Let’s do a giveaway! I have 1 copy each of the Turkish & Portuguese (Brazilian) translations of me & @lollardfish.bsky.social’s THE BRIGHT AGES.
If you’re in US, respond below with which one you want, what you want me to write in it, and I’ll pick people to send them to. Share widely! #medievalsky
If you’re in US, respond below with which one you want, what you want me to write in it, and I’ll pick people to send them to. Share widely! #medievalsky
October 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Let’s do a giveaway! I have 1 copy each of the Turkish & Portuguese (Brazilian) translations of me & @lollardfish.bsky.social’s THE BRIGHT AGES.
If you’re in US, respond below with which one you want, what you want me to write in it, and I’ll pick people to send them to. Share widely! #medievalsky
If you’re in US, respond below with which one you want, what you want me to write in it, and I’ll pick people to send them to. Share widely! #medievalsky
Some scattered thoughts on the identity of Lombard queen Rodelinda's royal father, who defies secure identification. Caveat lector that this is a "musing"-category post, so not fully matured argumentation! #medievalsky mundusbarbarorum.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/w...
Who was Queen Rodelinda’s father?
© Flavia de Rubeis “The seventh century is poorly documented in Lombard Italy, in the absence of both documents and detailed narratives, for Paul the Deacon’s Lombard history, written in the 790s, …
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October 5, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Some scattered thoughts on the identity of Lombard queen Rodelinda's royal father, who defies secure identification. Caveat lector that this is a "musing"-category post, so not fully matured argumentation! #medievalsky mundusbarbarorum.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/w...
Medieval treasures -a recent second hand book purchase in Oxford this weekend which includes an array of magnificent medieval treasures at the Bodleian library #medievalsky
October 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Medieval treasures -a recent second hand book purchase in Oxford this weekend which includes an array of magnificent medieval treasures at the Bodleian library #medievalsky
excited to be giving this online talk in January.
particularly excited because this December will be the 5-year anniversary of the release of THE BRIGHT AGES, so i'm happy to revisit some of this.
even more delighted if I got to talk about it more... 😉
#medievalsky
secularaz.org/single-event...
particularly excited because this December will be the 5-year anniversary of the release of THE BRIGHT AGES, so i'm happy to revisit some of this.
even more delighted if I got to talk about it more... 😉
#medievalsky
secularaz.org/single-event...
Dark Ages/ Bright Ages: Religious Violence in the Medieval World - Secular AZ
Join us on January 15 at noon/MST as we welcome special guest Dr. Matthew Gabriele.Gabriele is a scholar, author, and speaker focusing primarily on religion/ violence, nostalgia/ apocalypse during th...
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October 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
excited to be giving this online talk in January.
particularly excited because this December will be the 5-year anniversary of the release of THE BRIGHT AGES, so i'm happy to revisit some of this.
even more delighted if I got to talk about it more... 😉
#medievalsky
secularaz.org/single-event...
particularly excited because this December will be the 5-year anniversary of the release of THE BRIGHT AGES, so i'm happy to revisit some of this.
even more delighted if I got to talk about it more... 😉
#medievalsky
secularaz.org/single-event...
Deadline October 15: Radical History Review seeks proposals for a forthcoming issue on “The Politicized Premodern Past.” “Premodern” is loosely defined as 500–1500 CE, in any part of the world. We hope you will submit! See the link below for more info.
#CallForPapers #Medievalsky #Medievalism #CFP
#CallForPapers #Medievalsky #Medievalism #CFP
*The Politicized Premodern Past* – A new Call for Proposals from Radical History Review. Abstracts due October 15: www.radicalhistoryreview.org/the-politici...
October 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Deadline October 15: Radical History Review seeks proposals for a forthcoming issue on “The Politicized Premodern Past.” “Premodern” is loosely defined as 500–1500 CE, in any part of the world. We hope you will submit! See the link below for more info.
#CallForPapers #Medievalsky #Medievalism #CFP
#CallForPapers #Medievalsky #Medievalism #CFP
Read about the wonderful 'Museo Benozzo Gozzoli' in Castelfiorentino which houses a detailed reconstruction of 2 tabernacle oratories with stunning frescoes by Gozzoli.
*Read here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/three-hidd...
🗃️ #arthistory #medievalsky #skystorians #art #italy
*Read here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/three-hidd...
🗃️ #arthistory #medievalsky #skystorians #art #italy
October 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Read about the wonderful 'Museo Benozzo Gozzoli' in Castelfiorentino which houses a detailed reconstruction of 2 tabernacle oratories with stunning frescoes by Gozzoli.
