EINMAL möchte ich mich so sicher fühlen wie ein missbrauchender Mann im Patriarchat.
#smashpatriarchy🔥

Just sobbed hardest I have since my mom died in 2020.

She missed these trials by a few months.

One of most ruthless cancers. Hard to fathom that maybe she'd still be here.

I feel such a hole inside.

In case you're wondering if we should fund mRNA research instead of another stupid war ... yes.

"Brittania oceani insula, cui quondam Albion nomen fuit..."

BL Cotton MS Tiberius C II; Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum; late 8th-early 9th century; England, S.; f.5v
@blmedieval.bsky.social

This image shows a page from the Fountains Abbey Bestiary, a medieval manuscript likely produced in North Yorkshire, England, between 1325 and 1350.

This page from the Fountains Abbey Bestiary, probably created in North Yorkshire around 1325–1350, is folio 10v. Written in Latin on vellum, the manuscript contains over 100 line drawings of animals and people. Here, a coot perches in an oak, a kingfisher turns its head, and

Süddeutsche Wissen, Titel: Der benachteiligte Mann Lange Zeit hat die Medizin Frauen zu wenig beachtet. Der Nachholbedarf ist groß. Doch werden Männer nun vernachlässigt? Von Werner Bartens B

I swear to god

The introit "Victricem manum tuam" for the Thursday in Easter week. There's a cool script and neat neumes. There's also an initial V created by a sort of piggy/doggy creature in a green and yellow leotard and bejeweled collar doing calisthenics, so that their large toes create one end of the V and their torso the other. The creature's large eyes are staring at its extended feet in a somewhat horrified manner, possibly because it is not entirely sure if it is looking at its heels or its knees and either way whether they ought to bend in that direction. It also appears to have an extra arm on the side facing us. what this has to do with easter i do not know https://fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-vlsi/3342/35625

easter week chant in Beneventan notation, complete with merpig(?)

A message from the Bluesky status page, noting that 'we are investigating an incident with service in one of our reginos [sic]'

I see the Bluesky team is finally taking an interest in late Carolingian historiography.

I'll see myself out.

#CFP for #earlymodern folks! @hannah-historian.bsky.social and I are putting together a special edition of the Journal of Epistolary Studies on "Letters as Paratexts in the Early Modern World"!

Ich würde mittlerweile auch lieber Newsletter von Bären lesen

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An archivist just told me, "...we’re so completely overwhelmed by the requests we’re getting (largely from Americans) looking for documentation to support their Canadian citizenship applications, that’s pretty much all we’re doing and we can barely keep our heads above water."

I am not a Catholic, but I did read The Da Vinci Code when it came out. Here are my thoughts on Trump’s critique of Pope Leo… (1/17)

Bildbeschreibung Poster for a lecture series titled “Digital Humanities in Focus: Methods, Applications & Perspectives” at the University of Rostock (Junior Professorship for Digital Humanities), Summer Semester 2026. The design features a teal background with geometric accents and a lighthouse illustration on the left. The schedule lists six Monday lectures (starting at 17:15), with dates and topics: April 13, 2026: Evolution of the Middle High German Conceptual Database (speakers from University of Salzburg) April 27, 2026: Critical and genetic editions of difficult texts and their transmission (Franz Fischer, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) May 18, 2026: NER schema for Hanseatic research (speakers from FGHO Lübeck) June 1, 2026: Digital edition of Middle Low German proverb collections of the 16th century (speakers from Rostock, Bonn, and Rostock University Library) June 15, 2026: Hybrid music edition using the example of the Erich Wolfgang Korngold complete works (speakers from Rostock University of Music and Theatre) July 6, 2026: Authorship, transparency, and documentation in machine-assisted editing processes (speakers from BBAW) Location: Philologicum, Large Lecture Hall, University of Rostock, Universitätsplatz 3, with an option to attend online. A QR code is included for more information.

Am 13.4. um 17:15 Uhr sind wir (zumindest virtuell) nach Rostock eingeladen worden, um in der Ringvorlesung "Digital Humanites im Fokus" etwas über unsere Entwicklung zu erzählen. Kommt vorbei! 🙌 www.germanistik.uni-rostock.de/forschung/di...

Gospel Book of Otto III c. 1000 Manuscript (Clm. 4453), 334 x 242 mm Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich This is another miniature from the Gospels of Otto III (folio 139r). It shows St Luke with a piles of manuscripts in his lap (their bindings studded with jewels) exalting all the Old Testament prophets who foretold the coming of Christ. Web gallery of art image: https://www.wga.hu/html_m/zgothic/miniatur/1001-050/1/1gospel5.html

I love this photo of Saint Luke with piles of manuscripts in his lap from the Gospel Book of Otto III (c. 1000 CE)
(Manuscript (Clm. 4453), Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich). Probably projection, but he looks traumatized by all the reading he still needs to do before the end of the semester.

We are also looking into wheelchair accessible vehicles. At the moment, we cannot take my electric wheelchair in the car. It would be useful to do so as, at the moment, I can be driven somewhere, but am then stranded. Anyone with experience of this to give advice welcome!

Mein herzliches Beileid!

