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How late medieval Middle Eastern peasants adopted Arab cultural identities and formed village clans.
Becoming Arab by Yossef Rapoport arrives next week on 18 November (13 Jan UK pub).
Preorder yours today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#History
Becoming Arab by Yossef Rapoport arrives next week on 18 November (13 Jan UK pub).
Preorder yours today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#History
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How late medieval Middle Eastern peasants adopted Arab cultural identities and formed village clans.
Becoming Arab by Yossef Rapoport arrives next week on 18 November (13 Jan UK pub).
Preorder yours today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#History
Becoming Arab by Yossef Rapoport arrives next week on 18 November (13 Jan UK pub).
Preorder yours today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#History
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Just found out about this amazing example of #manuscript #recycling . The whole manuscript is made up from the margins of an earlier liturgical manuscript, cut out and rearranged (hence the unusual format), the (mostly) blank margins then used to copy various magical texts in the mid 16th century.
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Just found out about this amazing example of #manuscript #recycling . The whole manuscript is made up from the margins of an earlier liturgical manuscript, cut out and rearranged (hence the unusual format), the (mostly) blank margins then used to copy various magical texts in the mid 16th century.
This is more of a sneeze than a question. This is more of a yawn than a question. Hi thanks for your talk. This is more of a threat than a question
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is more of a sneeze than a question. This is more of a yawn than a question. Hi thanks for your talk. This is more of a threat than a question
Roommate listening to Oppenheimer soundtrack in the shower
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Roommate listening to Oppenheimer soundtrack in the shower
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Medieval angel roof boss
October 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Medieval angel roof boss
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"Jonah and the Whale", Folio Probably from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)
Persia, c. 1400
(Met Museum)
Persia, c. 1400
(Met Museum)
September 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"Jonah and the Whale", Folio Probably from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)
Persia, c. 1400
(Met Museum)
Persia, c. 1400
(Met Museum)
Graduate education at its best follows a kind of dream logic, and at its worst the logic of a paranoid conspiracy theorist. The rules of association in either case are functionally the same
September 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Graduate education at its best follows a kind of dream logic, and at its worst the logic of a paranoid conspiracy theorist. The rules of association in either case are functionally the same
Getting confused and wishing the hasidim an Eid Mubarak
September 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Getting confused and wishing the hasidim an Eid Mubarak
9th century rabbi described posthumously by his students as "accustomed to amulets and whispers, and similar things"
September 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
9th century rabbi described posthumously by his students as "accustomed to amulets and whispers, and similar things"
55 EARTHEN CAULDRONS 55 COPPER POTS 55 ANDALUSI ROBES 55 RAW ANDALUSI CLOTHS 100 CLAY LAMPS 100 BAHARS OF SANDALWOOD 100 MANNS OF SILK 100 DINARS OF SILVER 100 SHEETS OF PAPER 55 BAHARS OF IRON 55 DAMASCENE SWORDS 55 BAHARS OF PEPPER 55 BAHARS OF CARDAMOM 155 BETEL NUTS
September 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
55 EARTHEN CAULDRONS 55 COPPER POTS 55 ANDALUSI ROBES 55 RAW ANDALUSI CLOTHS 100 CLAY LAMPS 100 BAHARS OF SANDALWOOD 100 MANNS OF SILK 100 DINARS OF SILVER 100 SHEETS OF PAPER 55 BAHARS OF IRON 55 DAMASCENE SWORDS 55 BAHARS OF PEPPER 55 BAHARS OF CARDAMOM 155 BETEL NUTS
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Earliest example of a lead funerary cross from pre-Conquest England: “On the 11th March 1063 departed out of this life Wlfmaeg, sister of Wlfric the Abbot”. St Augustine’s, Canterbury.
August 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Earliest example of a lead funerary cross from pre-Conquest England: “On the 11th March 1063 departed out of this life Wlfmaeg, sister of Wlfric the Abbot”. St Augustine’s, Canterbury.