*Read here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/three-hidd...
🗃️ #arthistory #medievalsky #skystorians #art #italy
*Read here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/three-hidd...
🗃️ #arthistory #medievalsky #skystorians #art #italy
#MedievalSky In case your students this week come in w/ questions about the Russian plague case currently in the news, you can tell them:
1) if this is plague (Yersinia pestis), there is nothing unusual about it (a) being in Russia or (b) being the subject of lab research. Plague is worldwide.
1) if this is plague (Yersinia pestis), there is nothing unusual about it (a) being in Russia or (b) being the subject of lab research. Plague is worldwide.
October 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
#MedievalSky In case your students this week come in w/ questions about the Russian plague case currently in the news, you can tell them:
1) if this is plague (Yersinia pestis), there is nothing unusual about it (a) being in Russia or (b) being the subject of lab research. Plague is worldwide.
1) if this is plague (Yersinia pestis), there is nothing unusual about it (a) being in Russia or (b) being the subject of lab research. Plague is worldwide.
Since I had the medieval manuscript books out, here’s an illustration from my copy of John O. Westwood’s Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts published in 1868 of the mid-8th-century Irish Gospels of St Gall. Westwood studied all of his facsimiles from sight before recreating.
October 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Since I had the medieval manuscript books out, here’s an illustration from my copy of John O. Westwood’s Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts published in 1868 of the mid-8th-century Irish Gospels of St Gall. Westwood studied all of his facsimiles from sight before recreating.
For example, did you know that not only there is such a thing as Viking kebab, but that it comes in a vending machine?? Ask the Icelanders, they'll know 🫔
#NorseMap #iViking #UCC #CACCS #FutureHumanities #CitizenScience #Vikings #Norse #Cork #PublicHistory #CulturalHeritage #ERC #MedievalSky
#NorseMap #iViking #UCC #CACCS #FutureHumanities #CitizenScience #Vikings #Norse #Cork #PublicHistory #CulturalHeritage #ERC #MedievalSky
October 5, 2026 at 12:03 PM
For example, did you know that not only there is such a thing as Viking kebab, but that it comes in a vending machine?? Ask the Icelanders, they'll know 🫔
#NorseMap #iViking #UCC #CACCS #FutureHumanities #CitizenScience #Vikings #Norse #Cork #PublicHistory #CulturalHeritage #ERC #MedievalSky
#NorseMap #iViking #UCC #CACCS #FutureHumanities #CitizenScience #Vikings #Norse #Cork #PublicHistory #CulturalHeritage #ERC #MedievalSky
We don't bury our iViking hoard away to be found centuries later! Instead, it's all available to scroll through both in app and on our website norsemap.eu.
You could even go to the map section and look through Viking heritage location by location and they may surprise you!🗺
#NorseMap #MedievalSky
You could even go to the map section and look through Viking heritage location by location and they may surprise you!🗺
#NorseMap #MedievalSky
October 5, 2026 at 12:03 PM
We don't bury our iViking hoard away to be found centuries later! Instead, it's all available to scroll through both in app and on our website norsemap.eu.
You could even go to the map section and look through Viking heritage location by location and they may surprise you!🗺
#NorseMap #MedievalSky
You could even go to the map section and look through Viking heritage location by location and they may surprise you!🗺
#NorseMap #MedievalSky
“nous devons de pouvoir reproduire les mosaïques de Palermo..”
For #MosaicMonday, an illustration that includes Byzantine influenced mosaics in medieval Italian architecture.
Plate from my copy of “L’Ornement Polychrome," by Auguste Racinet, published from 1869-87 by Firmin-Didot et Cie, Paris.
For #MosaicMonday, an illustration that includes Byzantine influenced mosaics in medieval Italian architecture.
Plate from my copy of “L’Ornement Polychrome," by Auguste Racinet, published from 1869-87 by Firmin-Didot et Cie, Paris.
October 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
“nous devons de pouvoir reproduire les mosaïques de Palermo..”
For #MosaicMonday, an illustration that includes Byzantine influenced mosaics in medieval Italian architecture.
Plate from my copy of “L’Ornement Polychrome," by Auguste Racinet, published from 1869-87 by Firmin-Didot et Cie, Paris.
For #MosaicMonday, an illustration that includes Byzantine influenced mosaics in medieval Italian architecture.
