholarship includes tuition fees, living allowance, health insurance, and relocation support.

Get in touch!

Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures – Cornell University Press With the intention of fostering the best historical scholarship that focuses on the medieval past as multidimensional, the new series Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures (MSRC) published by Co...

First up, for #MedievalSky, the stellar Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures series. There are too many books (published and upcoming) to list, but great news, you can find out more at the fantastic @cornellupress.bsky.social series page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/series/medie...

Visiting AP in Classics and Religious Studies at Hamilton College: Religions of Late Antiquity with the ability to teach Greek and/or Latin and New Testament (in translation).

Review of applications begins February 23, 2026.

Cover of the book: North, South, East and West in Twelfth-Century Thought by Eric Wolever

Hey, so I have a book that now exists and that you can purchase (apparently the code BB135 on the boydell webpage will get you a 35% discount) or more realistically recommend to your library! 😅

(Please don't mind the fact that I'm like a month late promoting this here...)

Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity Cambridge Core - Church History - Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity

There's no cover image yet, but look what's coming out next year:

Do you like bureaucracy? early Christianity? both?

Robin Whelan has got you covered:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London

Anyway, good news! Open-ended lectureship in early medieval history at KCL.

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...

A Companion to Rome c. 400-c. 1050 is a major new volume edited by Professor of Early Medieval History Caroline Goodson (University of Cambridge) and Professor Julia Hillner (Universität Bonn). Part of Brill’s series Companion to European History, it is the result of over seven years' scholarship by 32 contributors from across Europe and America.

NEW 🙌 'A Companion to Rome c. 400-c. 1050' edited by
Caroline Goodson and Julia Hillner.

A new urban history of late antique and early medieval Rome - the result of over seven years' scholarship by 32 contributors from across Europe and America.

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🥁🥁🥁Hello academic blueskyers, we are hiring again. We are looking for a proactive, communicative, motivated post-doc 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️ for our ISF project Josephus Christianus (sinowloc.wixsite.com/josephus-chr...). Feel free to circulate!

Are you an author of a new #history book published in 2025? Consider applying for our #BookPrize!

The deadline for the receipt of the nominated monographs is 28 February 2026.

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2/2 And equally delighted that Traditio 80 (2025) is now avaiable in print. This is my sixth volume as executive editor with hopefully many more to come!

1/2: Delighted that this handsome volume of fourteen of my essays on Cluniac history has now been published by Cornell University Press.

Excited to announce this for late April! Join us by zoom, it will be online too. #lateantiquity #earlymiddleages @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social

Worn papyrus with drawings of figures, symbols, and writing in Coptic. More here https://smarthistory.org/coptic-magical-text/

Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
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Xeirographa A guided learning platform for reading Greek manuscripts with interactive transcription exercises.

My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.

Please share and give feedback!

xeirographa.com

How delicately a Romanesque angel uses the lightest touch of a finger to wake one of the magi, snuggled with the other 2 under their embroidered circular blanket at St Lazare, Autun, c1130 (& how beautifully the textures of pillow & blanket are represented).

Season's greetings to you all!

New volume of Traditio Vol. 80 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/56113 @projectmuse.bsky.social @xuthal.bsky.social @jmharland.bsky.social @daveaddison.bsky.social

medieval manuscript illumination of three figures inside the letter O.

📜 Read "Anselm the Fool: Meditation and the Joy of Unbelief in the 'Proslogion'" by Professor James R. Ginther in 'Traditio' Volume 80.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/122/arti...