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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 29m

Old Uyghur /tävä/ 🐫
(Wilkens, 706a; cf. Clauson 447b)

al-Kāšġārī (3.171) has this word for Arabic /ʔibil/:
تڤی – الإبل. يقع علی الوحدان والجماعة
(≈ "/tävä/ camels; used for individuals or a group")

Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 1h

A bit of linguistic cartography to brighten your day. This map shows how the words for camel 🐫 spread across the Old World.

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 2h

This Day in Labor History: October 10, 1917. The red light district of New Orleans, known as Storyville, closed due to the efforts of reformers seeking to eliminate vice from the city. Let's talk about sex work and how banning red light districts just made workers unsafe!

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 2h

If you'd like to know more about The Pearlsong, here's something for you! Thanks to the amazing host!

Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 4h

My latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview. Come hear @acbm.bsky.social talk about his new book and translation of the Pearlsong. Out now!

newbooksnetwork.com/adam-bremer-...

Adam Bremer-McCollum, "The Pearlsong" (Harvard UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 7h

If you missed Eleanor Baker's paper yesterday, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLv9...

TeTra | Eleanor Baker "Middle English Book Curses and Perceptions of the Material Text"

YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 1d

Galwad y Mynydd - Cân Cadwaladr [Welsh, Folk Psychedelic / Pop Rock] (1972) Band with only two EP's on Wren Records .
https://redd.it/1eyns8n
https://youtu.be/PaZB4xHcq5k

Galwad y Mynydd - Cân Cadwaladr [Welsh, Folk Psychedelic / Pop Rock] (1972) Band with only two EP's on Wren Records .

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 1d

Syriac word of the day
ܐܬܥܝܩ
/ʔettʕiq/ (√ʕwq)
"worry, be upset, distressed"

as in Budge, ed., Th. Marga, 197.7

ܐܟܘܠܘ ܠܚܡܐ ܘܠܐ ܬܬܥܝܩܘܢ
/ʔaḵol laḥmå w-lå tettʕiqun/
"eat some bread and don't be worried"

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 1d

Černý says ⲛⲁⲏⲧ < *ⲛⲁ-ϩⲏⲧ, but Vycichl says it follows a pattern like ϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ, in this case with the original ʕ of the root unmarked.

Also, ϩⲙⲉⲥⲧ is much more common than ϩⲙⲁⲥⲧ in L4 texts, but ϩⲙⲁⲥⲧ isn't unknown.

ⲧⲱⲕ/ⲧⲏⲕ ⲁ-ⲣⲉⲧ⸗ ≈ "be firm on one's feet" > "stand (firmly)" is common in L4

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 1d

My ET:
"What exactly is the sin the wolf committed that y'all were all about to kill it? … It didn't find a single person merciful: whether sitting down or standing still, no one would help."

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 1d

Coptic (L4) word of the day
ⲛⲁⲏⲧ
"merciful" (NB the verb ⲛⲁⲉ "have mercy," the noun ⲛⲁ "mercy")

as in CBKph (ed. Gardner, BeDuhn, Dilley) 346.5-9

ⲉⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲁⲃⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲡⲟⲩⲱⲱⲛϣ̅ ⲉⲉϥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲟⲩⲱϣ ϩⲁⲧⲃⲉϥ ⲧⲏⲣⲧⲛⲉ …
ⲙ̅ⲡϥ̅ϭⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲛⲁⲏⲧ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛⲉⲙⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲃⲟⲏⲑⲟⲥ ϩⲛ̅ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϩⲙⲁⲥⲧ̅ ϩⲓⲧϥ̅ⲉϩⲏ ⲙⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲧⲧⲏⲕ ⲁⲣⲉⲧⲟⲩ

Eng. tr. ⬇️

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 2d

Job! Judaic Studies & the Medieval/Renaissance Center at Binghamton are looking for a Talmud/Medieval Rabbinics specialist! I have long been part of the Med/Ren group myself and I can vouch it is very active, supportive, and functional. Good people!

binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

binghamton.interviewexchange.com

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 3d

From a Georgian colophon:

"The Lord knows, whenever I remember the beginning and the end of the work, my bones set to shaking, and I'm amazed how I dared to start it, or how it got finished!"