Plate from my copy of “L’Ornement Polychrome," by Auguste Racinet, published from 1869-87 by Firmin-Didot et Cie, Paris.
📢Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜The #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖 Old English Biblical Prose: Translation, Adaptation, Interpretation
✍️ Francis Leneghan
📲 Boydell and Brewer: boydellandbrewer.com/book/old-eng...
📜The #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖 Old English Biblical Prose: Translation, Adaptation, Interpretation
✍️ Francis Leneghan
📲 Boydell and Brewer: boydellandbrewer.com/book/old-eng...
October 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
📢Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜The #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖 Old English Biblical Prose: Translation, Adaptation, Interpretation
✍️ Francis Leneghan
📲 Boydell and Brewer: boydellandbrewer.com/book/old-eng...
📜The #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖 Old English Biblical Prose: Translation, Adaptation, Interpretation
✍️ Francis Leneghan
📲 Boydell and Brewer: boydellandbrewer.com/book/old-eng...
For those following my extrication/edition/translation of Umdat al-Kuttab, the 11th century book arts treatise (and major source for my own, Inks & Paints of the Islamic Golden Age), I made a bookmarkable page for all updates: majnouna.com/umda
Its own password is simply: umda
#medievalsky #bookarts
Its own password is simply: umda
#medievalsky #bookarts
Umda Updates Master Page - Majnouna
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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October 5, 2026 at 9:32 AM
For those following my extrication/edition/translation of Umdat al-Kuttab, the 11th century book arts treatise (and major source for my own, Inks & Paints of the Islamic Golden Age), I made a bookmarkable page for all updates: majnouna.com/umda
Its own password is simply: umda
#medievalsky #bookarts
Its own password is simply: umda
#medievalsky #bookarts
On Thursday 15th October, we have our next seminar with papers by Samuel Rowe and Riccardo Brighenti!
Follow the link to register your interest here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
#medievalsky #thelongmiddleages
Follow the link to register your interest here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
#medievalsky #thelongmiddleages
October 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
On Thursday 15th October, we have our next seminar with papers by Samuel Rowe and Riccardo Brighenti!
Follow the link to register your interest here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
#medievalsky #thelongmiddleages
Follow the link to register your interest here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
#medievalsky #thelongmiddleages
And now last version of our flyer for the annual meeting of the INTERNATIONAL BOCCACCIO EDITION
#medievalsky
#earlymodern
@fidromanistik.bsky.social
#medievalsky
#earlymodern
@fidromanistik.bsky.social
October 5, 2026 at 8:41 AM
And now last version of our flyer for the annual meeting of the INTERNATIONAL BOCCACCIO EDITION
#medievalsky
#earlymodern
@fidromanistik.bsky.social
#medievalsky
#earlymodern
@fidromanistik.bsky.social
The Warwick STVDIO series is back this term with papers on manuscript hunting, global science and divination in the Renaissance! Talks start at 5pm UK time.
More details of what’s on and how to join us in the link and below 👇🏼
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren...
#medievalsky #EarlyModern #BookHistory
More details of what’s on and how to join us in the link and below 👇🏼
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren...
#medievalsky #EarlyModern #BookHistory
STVDIO
Studio; Stvdio; Renaissance; research; seminars
warwick.ac.uk
October 5, 2026 at 7:25 AM
The Warwick STVDIO series is back this term with papers on manuscript hunting, global science and divination in the Renaissance! Talks start at 5pm UK time.
More details of what’s on and how to join us in the link and below 👇🏼
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren...
#medievalsky #EarlyModern #BookHistory
More details of what’s on and how to join us in the link and below 👇🏼
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren...
#medievalsky #EarlyModern #BookHistory
In London today filming for a short stint on a documentary. Another lovely drawing by J. Robert Travis of the runestone from St Paul’s Cathedral #London commemorating Ginna and Toki, early 11th Century. Museum of London #medievalsky Imagine how different London looked when this stone was raised!
October 5, 2026 at 7:20 AM
In London today filming for a short stint on a documentary. Another lovely drawing by J. Robert Travis of the runestone from St Paul’s Cathedral #London commemorating Ginna and Toki, early 11th Century. Museum of London #medievalsky Imagine how different London looked when this stone was raised!
