Stewart J. Brookes
@stewartbrookes.bsky.social
Cataloguing medieval manuscripts @bodleianlibs| Co-director of Models of Authority: http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk | F-shaped "y" is where it's at!
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A reminder of the 'Teaching With Ovid' symposium - accepting paper and panel proposals through to January! Do you use Ovid in teaching, or do you have an idea you'd like to road-test?
The International Ovidian Society and Soc. Ovidiana (a medieval outfit) have teamed up. All disciplines welcome!
The International Ovidian Society and Soc. Ovidiana (a medieval outfit) have teamed up. All disciplines welcome!
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A reminder of the 'Teaching With Ovid' symposium - accepting paper and panel proposals through to January! Do you use Ovid in teaching, or do you have an idea you'd like to road-test?
The International Ovidian Society and Soc. Ovidiana (a medieval outfit) have teamed up. All disciplines welcome!
The International Ovidian Society and Soc. Ovidiana (a medieval outfit) have teamed up. All disciplines welcome!
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Thank you for your service, @fakehistoryhunter.net! #BlamePetrarch
In stead of sending a link to old threads every time someone uses the term "Dark Ages", I decided to put it all in an article.
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”
This is not YET another article on why calling the early middle ages the dark ages is iffy, it’s a list of sources & references. These days most historians no longer use the term “D…
fakehistoryhunter.net
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Thank you for your service, @fakehistoryhunter.net! #BlamePetrarch
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20th November is the feast of St Edmund King and Martyr. Here is depicted his martyrdom, & the finding of his head which was being guarded by a wolf.
Morgan Library MS M.736; Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund; England, Bury St Edmunds; ca. 1130; ff.14r, 14v, 16r, 16v
Morgan Library MS M.736; Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund; England, Bury St Edmunds; ca. 1130; ff.14r, 14v, 16r, 16v
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
20th November is the feast of St Edmund King and Martyr. Here is depicted his martyrdom, & the finding of his head which was being guarded by a wolf.
Morgan Library MS M.736; Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund; England, Bury St Edmunds; ca. 1130; ff.14r, 14v, 16r, 16v
Morgan Library MS M.736; Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund; England, Bury St Edmunds; ca. 1130; ff.14r, 14v, 16r, 16v
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@monicamedhist.bsky.social for the win! This thread is pure awesomeness and a fantastic example of 1) #ImagingProblems 2) what can happen when we deign to imagine the possibility that medieval women (gasp) had thoughts and knowledge and wrote things!
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
@monicamedhist.bsky.social for the win! This thread is pure awesomeness and a fantastic example of 1) #ImagingProblems 2) what can happen when we deign to imagine the possibility that medieval women (gasp) had thoughts and knowledge and wrote things!
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Living my best life![1]
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Broxb. 90.28)
[1] Aside from playing board games with my kids 😏
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Broxb. 90.28)
[1] Aside from playing board games with my kids 😏
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Living my best life![1]
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Broxb. 90.28)
[1] Aside from playing board games with my kids 😏
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Broxb. 90.28)
[1] Aside from playing board games with my kids 😏
I’m*very* excited The Voynich Puzzle board game has arrived! It might not help me solve the Voynich manuscript (where would be the fun it that?) but it will help me solve the puzzle of what to do on Shabbat and Sunday afternoons w/ our kids 😏
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social @lisafdavis.bsky.social
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social @lisafdavis.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I’m*very* excited The Voynich Puzzle board game has arrived! It might not help me solve the Voynich manuscript (where would be the fun it that?) but it will help me solve the puzzle of what to do on Shabbat and Sunday afternoons w/ our kids 😏
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social @lisafdavis.bsky.social
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social @lisafdavis.bsky.social
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For those who missed it, I'm crowdfunding for the revised edition of this handbook of mine. We've reached the funding goal but there are still rewards and add-ons to be had... #bookarts
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
For those who missed it, I'm crowdfunding for the revised edition of this handbook of mine. We've reached the funding goal but there are still rewards and add-ons to be had... #bookarts
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Nine...
I've received EIGHT #Voynich solutions in November alone. Can that pace be sustained? Stay tuned...
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Nine...
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I’m excited to be presenting at Limmud Festival 2025 – a celebration of Jewish learning, culture, and creativity!
Join me (and about 2000 others!) for an unforgettable experience this December.
👉 You can book now at www.limmud.org/festival
Join me (and about 2000 others!) for an unforgettable experience this December.
👉 You can book now at www.limmud.org/festival
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I’m excited to be presenting at Limmud Festival 2025 – a celebration of Jewish learning, culture, and creativity!
Join me (and about 2000 others!) for an unforgettable experience this December.
👉 You can book now at www.limmud.org/festival
Join me (and about 2000 others!) for an unforgettable experience this December.
👉 You can book now at www.limmud.org/festival
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@bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Addit. B. 1. The manuscript has been described and edited by Frank Klaassen in his book "Making Magic in Elizabethan England" (he calls it the "Antiphoner Notebook") doi.org/10.5325/j.ct...
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Addit. B. 1. The manuscript has been described and edited by Frank Klaassen in his book "Making Magic in Elizabethan England" (he calls it the "Antiphoner Notebook") doi.org/10.5325/j.ct...