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Not only does the name Yaḥyā occur in the Geniza letters, so does the Berber equivalent Yedder, in a letter dated 1038 AD - although not in a context that would tell us the bearer's religion.
geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
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geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
bsky.app/profile/rach...
August 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Not only does the name Yaḥyā occur in the Geniza letters, so does the Berber equivalent Yedder, in a letter dated 1038 AD - although not in a context that would tell us the bearer's religion.
geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
bsky.app/profile/rach...
geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...
bsky.app/profile/rach...
regularly putting "journal 2 pages" and "read novel" on my to-do list to ensure I maintain a relationship with my soul over the next six years
August 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
regularly putting "journal 2 pages" and "read novel" on my to-do list to ensure I maintain a relationship with my soul over the next six years
the use of the phrase "exotic eastern landscapes" re: a memoir by Edward Said has to be intentionally ironic right
July 31, 2025 at 5:58 AM
the use of the phrase "exotic eastern landscapes" re: a memoir by Edward Said has to be intentionally ironic right
Impossible to go to LA without feeling like the Woody Allen character in Annie Hall
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Impossible to go to LA without feeling like the Woody Allen character in Annie Hall
studying a language feels so good when you finally make it to the body horror unit
July 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
studying a language feels so good when you finally make it to the body horror unit
Slavoj Žižek offers keynote address “What is Violence?” at the Lockheed Martin annual Ideas Summit in Aspen
July 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Slavoj Žižek offers keynote address “What is Violence?” at the Lockheed Martin annual Ideas Summit in Aspen
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The Minotaur in the the labyrinth: we also see mentioned King Minos, the designer Daedalus, and his son Icarus
Ghent University Library MS 92; Lambertus a S. Audomaro, Liber Floridus; 1121 CE; f.20r
Ghent University Library MS 92; Lambertus a S. Audomaro, Liber Floridus; 1121 CE; f.20r
July 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Minotaur in the the labyrinth: we also see mentioned King Minos, the designer Daedalus, and his son Icarus
Ghent University Library MS 92; Lambertus a S. Audomaro, Liber Floridus; 1121 CE; f.20r
Ghent University Library MS 92; Lambertus a S. Audomaro, Liber Floridus; 1121 CE; f.20r
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Monumental three-volume Handbook of Epigraphic Cultures to be published by De Gruyter, early next year hopefully. Open Access eBook! Includes chapters on Khitan and Tangut epigraphy.
![Flyer publicizing two forthcoming Handbooks on Material Text Culture from De Gruyter: Handbook of Medieval Book Ornament [ISBN 978-3-11-141107-1] and Handbook of Epigraphic Cultures (3 volumes) [ISBN 978-3-11-124094-7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7v2mqh7dhocngomglc7mhl6g/bafkreieitzyb7auatvu2bfnkhs4cku2qwjdimhiu37ypjaixtoc44wvpty@jpeg)
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Monumental three-volume Handbook of Epigraphic Cultures to be published by De Gruyter, early next year hopefully. Open Access eBook! Includes chapters on Khitan and Tangut epigraphy.
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Uncatalogued Arabic manuscript from West Africa — a fragmented. Loose leaves, varying paper sizes. Topics include mathematics, astrology, talismans, magic, divination, and treatises. I am looking for assistance with describing this manuscript, if interested, please DM me. Thanks
July 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Uncatalogued Arabic manuscript from West Africa — a fragmented. Loose leaves, varying paper sizes. Topics include mathematics, astrology, talismans, magic, divination, and treatises. I am looking for assistance with describing this manuscript, if interested, please DM me. Thanks
This is how I speak Arabic
This weather is too many. Please remove several.
July 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is how I speak Arabic
Mūsa receives the Torah from the angel Jibril
June 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Mūsa receives the Torah from the angel Jibril
I was in the foothills of the Himalayas with Xi Jinping
June 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I was in the foothills of the Himalayas with Xi Jinping