If you've seen Alphonse Mucha's work (you have), the continuity is obvious. The fact that Mucha largely produced advertising media is also no coincidence in this respect.

Resharing for International #BatAppreciationDay 🦇

a. Editors are crucial to the publication process. With just one exception, every editor I've had has either improved my book or notably improved my book.

2. Any publisher using AIs for editorial is not actually editing their books.

Δ. In my experience, AI editorial like Grammarly is often wrong.

The cover of a book titled "An Exposition Upon the Sphere of the Cosmos: the astrological nigromancy of Cecco d'Ascoli", by Mathew Hadfield and Brian Johnson, depicting a medieval illustration reminiscent of the heavenly spheres.

OK everybody, buckle up, because I've got BIG NEWS.

_An Exposition Upon The Sphere of the Cosmos: the Astrological Nigromancy of Cecco d'Ascoli_ is soon to be published by Hadean Press! 1/x
#medievalsky

A brown rabbit splooting on the lawn, viewed from behind right.

The same rabbit, behind left.

You know it's unseasonably warm when the wildlife starts splooting.

This publication is a milestone in expanding the public understanding of both the history of science and the development of certain foundational principles of demonological magic in the medieval West, and Mat and I are very excited to share it with you! 5/5

I have translated the Latin text of the Commentary from Thorndike's edition, and Mat Hadfield (@neokoros.bsky.social) has supplied a contextualizing introduction and extensive annotations clarifying Cecco's often obscure — or perhaps willfully misleading — citations. 4/x

In his commentary, Cecco straightforwardly explains the principles of geometrical astronomy while also propounding outrageously heretical ideas about demons, magic, and the divinity of Christ. 3/x

This is the first complete English translation of Cecco d'Ascoli's early 14th-century commentary on the _De sphaera mundi_ of Johannes de Sacrobosco. 2/x

The cover of a book titled "An Exposition Upon the Sphere of the Cosmos: the astrological nigromancy of Cecco d'Ascoli", by Mathew Hadfield and Brian Johnson, depicting a medieval illustration reminiscent of the heavenly spheres.

OK everybody, buckle up, because I've got BIG NEWS.

_An Exposition Upon The Sphere of the Cosmos: the Astrological Nigromancy of Cecco d'Ascoli_ is soon to be published by Hadean Press! 1/x
#medievalsky

Oh yeah, any remotely educated person in the Middle Ages knew the Earth was a sphere. The idea goes back to the 5th century BCE, at least.

Livre des proprietés des choses de Bathélemy l'Anglais , traduit du latin par Jean Corbichon . Livre des proprietés des choses de Bathélemy l'Anglais , traduit du latin par Jean Corbichon . -- 1401-1500 -- manuscrits

Manuscript here: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

Late medieval illustration of astronomers viewing the Earth as a globe-sized sphere floating in space, the Sun illuminating one side while the other faces the starry night sky. The whole planet is covered with tiny houses, complete with shadows creating the illusion of three-dimensional form.

Searching for images to illustrate an upcoming Secret Project, I came across this amazing semi-allegorical depiction of the Earth from the late 15th century. I love how modern it seems — a globe floating in space, complete with 3D-rendered buildings. [from BNF, MS Fr. 134]

Also, endnotes force me to use two bookmarks when reading, and I fucking hate it.

A wonderful photo showing the difference between what a castle normally looks like and after it has been restored to its former medieval glory!
From bare walls to bright, colourful, fun painted walls!
Château de Salignac is doing it right!
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Joke answer: "Check, ch-check, check, check, ch-check it out"

Non-joke answer: "Of course,"

Sounds like it could have been the crucifix ground beetle (or similar species in genus Panagaeus), which evidently once led Charles Darwin to take an ill-advised course of action while out bug collecting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagae...

...a Cardgage mortgage?

I'm pretty sure I correctly identified the author of a collection of anonymous alchemical notebooks in the British Library, and he was frenemies with John Dee. societasmagica.org/userfiles/fi...

Creating the National/Border Security Nexus: Counter-Terrorist Operations and Monitoring Middle Eastern and North African Visitors to the UK in the 1970s–1980s This article looks at an earlier episode in the history of the UK border security apparatus by examining how the immigration control system was used in the 1970s and 1980s to detect potential terro...

Academics, is there an article or paper that you've published that you feel has slipped under the radar?

Reply or quote this post with your overlooked piece!

Here's mine...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

A still from the movie _Independence Day_, depicting the White House being exploded by an energy beam fired from an alien spacecraft floating in the sky above.

Hey, remember the classic 1996 science-fiction action film _Independence Day_? Sure were a lot of great scenes in that film.

A Similitude of Nature Celestial magic and fixed star images, newly translated from fifteenth-century astrologer Giorgio Anselmi's Divinum Opus de Magia Disciplina

Yesterday I plugged my publishers, now here are some of my most recent books!

_A Similitude of Nature_ is my edition and translation of material from the 15th-century Italian astrologer-physician Giorgio Anselmi’s _Divinum opus de magia disciplina_. revelore.press/product/simi... 1/x

Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable.

Earth and Moon in one NASA photo.

ht @astrokatie.com

I wanted to call out the specific red flag issue here. The review from user Andrew says, "[T]hey are quick to take your money but never respond" - A PUBLISHER DOES NOT TAKE YOUR MONEY.

Money moves *exclusively* from publisher to author.

Also, in case it needs to be said: I do not use any form of AI in my work. Not in transcribing the two to six hundred-year old manuscripts, not in translating them, not in the background research, writing, or editing. I'm not perfect, but the fruits of my labor are my own.

If any of that sounds interesting to you, there's more on the way soon, and be sure to check out Hadean's back catalogue for my previous works! 6/6

This book presents readers with a comprehensive study of early-modern European necromancy and ghostlore, Faustian demonology, and treasure-seeking magic, all centered upon my translation of a unique 18th-/19th-century German grimoire manuscript. 5/x

The Black Raven The Black Raven, an early modern Faustian grimoire presented in English for the first time, is a cohesive toolkit for the treasure-hunting nigromancer.

The other book of mine that's come out in the past year is _The Black Raven: A Study in the Folk Necromancy of Early Modern Germany_, a collaboration with folklorist and historian of cunning magic Dr. Alexander Cummins. hadean.press/products/the... 4/x

Anselmi’s treatise represents a synthesis of Hellenistic-Arabic astrological techniques and star lore, as well as an attempt to reconcile the practical application of this science with Aristotelian physics and the spiritually "sanitized" prescriptions of works like the _Speculum astronomiae_. 3/x