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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.
Living my best life![1]
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Broxb. 90.28)
[1] Aside from playing board games with my kids 😏
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Broxb. 90.28)
[1] Aside from playing board games with my kids 😏
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Living my best life![1]
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Broxb. 90.28)
[1] Aside from playing board games with my kids 😏
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Broxb. 90.28)
[1] Aside from playing board games with my kids 😏
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I love visiting a fellow art historian’s home and looking at the bookshelves where the evidence of shared disciplinary foundations are written right there in the near perfect replication of my library in theirs.
November 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I love visiting a fellow art historian’s home and looking at the bookshelves where the evidence of shared disciplinary foundations are written right there in the near perfect replication of my library in theirs.
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Eleven #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a text on the Barberini Lyre, more papal writings, Caesar's Wars (several), some Neo-Latin, a catalogue of printed books... and more! #MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a text on the Barberini Lyre, more papal writings, Caesar's Wars (several), some Neo-Latin, a catalogue of printed books... and more! #MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 44 of 2025
Eleven total manuscripts were digitized in the past week. These consisted of six from Barb.lat, four from Ott.lat, and a single volume, a 17th C catalogue of printed books, from Vat.lat.
To the right...
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November 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Eleven #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a text on the Barberini Lyre, more papal writings, Caesar's Wars (several), some Neo-Latin, a catalogue of printed books... and more! #MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a text on the Barberini Lyre, more papal writings, Caesar's Wars (several), some Neo-Latin, a catalogue of printed books... and more! #MedievalSky #Skystorians
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I regret to inform you all that Kpop demon hunters is exactly as fun and delightful as everyone has been saying
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I regret to inform you all that Kpop demon hunters is exactly as fun and delightful as everyone has been saying
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I hate it when everybody is right!
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I hate it when everybody is right!
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Well played, Connections! I didn’t stand a ghost of a chance…
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Well played, Connections! I didn’t stand a ghost of a chance…
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may not make it in the actual book).
Right, that's long enough! But please do share and help me make this happen 🫶🎨📚
Here's the link again:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
#islamicart #medievalsky #historicalinks #recreation
Right, that's long enough! But please do share and help me make this happen 🫶🎨📚
Here's the link again:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
#islamicart #medievalsky #historicalinks #recreation
Coming soon: Inks & Paints of the Middle East REVISED
A new, updated edition of my groundbreaking handbook of early Islamic art technology, incorporating five more years of research.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
may not make it in the actual book).
Right, that's long enough! But please do share and help me make this happen 🫶🎨📚
Here's the link again:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
#islamicart #medievalsky #historicalinks #recreation
Right, that's long enough! But please do share and help me make this happen 🫶🎨📚
Here's the link again:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
#islamicart #medievalsky #historicalinks #recreation
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… it's time for another Kickstarter. I'm still hammering out some details, but plan to launch in November. If you have an interest in this area, I'd love it if you signed up to be notified and/or shared the link with someone who would be. Read on for more info…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
Coming soon: Inks & Paints of the Middle East REVISED
A new, updated edition of my groundbreaking handbook of early Islamic art technology, incorporating five more years of research.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
… it's time for another Kickstarter. I'm still hammering out some details, but plan to launch in November. If you have an interest in this area, I'd love it if you signed up to be notified and/or shared the link with someone who would be. Read on for more info…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
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Is there anyone on Bsky who remembers this book? It's been out of print for a while, because it needs revising in the light of 5 more years of research & experience (including a proper translation of Umdat ul-Kuttab). Being unpaid work, I've simply not been able to prioritise this, so I've decided…
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Is there anyone on Bsky who remembers this book? It's been out of print for a while, because it needs revising in the light of 5 more years of research & experience (including a proper translation of Umdat ul-Kuttab). Being unpaid work, I've simply not been able to prioritise this, so I've decided…
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It is true: many things were indeed invented in early modernity! It is also true that many things were only “invented” in early modernity because modern historians don’t like reading Latin or Arabic or Greek.
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It is true: many things were indeed invented in early modernity! It is also true that many things were only “invented” in early modernity because modern historians don’t like reading Latin or Arabic or Greek.
Well played, Connections! I didn’t stand a ghost of a chance…
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Well played, Connections! I didn’t stand a ghost of a chance…
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Not a recommendation, just a discovery made off the back of your post (via a Reddit discussion about how Memrise had killed itself off): mylittlewordland.com/course/35118...
My Little Word Land
mylittlewordland.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Not a recommendation, just a discovery made off the back of your post (via a Reddit discussion about how Memrise had killed itself off): mylittlewordland.com/course/35118...
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Take a look at this 12th century collection of works by Augustine. It's written in a clear transitional (or protogothic) script by 4 different hands, and is simply decorated with large initials in red. Look for a mend in the parchment! (UPenn Ms. Codex 708) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/471CL1p
🔗: https://bit.ly/471CL1p
October 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Take a look at this 12th century collection of works by Augustine. It's written in a clear transitional (or protogothic) script by 4 different hands, and is simply decorated with large initials in red. Look for a mend in the parchment! (UPenn Ms. Codex 708) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/471CL1p
🔗: https://bit.ly/471CL1p