(Georgian text ⬇️)

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 3d

Begins Oct. 27 2025 [+ Part 2 Offered early January 2026]

Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 3d

My course "Learning Coptic through the Gospel of Thomas" offers students affordable Coptic instruction from an expert.

Asynchronous or Synchronous (Mondays 9am Atlanta, GA time) + Lifetime access to course videos and instruction materials authored by me

www.religiondepartment.com/learning-cop...

Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)

www.religiondepartment.com

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 3d

My course "Learning Coptic through the Gospel of Thomas" offers students affordable Coptic instruction from an expert.

Asynchronous or Synchronous (Mondays 9am Atlanta, GA time) + Lifetime access to course videos and instruction materials authored by me

www.religiondepartment.com/learning-cop...

Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)

www.religiondepartment.com

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 3d

ოუფალმან უწყის ოდეს დასაბამი და აღსასრული საქმისაჲ მოვიჴსენო ძრწოლაჲ შეედების ძუალთა ჩემთა და მიკვჳრს თუ რაულად შევჰკადრე და ჴელვჰყავ ანუ რაულად სრულ იქმნა

(text in Djobadze, /Materials/, 34)

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 3d

From a Georgian colophon:

"The Lord knows, whenever I remember the beginning and the end of the work, my bones set to shaking, and I'm amazed how I dared to start it, or how it got finished!"

(Georgian text ⬇️)

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 3d

ⲧⲥⲉⲃⲟ is a causative (cf. ⲥⲁⲃⲉ "knowing, wise", ⲥⲃⲱ "teaching"), with ϯ-ⲥⲃⲱ as a synonym. Don't confuse with ⲥⲱⲃⲉ "laugh, play around, laugh at"!

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 3d

Coptic (L4) word of the day
ⲧⲥⲉⲃⲟ, ⲧⲥⲉⲃⲁ/ⲟ⸗
"teach"

as in CBKph 423.26-27 (ed. Gardner, BeDuhn, Dilley)
ⲁⲩⲧⲥⲉⲃⲁⲩ ⲁⲧⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲙ̅ⲡⲟⲩⲁⲓ̈ⲛⲉ ⲧϩⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲥϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲥ
ⲁⲩⲧⲥⲉⲃⲁⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲉⲙⲛⲧⲉ ⲙⲛ̅ⲡⲙⲁ ⲉⲧϥ̅ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧϥ̅

"they taught them what the land of light is like;
they taught them, too, about hell and where it is"

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 4d

That's right! Both he and Duane have long solos, and it's an extended jam throughout.

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 4d

The Jacob Intercisus (aka "Jacob the Persian") martyrdom is such a great text, and known in several languages. I've read it with students in Syriac, Arabic, Gəʕəz, Armenian, and Coptic (S & B), and I published an article on it a few years ago.

brill.com

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 4d

Here's a great live version that's twice as long (from about a month before Duane died)

Blue Sky (Live)

YouTube video by Allman Brothers Band - Topic

youtu.be

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 4d

Old Uyghur word of the day
/kıdıg/
"shore, bank"

as in Diam. Sutra, ed. Zieme, A₂ 18-19

/köŋüllärin amırtgurup nırvanlıg ıntın kıdıgka ärtgäli uyur/

"they will be able to give their hearts rest to cross over to nirvana's shore on the other side."

ms image: turfan.bbaw.de/dta/u/images...

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 5d

Michele O'Malley - Know Yourself [US - Psych Folk, Easy Listening] (1969)
https://redd.it/qtbfq0
https://youtu.be/TB0YmZqv3mk

Michele O'Malley - Know Yourself [US - Psych Folk, Easy Listening] (1969)

youtu.be

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 5d

Janis Joplin died 55 years ago this weekend

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 6d

"The Olde, Old, very Olde Man or Thomas Par" Looking good for his alleged 152 years of age here in 1635. (British Museum)

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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 7d

In sincerity I did log on for a reason. A new issue of the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is out, edited by colleague/friend Marcel Elias. It's about how to do postcolonial medieval studies bigger and better. You'll like it. (I'm in there). Go read.
read.dukeupress.edu/jmems/issue/...

Volume 55 Issue 3 | Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies | Duke University Press

read.dukeupress.edu

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