Daniel Bellingradt
@dbellingradt.bsky.social
Historian of communication flows currently at Universität Augsburg | Co-editor of JbKG https://t1p.de/JbKG | Team #skystorians | I have friends everywhere | And I do enjoy my work |
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“Glühwein, Plätzchen, Weihnachtsmarkt? Nach meiner Kenntnis ist das sofort - unverzüglich.”
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
“Glühwein, Plätzchen, Weihnachtsmarkt? Nach meiner Kenntnis ist das sofort - unverzüglich.”
And here is the scene and image in full glory:
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
And here is the scene and image in full glory:
He fell asleep in 1782, took a nap while sitting at a crowded table, being surrounded by fellow humans discussing importrant things in a meeting, and eventually everyone present realized the sleeper cell among them (see the lovely "attention" hint and manicule in the image).
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
He fell asleep in 1782, took a nap while sitting at a crowded table, being surrounded by fellow humans discussing importrant things in a meeting, and eventually everyone present realized the sleeper cell among them (see the lovely "attention" hint and manicule in the image).
*laughs in historian* “… ranks among the 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton…”
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
*laughs in historian* “… ranks among the 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton…”
“How utterly humiliating… they cancelled my lower parts”
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
“How utterly humiliating… they cancelled my lower parts”
Let’s talk about unfinished parts in medieval and early modern manuscripts. Why would you chose to not finish, for example, a figure on an illuminated manuscript page? The lower body part of the man on the left is only drawn, no colours at all… #bookhistory
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Let’s talk about unfinished parts in medieval and early modern manuscripts. Why would you chose to not finish, for example, a figure on an illuminated manuscript page? The lower body part of the man on the left is only drawn, no colours at all… #bookhistory
What kind of #earlymodern knee pad would you choose to look fancy around the year 1500? I would totally be wearing number 7 or 10. #skystorians
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What kind of #earlymodern knee pad would you choose to look fancy around the year 1500? I would totally be wearing number 7 or 10. #skystorians
Let the ball games begin …
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Let the ball games begin …
Gangnam Style 1493.
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Gangnam Style 1493.
I mean, why not enjoy yourself, while being seated on top of ruined stony building that is sailing, on a wooden ship, powered by a mysterious energy that needs an exhaust pipe in the 1660s...
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I mean, why not enjoy yourself, while being seated on top of ruined stony building that is sailing, on a wooden ship, powered by a mysterious energy that needs an exhaust pipe in the 1660s...
I am yet unsure about the meaning of this #earlymodern image of Vulcanus, the god of fire (of volcanoes) and metalworking, sitting absolutely relaxed holding a blacksmith's hammer, but he looks like he's enjoying himself, doesn't he? #vulcano
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I am yet unsure about the meaning of this #earlymodern image of Vulcanus, the god of fire (of volcanoes) and metalworking, sitting absolutely relaxed holding a blacksmith's hammer, but he looks like he's enjoying himself, doesn't he? #vulcano
And here is the image of the Swiss dragons flying around Mount Pilatus, and eventually being killed (the other image). In the long term, this is how Kircher contributed to tourism marketing of Black Forest lakes and Swiss mountains...
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
And here is the image of the Swiss dragons flying around Mount Pilatus, and eventually being killed (the other image). In the long term, this is how Kircher contributed to tourism marketing of Black Forest lakes and Swiss mountains...
And of course, while dragons were swimming in a lake in the Black Forest, there were dragons in Central Switzerland too. Like here, at the Mount Pilatus, a mountain massif overlooking Lucerne, a few dragons were hiding over here having a good time ...
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
And of course, while dragons were swimming in a lake in the Black Forest, there were dragons in Central Switzerland too. Like here, at the Mount Pilatus, a mountain massif overlooking Lucerne, a few dragons were hiding over here having a good time ...
Did I mention yet that Kircher also features a story about dragons being present in the German lake "Mummelsee"? Well, you better watch out, tourists of today, when visiting this fine spot in the Black Forest... I count at least 2 dragons in this image.
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Did I mention yet that Kircher also features a story about dragons being present in the German lake "Mummelsee"? Well, you better watch out, tourists of today, when visiting this fine spot in the Black Forest... I count at least 2 dragons in this image.
Another page in Kircher's book, another dragon. This one looks rather scary compared to the other ones ...
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Another page in Kircher's book, another dragon. This one looks rather scary compared to the other ones ...
In fact, Kircher is highlighting a lot of dragons in his book, like this one, the "Draco Helveticus..."
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In fact, Kircher is highlighting a lot of dragons in his book, like this one, the "Draco Helveticus..."
While the flying dragon was in fact a paper dragon made to impress non-Christians, this one, also featured in Kircher's book, was a real dragon: "Hic est Draco..."
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
While the flying dragon was in fact a paper dragon made to impress non-Christians, this one, also featured in Kircher's book, was a real dragon: "Hic est Draco..."
And here is the page with the dragon in full glory:
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
And here is the page with the dragon in full glory:
Dancing AI robots.
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Dancing AI robots.
For reference, this is how the real version of the digitized book looks like:
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
For reference, this is how the real version of the digitized book looks like:
That’s a book from 1756 you won’t find in the catalogues. It’s art from Hito Steyerl, and featured this weekend in the German SZ Magazin. The real Codex Maximilianeus Bavaricus Civilis exists, but without #AI robots on the title page next to an entry about “Leibeigenschaft” #bookhistory #skystorians
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
That’s a book from 1756 you won’t find in the catalogues. It’s art from Hito Steyerl, and featured this weekend in the German SZ Magazin. The real Codex Maximilianeus Bavaricus Civilis exists, but without #AI robots on the title page next to an entry about “Leibeigenschaft” #bookhistory #skystorians
The whole story, in Dutch and German, can be seen on this broadside. If you read German or Dutch, enjoy the details: airholes for the soldiers to breathe meanwhile, the shooting as a wind-powered (climate neutral) war strategy, and lots of more futuristic ideas. Pure fun, source in the alt-text. Bye
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The whole story, in Dutch and German, can be seen on this broadside. If you read German or Dutch, enjoy the details: airholes for the soldiers to breathe meanwhile, the shooting as a wind-powered (climate neutral) war strategy, and lots of more futuristic ideas. Pure fun, source in the alt-text. Bye
The shooting itself and the landing is miraculously undertheorized in the published plan...
But the moment after the landing of the cannonball is called the moment of the "opening bomb": happy soldiers leave the ball, and check out the new place of deployment. As you can see in the image.
But the moment after the landing of the cannonball is called the moment of the "opening bomb": happy soldiers leave the ball, and check out the new place of deployment. As you can see in the image.
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The shooting itself and the landing is miraculously undertheorized in the published plan...
But the moment after the landing of the cannonball is called the moment of the "opening bomb": happy soldiers leave the ball, and check out the new place of deployment. As you can see in the image.
But the moment after the landing of the cannonball is called the moment of the "opening bomb": happy soldiers leave the ball, and check out the new place of deployment. As you can see in the image.