VIEWS project
@viewsproject.bsky.social
Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems (VIEWS) is a Cambridge Uni project funded by UKRI, and host of the Endangered Writing Network.
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And this is the picture I've got in my handout. I'm starting to wonder if I've lied to my students and this isn't the Grosvenor one... They definitely have a broken version of the tile...
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
And this is the picture I've got in my handout. I'm starting to wonder if I've lied to my students and this isn't the Grosvenor one... They definitely have a broken version of the tile...
Magdalene College gardens in the afternoon sunlight a few days ago.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Magdalene College gardens in the afternoon sunlight a few days ago.
I am loving the layout of Ben's latest abecedarium! 😁 Kind of Ancient North Arabian style, what do you think?
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I am loving the layout of Ben's latest abecedarium! 😁 Kind of Ancient North Arabian style, what do you think?
Also from Tian Tian on X:
Ever wonder how the Chinese saw Halloween in the past? This is a small article about a Halloween party in 1929 at West Lake Villa. It was called 黑貓節 — the Black Cat Festival — very direct and descriptive. And I love the term 人面瓜, “human-face melon,” for jack-o’-lantern.
Ever wonder how the Chinese saw Halloween in the past? This is a small article about a Halloween party in 1929 at West Lake Villa. It was called 黑貓節 — the Black Cat Festival — very direct and descriptive. And I love the term 人面瓜, “human-face melon,” for jack-o’-lantern.
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Also from Tian Tian on X:
Ever wonder how the Chinese saw Halloween in the past? This is a small article about a Halloween party in 1929 at West Lake Villa. It was called 黑貓節 — the Black Cat Festival — very direct and descriptive. And I love the term 人面瓜, “human-face melon,” for jack-o’-lantern.
Ever wonder how the Chinese saw Halloween in the past? This is a small article about a Halloween party in 1929 at West Lake Villa. It was called 黑貓節 — the Black Cat Festival — very direct and descriptive. And I love the term 人面瓜, “human-face melon,” for jack-o’-lantern.
An abominable horror is coming this Halloween...
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Don't forget that you can subscribe by email to our website feed, and be the first to be terrified! 😱
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October 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
An abominable horror is coming this Halloween...
Don't forget that you can subscribe by email to our website feed, and be the first to be terrified! 😱
viewsproject.wordpress.com
Don't forget that you can subscribe by email to our website feed, and be the first to be terrified! 😱
viewsproject.wordpress.com
Peak Halloween Classicist accessory!
(Thank you Poundland 😱)
(Thank you Poundland 😱)
October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Peak Halloween Classicist accessory!
(Thank you Poundland 😱)
(Thank you Poundland 😱)
@dannybate.bsky.social look what just came through the door! It's a good companion for Ben's alphabet colouring book 😊
October 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
@dannybate.bsky.social look what just came through the door! It's a good companion for Ben's alphabet colouring book 😊
Eating mummy's new business cards.
October 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Eating mummy's new business cards.
Very interesting sign reversals going on in Ben's dark side alphabet. He's discovering something about symmetry 😊
September 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Very interesting sign reversals going on in Ben's dark side alphabet. He's discovering something about symmetry 😊
I've just cut the bottom off with my address but you get the misspelling anyway 🙂 It's the university standard, but I thought the spacing could be improved.
September 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I've just cut the bottom off with my address but you get the misspelling anyway 🙂 It's the university standard, but I thought the spacing could be improved.
And the poster just because I'm quite pleased with it 😁
September 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
And the poster just because I'm quite pleased with it 😁
Just noticed that one of the inscriptions from the sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Hymettos reads "BEN" - I've been interested in these inscriptions for about the last ten years, so it's nice to find my two-year-old son's name on one 🥰
(I'm also finally writing about them!)
(I'm also finally writing about them!)
September 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Just noticed that one of the inscriptions from the sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Hymettos reads "BEN" - I've been interested in these inscriptions for about the last ten years, so it's nice to find my two-year-old son's name on one 🥰
(I'm also finally writing about them!)
(I'm also finally writing about them!)
If you are interested in punctuation and spacing in text, from any world writing traditions, please join us for @timbrookes.bsky.social's discussion event:
Sunday 5th October, 12.00 ET / 17.00 BST
Registration link in next comment.
Sunday 5th October, 12.00 ET / 17.00 BST
Registration link in next comment.
September 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
If you are interested in punctuation and spacing in text, from any world writing traditions, please join us for @timbrookes.bsky.social's discussion event:
Sunday 5th October, 12.00 ET / 17.00 BST
Registration link in next comment.
