I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
It is tremendously rude that you basically have to keep working out forever.
White roses at the legislature #flowers
Yellow roses #flowers
A red rose #flowers
Purple irises #flowers
Water lilies #flowers
Baby #goats
Okay but WHAT manuscripts?
I have an appointment at 1:30pm, which of course means I cannot do a single productive thing beforehand.
Thumbnails with titles for three articles: Blue of Blues, Zafimaniry Geometry, and A Mamluk Masterpiece.
Thumbnails with titles for three articles: Lost Symbols, Quest for Lost Dyes, and Heavenly Figures
Did you know I publish a #Substack that has a large, free-to-read archive of articles based on my own research? It's called
#Caravanserai: "An artist lighting her way through dark times by relearning forgotten art practices and natural ways."
Check it out on majnouna.substack.com
Yellow and white Dutch irises #flowers
Purple iris #flowers
Purple irises #flowers
Went back and re-listened to parts of my pod for @terodotus.bsky.social and Sképsislamica to organize some notes for an upcoming set of talks, and I had a few real moments in here if I do say so myself! Probably explained things better than in the actual book tbh 😅
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbQY...
8/ 🗓 May 11th: @viktorathelstan.bsky.social & Owen Norton
www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistory...
Really, DRIVE is fantastic!
Medieval manuscript (St. Gall MS 602) with painted scene of a church interior with white columns and arches and a blue ceiling; Wiboroda at right sings from a psalter on a lectern while her brother celebrates Mass at left.
Today is the feast of Wiborada, d. 926. She became a nun and later anchoress at St. Gall. She bound many books in the abbey library! She predicted the Magyar sack of St. Gall and thus allowed the monks to send the library for safekeeping and save themselves but she refused to flee and was martyred.
Birthday charcuterie is better! Happy birthday!
Lilacs this evening #flowers
“An estimated 350,000 manuscripts have been inventoried from the dozens of old libraries of the city of Timbuktu, whose reputation for education and its medieval monuments have been favourably compared to universities.”
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/what-did-t...
With @scalzi.com and others curating their spaces to encourage the use of alt text and other accessibility features, here’s a reminder about @veron4ica.com’s “capybara method” and other tools.
Got a new ginkgo leaf tattoo today. I think it symbolizes endurance. #tattoos #blackworktattoo
