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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 23m

We had a fun couple of hours prototyping the field guide on historical rephotography that we’re making for the #digifren project, drawing on postdoc Malin’s high school training in arts and design and the Layers of Time collage workshop I attended with Yannick Lowery in Philly last October.

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Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 1d

Feels like it’s been a while since I put my workplace here. This is Skara Brae right now 🏺🧪🌊

Grass of various lengths around and over a 5000 year old stone village. The houses are beside a rocky coast, and the North Atlantic is off to the far right, with ominous rain clouds.

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 4h

London is proud to host Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament this week - it's fantastic to see the the teams using our cycling infrastructure to get around.

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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 42m

Delighted to share the North American cover for LIFELINES. With huge thanks to Nicole Caputo for the beautiful design and for placing Edward Lear's 1837 lithograph of a Dalmatian pelican at its heart. Published by Godine on April 14th, it's available to pre-order now!
bookshop.org/p/books/life...

A book cover depicting a Dalmatian pelican surrounded by yellow and white flowers, a fire salamander, a peacockk butterfly and a firefly against a purple-blue background suggesting mountains.

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Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · 1h

Orange plate from 1450 & a book by @joannapocock.bsky.social which is everything I’d hoped it would be

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Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social · 39m

Astonishing limewood carving by James Peake, 1895

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 8h

#Roman ferryboat (traghetto) -
3rd Century CE

One example of the remains of 30 vessels found in 1998.

Now in Museo delle Navi Antiche di Pisa, #Pisa

#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday

The keel, ribs & planks that were preserved in the mud.

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Catherine Hartmann 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇧🇪 🇮🇪 @cathhart.bsky.social · 5h

'Metall' #FotoVorschlag
Königliche Gewächshäuser, Laken, Brüssel

#photography 📷

The image showcases the interior of a glass-domed and metal structure, the royal greenhouses of Brussels. The framework is painted a verdant green, creating a striking grid pattern against the backdrop of the sky visible through the glass panes. The design is ornate, with curved lines converging towards the center of the dome. The clear sky is visible through the panes. The architecture is elegant, showcasing a historical structure.

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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 7h

Thought lost when it closed in 2017, the Jeremy Bentham pub on University Street has risen from the ashes

The Jeremy Bentham pub on University Street, with green walls, benches, and a drawing of Bentham on a sign by the door

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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 9h

It is briefings day!

We are releasing newly updated versions of our briefings, plus three new ones!

The series covers topics from the constitutional principles that underpin democracy to the role of citizens' assemblies.

Use this mega-thread to browse them.

And find out more 👇

Constitution Unit publishes new briefings on constitutional principles and the health of democracy

The Constitution Unit has today published new and updated briefings as part of its Constitutional Principles and the Health of Democracy project.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 10h

“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster...For when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”
Friedrich Nietzsche, influential German philosopher, born #OTD 1844.
Jenseits von Gut und Böse 1886 | Portrait by Edvard Munch 1906, Thielska Gallery

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 10h

Founder of modern anatomy: Andreas Vesalius, Flemish physician, died #OTD 1564; author of groundbreaking work De Humani Corporis Fabrica, published in 7 volumes in 1543.
Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans | The Wellcome Library, London

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 10h

Beyond Vienna. -- The "Wittgenstein-Path" in Trattenbach. He used to walk up here to lunch. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria #philosophy

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 1d

Duccio's “Maestà” - 1311

Sometimes you have to pinch yourself …….
did I really stand so close today to this amazing masterpiece?

No words can express the feeling!

Museo dell’Opera #Siena #Italy

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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 1d

At the Freud Museum in Vienna last year.

Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · Nov 6

There isn’t a lot left at Berggasse following Freud’s exile to England, but you can occupy the position of the analysand.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 1d

Off to Trier for the Major State Exhibition "Marcus Aurelius." Looking forward to meeting my museum buddy @alisonfisk.bsky.social again!

The photo shows the Porta Nigra in Trier, a Roman city gate, dating 2nd century AD.

A photo of the Porta Nigra, a massive Roman city gate in Trier. Constructed of sandstone blocks, featuring two large cylindrical towers with multiple arched windows and passageways. The weathered structure stands prominently in a modern urban setting, surrounded by buildings. Sunlight casts shadows on the stone facade, highlighting its intricate details and imposing presence.

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 2d

Today's marginal #musicians are playing the #lute and singing from partbooks.
Detail from Cipriano de Rore's Da pacem Domine, in a lavish #choirbook from 1559.
BSB Mus. ms. B(1.
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymodern #16thCentury #illuminatedmanuscript

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 1d

Beyond Vienna. -- Autumnal countryside in the Steiermark. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d

New Worlds: The Geographer, 1669 by Johannes Vermeer, possibly inspired by Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. Textiles & cartography reflect East Indies trade & exploration, with wall chart by Blaeu & terrestrial globe on cabinet by Hondius the Elder, born #OTD 1563.
Städel Museum Frankfurt

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Mark Kirby @markkirby.bsky.social · 2d

Here we are. These are of the library in its 1906-75 home, built by Read & MacDonald. The bookcases are 1738/39 & were relocated from their previous home. The new library was built with the same dimensions as the old, so this gives us our best idea of what the previous one looked like.

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Richard Osgood @richardosgood.bsky.social · 1d

The new MOD sanctuary magazine is out and it’s rammed with archaeology!! assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68e501...

A stag facing left with golden background. This is the cover of the 2025 Ministry of Defence Sanctuary Magazine

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 1d

Parisian arcades.

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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 1d

This looks great 👇👇, and also there is an open-access version of the 400-page exhibition catalog online, for those of us sadly unable to travel and see the objects displayed in person: books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//arthistoric... #medievalsky

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Elisabeth Ansel @elisabethansel.bsky.social · 2d

What a pleasure to study William Blake's unique illustrations for Thomas Gray's poem "The Bard" at the YCBA. Blake inserted the printed text into a cutout in the centre of a larger sheet of watercolor paper, an absolutely novel way of approaching the relationship between text and image.

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Christian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 1d

Checking out the Viking-Age hall reconstruction in Lejre, Denmark

A 60m-long Viking-Age wooden hall reconstruction in Lejre, in green surroundings

A decorated internal archway in the Viking-Age wooden hall reconstruction in Lejre

The main internal space in the Viking-Age wooden hall reconstruction in Lejre, with various furnishing surrounding a central firepit.

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