Sunday 5th October, 12.00 ET / 17.00 BST
Registration link in next comment.
We'll be announcing our VIEWS hybrid seminar line-up for the term in the next few days - stay tuned!
September 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We'll be announcing our VIEWS hybrid seminar line-up for the term in the next few days - stay tuned!
My son Ben just did one alphabet completely dextroverse (L>R) and one completely sinistroverse (R>L)! He usually does boustrophedon - clearly this is deliberate experimentation 🥰
This is so cool for my research!
This is so cool for my research!
September 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My son Ben just did one alphabet completely dextroverse (L>R) and one completely sinistroverse (R>L)! He usually does boustrophedon - clearly this is deliberate experimentation 🥰
This is so cool for my research!
This is so cool for my research!
We happened on a wonderful little exhibition of northern Nigerian leatherwork at the @fitzmuseum.bsky.social today while attending the family friendly drop-in. Exquisite workmanship, well worth a visit. I'll put a link to their blog posts on it in the first comment.
September 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We happened on a wonderful little exhibition of northern Nigerian leatherwork at the @fitzmuseum.bsky.social today while attending the family friendly drop-in. Exquisite workmanship, well worth a visit. I'll put a link to their blog posts on it in the first comment.
My son who is nearly 2 loves the alphabet (the Latin alphabet since that's what he's exposed to mostly) and makes the best boustrophedon abecedaria 🤩 These are all from today when he spent an hour and a half doing this instead of running around outside!
August 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
My son who is nearly 2 loves the alphabet (the Latin alphabet since that's what he's exposed to mostly) and makes the best boustrophedon abecedaria 🤩 These are all from today when he spent an hour and a half doing this instead of running around outside!
This volume is such a pleasure to work with!
August 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This volume is such a pleasure to work with!
I love this wall of graffiti in a nearby playground, so vibrant and layered.
July 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I love this wall of graffiti in a nearby playground, so vibrant and layered.
"So when you say Thoth is ibis-headed, does that mean he has a head like an ibis, or an ibis coming out of his face?"
"Ibis coming out of his face, definitely."
(www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...)
"Ibis coming out of his face, definitely."
(www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...)
July 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"So when you say Thoth is ibis-headed, does that mean he has a head like an ibis, or an ibis coming out of his face?"
"Ibis coming out of his face, definitely."
(www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...)
"Ibis coming out of his face, definitely."
(www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...)
Looking for possible cover images for the first VIEWS conference volume (WAVE 1), charmed by this Egyptian apprentice scribe piece (c.2030 BCE) in the New York Met. (Not saying I'll choose it but there are some lovely sign forms here!)
Information and images here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Information and images here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
July 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Looking for possible cover images for the first VIEWS conference volume (WAVE 1), charmed by this Egyptian apprentice scribe piece (c.2030 BCE) in the New York Met. (Not saying I'll choose it but there are some lovely sign forms here!)
Information and images here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Information and images here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Ooh, I had not heard of Chrysospilia ("Golden Cave") on the Greek island of Folegandos! It's home to hundreds of painted ancient inscriptions, from the 7th century BCE onwards apparently. It's not possible to visit sadly.
Photos from: www.folegandros.gr/en/list-en/c...
Photos from: www.folegandros.gr/en/list-en/c...
June 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Ooh, I had not heard of Chrysospilia ("Golden Cave") on the Greek island of Folegandos! It's home to hundreds of painted ancient inscriptions, from the 7th century BCE onwards apparently. It's not possible to visit sadly.
Photos from: www.folegandros.gr/en/list-en/c...
Photos from: www.folegandros.gr/en/list-en/c...
The CREWS project blog is still getting thousands of views nearly three years after the project ended (500,000 to date!). The pages with the most views this year are a combination of pedagogical resources and some of the geekiest posts we made... @philipjboyes.bsky.social is partly responsible 🙂
June 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The CREWS project blog is still getting thousands of views nearly three years after the project ended (500,000 to date!). The pages with the most views this year are a combination of pedagogical resources and some of the geekiest posts we made... @philipjboyes.bsky.social is partly responsible 🙂
I think I can knock off for the day now I've made this for a conference powerpoint slide.
June 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I think I can knock off for the day now I've made this for a conference powerpoint slide.
And clearly a persistent image of the labyrinth given that a Mycenaean writer doodled the same thing on the back of their tablet c.1200 BCE!
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June 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
And clearly a persistent image of the labyrinth given that a Mycenaean writer doodled the same thing on the back of their tablet c.1200 BCE!
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...