A large, plump, rust-coloured rabbit appears to be walking slowly across the bottom of the manuscript. It is in appearance not unlike a pig that has been given bunny ears and a smaller snout. Reference: Vidal Mayor, Ms. Ludwig XIV 6 (83.MQ.165), fol. 72v.

A small brown bunny is sitting on its hind legs and is holding a manuscript that it appears to be reading. It has a look on its face that suggests it does not want to be annoyed. Perhaps it knows the bunny with the ax, and it will summon said bunny with ax to dispatch anyone who disturbs its reading time. Reference: Bibliothèques-Médiathèques de Metz, MS 1588 (14th century).

A grey bunny sitting on its hind legs, holding an ax in both hands. It is a scarily cheerful look on its face. Reference: Paris, Bibl. de la Sorbonne, ms. 0121, f. 023 (1301).

There's also Costume Bunny. It dressed up as a pig for Halloween but forgot to take off the costume. The Easter Bunny and the Library Bunny aren't happy with it.

A small brown bunny is sitting on its hind legs and is holding a manuscript that it appears to be reading. It has a look on its face that suggests it does not want to be annoyed. Perhaps it knows the bunny with the ax, and it will summon said bunny with ax to dispatch anyone who disturbs its reading time. Reference: Bibliothèques-Médiathèques de Metz, MS 1588 (14th century).

A grey bunny sitting on its hind legs, holding an ax in both hands. It is a scarily cheerful look on its face. Reference: Paris, Bibl. de la Sorbonne, ms. 0121, f. 023 (1301).

Notice the difference between the Easter Bunny and the Library Bunny. The Library Bunny has a book in place of an ax. Also, the Easter Bunny is wearing a scarily cheerful smile whereas the Library Bunny's face is serious and seems to be saying "don't disturb me while I'm reading".

A grey bunny sitting on its hind legs, holding an ax in both hands. It is a scarily cheerful look on its face. Reference: Paris, Bibl. de la Sorbonne, ms. 0121, f. 023 (1301).

What the Easter Bunny really looks like.

Crescent view of Earth. NASA/Artemis II/Kevin M. Gill

Beautiful crescent view of Earth from the Artemis II crew on April 3rd.

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The Exsultet, traditionally sung at tonight's Easter vigil, on a leaf from an elegantly written MS, now recycled as a book cover (Trier, Stadtbibliothek, Ad 104)
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Und in diesen Tagen inszenieren sie sich wieder besonders ...

The Easter bunny baking hot cross buns

BL Lansdowne 451; 15th century; England; f.6r
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Spotted this 15thC boss of the last supper in the cloister at Norwich Cathedral when visiting recently. It's making wonderfully varied use of perspective but I was most intrigued about the table spread, which says rather more about late medieval England than Roman Judea. Let's decode it! 1/5

The British Museum image shows a painted scene of a lion and a gazelle playing a board game, probably senet. They are seated on low stools, facing each other, across a low table on which a board game with black playing pieces is laid out. It is probably the popular ancient Egyptian board game senet. The gazelle sits on the left of the table facing the lion on the right. The animals are seated on their haunches, sitting upright, legs hanging down from the chair seat, and their forelegs raised, being used as arms. Each animal holds a game piece with their hoof and paw respectively. The gazelle is painted brown within a black outline. It has black hooves, two long, black, s-shaped curved horns, and a black dot for its eye. It has long pointed ears at the back of its head. The lion is painted a sandy brown within a black outline. It has a darker-brown shaggy mane and a black nose and eye. It’s mouth is ajar as if speaking. Detail from an ancient Egyptian illustrated papyrus from Deir el-Medina

A 3,200 year-old painted scene of a lion and a gazelle playing a board game, probably senet.

From an ancient Egyptian illustrated papyrus showing animals taking on human roles in comic situations where they act against their natural instincts.

📷 British Museum

#Archaeology

Der Umschlag ist rot und oben steht ganz groß „Die Fackel“ herausgeben von Karl Kraus erscheint dreimal im Monat Preis zehn Kronen

In Wien erscheint am 1. April 1899 die erste Nummer der Zeitschrift Die Fackel, herausgegeben von dem 24-jährigen Karl Kraus, in einer Auflage von 30.000 Exemplaren.

Mathematiker fordern Verlegung des größten Fachkongresses weg aus den USA Der größte Fachkongress der Mathematik soll im Juli in den USA stattfinden. Angesichts der politischen Situation dort fordert eine große Gruppe eine Verlegung.

Über 1800 Mathematikerinnen und Mathematiker haben die Petition unterzeichnet und sich damit verpflichtet, nicht am ICM teilzunehmen, sollte dieser in Philadelphia stattfinden.

www.heise.de/news/Mathema...

The world is about to witness the biggest tantrum in history

Vielleicht sind Frauenrechte kein pro/contra Thema, RADIKALER Gedanke, I know.

Two horses hugging in a medieval manuscript

It’s International Hug a Medievalist Day! Only with consent, please.

Rochester Bestiary, England (Rochester?), c. 1230, Royal MS 12 F XIII, f. 42v

A hand writing with an apparatus that has two writing quills.

How to speed up writing before the computer age. This suggestion of writing with 2 quills came from a schoolmaster and was formulated in 1692 Nuremberg, Germany. #skystorians