Tomorrow! See some of you there.

⏳🎉📯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 !

The thematic section of Judaica on "Nature Miracles and Paradoxography in Biblical Reception of the First Centuries CE" has been published!
For the open-access issue go to:
judaica.ch/thematic-sec...

For those interested more generally in Late Antiquity, a special issue in SLA will soon follow!

The time has finally come: Here is the first volume of Julien Ogereau’s “Epigraphical Commentary on the New Testament,” focusing on 1 Thessalonians: available via Open Access and packed with new insights:
www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/1-thess...
#epigraphy #1Thessalonians

Jetzt ist es endlich soweit: Hier ist der erste Band des "Epigraphical Commentary on the New Testament" zum 1.Thessalonicherbrief von Julien Ogereau: Open Access und mit einer Menge an neuen Einsichten:
www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/1-thess...
#epigraphy #1Thessalonians

May well be! But these are applied (rubbed-on) between 1905 and 1916, methinks.

This is a curious point of contact, suggesting that they might have been in the same setting soon after production"

Any thoughts?

Since the visor is down, it is not possible to verify whether this is also meant to be an anthropomorphic frog, but they share the medieval military imagery and the emphasised red-feathered head garment.

In Konat 1.239, in a gap left empty on the top of second column on fol. 6r, there is a transfer-sticker representing a mounted knight in full armour holding a jousting lance.

Strange paragraphs to write:
"In JRL Syr. 10, in the left margin of fol. 304r, aligned to the top of the column, there is a transfer-sticker representing an anthropomorphic green frog dressed as a medieval soldier with breastplate, sword, and chainmail head protection, topped by a feathered hat. 1/

In a bit.

Conservation of a Papyrus Roll with No Glass Frames Some of the real workhorses of both my teaching and public presentations over the years have been a group of papyrus rolls in Berlin. They are a set of Greek documentary rolls from the second half …

New blogpost by Brent Nongbri on "Conservation of a Papyrus Roll with No Glass Frames":

Tomorrow!!!

#NewPublication
#OpenAccess
#Syriac
#ChristianEast
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

Forthcoming in our Millenium Studies series this summer!

Looking forward to reading it? It's going to be in #openaccess here ⬇️

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

A wonderful project showing how a manuscript is not just a document with some information, dumped somewhere in a museum or a library. It is part of the living ecosystem of a community.

GenAut research trip | A few snapshots from these weeks' manuscript work in Oxford and Cambridge.

Coptic in Manchester .

We've launched the website for our 'Coptic in Manchester: Connecting Manuscripts and Communities' UKRI-funded project ('26–28) with @thejohnrylands.bsky.social !

Please share!

sites.google.com/view/coptici...

GenAut seminar | Anna Lampadaridi (CNRS), "Some Remarks on Pankratios of Taormina’s Hagiographic Dossier," Tuesday, 21 April 2026 at (10am CET)

genaut.univie.ac.at

Bad news and good news about our April 26 workshop, The Transmission of Knowledge in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Bad: we've had to move online. Good: that means you can join us from anywhere. A Zoom link will be circulated — PM me if you'd like one.

Tomorrow!

•The state of the text: corrections in Greek and Latin literature•

Come join us on Wednesday 8 April 10 AM (note the different time from usual) for a paper on corrections in Greek and Latin literature by @dareiadareia.bsky.social (KULeuven).
If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/
@andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link!

GenAut talk | Maria S. Thomas and Christoph Scheerer, “The Hierotheos Dossier in Greek and Syriac”

Gesprächskreis zum christlichen Diskurs im Mittelmeerraum bis zum Ausklang der Spätantike, Vienna, 26 March 2026, 5pm CET.

genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=35
etfcg.univie.ac.at/forschung/ge...

Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity

🧯Hot off the press: Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity (Cambridge Element) > free download until April 8!

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Tomorrow!

GenAut | Philipp Pilhofer "The Circle of Barnabas. Generative Authority in Cypriot Hagiography" YouTube video by The GenAut Project

GenAut recording | Philipp Pilhofer, "The Circle of Barnabas: Generative Authority in Cypriot Hagiography"

The online seminar: genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671

Tomorrow ! GenAut online seminar | Philipp Pilhofer (Vienna), "The Circle of Barnabas. Generative Authority in Cypriot Hagiography"

Tuesday, 24 March (10 AM CET). See you there!
•Followers of the Apostles in Cultic Contexts•
genaut.univie.ac.at

Palmieri, Jacobs, Knust, and our introductory essay all now published on advance access! Palmieri is open access, but if anybody is itching for PDFs of the others, don't hesitate to be in touch.
brill.com/view/journal...

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships - For ansatte Support for 2026 call deadline

#UiA welcomes highly talented early-career researchers that wish to apply for #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships proposals with UiA as host institution.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you’re interested.