The story is told that when St Patrick was trying to convert king Lóegaire (King of Tara/High King of Ireland) to Christianity, the soul/ #ghost of Cú Chulainn appeared in his chariot, warning him of the torments of hell! 🎨'Cuchulain in Battle' JC Leyendecker #Irish #medievalsky #MythologyMonday 👻
October 5, 2026 at 4:54 AM
The story is told that when St Patrick was trying to convert king Lóegaire (King of Tara/High King of Ireland) to Christianity, the soul/ #ghost of Cú Chulainn appeared in his chariot, warning him of the torments of hell! 🎨'Cuchulain in Battle' JC Leyendecker #Irish #medievalsky #MythologyMonday 👻
As an ex-Humanities & Head of RE teacher, I wrote my book in part as a resource for TEACHERS! St Patrick's sister, St Lupait's story is great for teaching about the production of flax to linen! All the hard technical terms are there in an interesting way! #Ireland #medievalsky #WorldTeachersDay 👩🏫👩🎓
October 5, 2026 at 4:49 AM
As an ex-Humanities & Head of RE teacher, I wrote my book in part as a resource for TEACHERS! St Patrick's sister, St Lupait's story is great for teaching about the production of flax to linen! All the hard technical terms are there in an interesting way! #Ireland #medievalsky #WorldTeachersDay 👩🏫👩🎓
5 Oct: Arrival of relics of saints of Ireland, gathered by Mac ind Éicis, likely for #Tallaght #Dublin (Prof Elva Johnston). Love the story of St Máedóc hua Dunlaing cutting off his wee finger for St Onchú for a relic!
📷Shrine of St Lachtin's Arm, AD 1120. @nmireland.bsky.social ©mine
#medievalsky
📷Shrine of St Lachtin's Arm, AD 1120. @nmireland.bsky.social ©mine
#medievalsky
October 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM
5 Oct: Arrival of relics of saints of Ireland, gathered by Mac ind Éicis, likely for #Tallaght #Dublin (Prof Elva Johnston). Love the story of St Máedóc hua Dunlaing cutting off his wee finger for St Onchú for a relic!
📷Shrine of St Lachtin's Arm, AD 1120. @nmireland.bsky.social ©mine
#medievalsky
📷Shrine of St Lachtin's Arm, AD 1120. @nmireland.bsky.social ©mine
#medievalsky
5 Oct: Feast Day of Ss Colmán a bishop, Fortech "a safe foundation" & Dub dá Locha "whom I follow". Quotes from MartG. Little-known saints in medieval Irish martyrologies. Unknown when or where they lived. >120 Irish St Colmáns! 📷High Cross of Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly ©John Caplis #medievalsky
October 5, 2026 at 4:41 AM
5 Oct: Feast Day of Ss Colmán a bishop, Fortech "a safe foundation" & Dub dá Locha "whom I follow". Quotes from MartG. Little-known saints in medieval Irish martyrologies. Unknown when or where they lived. >120 Irish St Colmáns! 📷High Cross of Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly ©John Caplis #medievalsky
5 Oct: St Baethallach/Baothghalach. Bishop of Ath-Truim/ #Trim #Meath (d. 752 MartD or 756 Pádraig Ó Riain). From royal house of the Nialls. One of 3 brothers. Foundation of Trim is ascribed to St Patrick in Irish annals. ‘Baithalach to whom I pray’ MartG. 📷Trim Cathedral ©Jay Bryant #medievalsky
October 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM
5 Oct: St Baethallach/Baothghalach. Bishop of Ath-Truim/ #Trim #Meath (d. 752 MartD or 756 Pádraig Ó Riain). From royal house of the Nialls. One of 3 brothers. Foundation of Trim is ascribed to St Patrick in Irish annals. ‘Baithalach to whom I pray’ MartG. 📷Trim Cathedral ©Jay Bryant #medievalsky
5 Oct, 9 Nov: Feast Days of St Sinech daughter of Fergna. Of Cell Roiss #Kildare, Ard Cróine/Ardcroney #Tipperary, Cluain Lethtengad/ #Kilshine #Meath, Cruachan Maige Abnae/ #Crohane📷 #Tipperary & Etargabal #Osraige (#Kilkenny) (Prof Elva Johnston). #medievalsky historicgraves.com/graveyard/cr...
October 5, 2026 at 4:37 AM
5 Oct, 9 Nov: Feast Days of St Sinech daughter of Fergna. Of Cell Roiss #Kildare, Ard Cróine/Ardcroney #Tipperary, Cluain Lethtengad/ #Kilshine #Meath, Cruachan Maige Abnae/ #Crohane📷 #Tipperary & Etargabal #Osraige (#Kilkenny) (Prof Elva Johnston). #medievalsky historicgraves.com/graveyard/cr...