Brandon W. Hawk
@brandonwhawk.bsky.social
Professor of English at Rhode Island College (views my own). I’m a nerd for medieval things, biblical apocrypha, Star Wars, LotR, & Magic (TCG). He/him.
“Read some fucking apocrypha.”
https://linktr.ee/brandonwhawk
“Read some fucking apocrypha.”
https://linktr.ee/brandonwhawk
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
Join us next Friday, 2/6, 12pm EST, for our first 2026 First Friday workshop!
Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo) presents “Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries”
Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo) presents “Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries”
January 30, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Join us next Friday, 2/6, 12pm EST, for our first 2026 First Friday workshop!
Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo) presents “Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries”
Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo) presents “Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries”
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
This manuscript is so cool to look through if you've never seen it. #medievalsky
The tutor's nightmare of stylus wielding students
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 264; Prudentius, Carmina; c. 900 CE; p.121 (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 264; Prudentius, Carmina; c. 900 CE; p.121 (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
January 27, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This manuscript is so cool to look through if you've never seen it. #medievalsky
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
A compilation manuscript on the Norwegian kings, with family trees galore - here starting with a Danish one: tracing the royal descendants of Svend Forkbeard (Svend-Otto here, betraying the influence of Adam of Bremen at some point) up to Ingi Baardson and Gutorm...
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
A compilation manuscript on the Norwegian kings, with family trees galore - here starting with a Danish one: tracing the royal descendants of Svend Forkbeard (Svend-Otto here, betraying the influence of Adam of Bremen at some point) up to Ingi Baardson and Gutorm...
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
a great CFP for a relaunched "Journal of Medieval Worlds" #medievalsky
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
January 27, 2026 at 2:13 PM
a great CFP for a relaunched "Journal of Medieval Worlds" #medievalsky
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
Please join us on February 6 at noon (EST) for the first First Friday Workshop of the new semester!
January 26, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Please join us on February 6 at noon (EST) for the first First Friday Workshop of the new semester!
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Acts of John, compiled by Ciara Mulcahy. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
January 27, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Acts of John, compiled by Ciara Mulcahy. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
January 24, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
A magnificent hidden treasure of Irish legal history - the Bechbretha ('bee-judgments') of the Brehon law manuscripts composed in the seventh century (TCD MS 1316/2 page 25)
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
January 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A magnificent hidden treasure of Irish legal history - the Bechbretha ('bee-judgments') of the Brehon law manuscripts composed in the seventh century (TCD MS 1316/2 page 25)
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
A paper I will want to study closely when I write next about #ConstantinusAfricanus: www.pdcnet.org/augstudies/c... #GlobalMiddleAges #MedievalSky
Was Augustine Black? - Volume 56, Issue 2, 2025
This paper—the text of a lecture given at Oxford in 2022—explores possible answers to a question frequently posed as I worked on the book Augustine the African: was Augustine Black? I begin by explori...
www.pdcnet.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:33 PM
A paper I will want to study closely when I write next about #ConstantinusAfricanus: www.pdcnet.org/augstudies/c... #GlobalMiddleAges #MedievalSky
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
A solid 37 #Manuscripts added by the #Vatican last week
www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026...
Includes a skinny Argonautica (San Vito rubrics!), a bunch of classics, papal and other ecclesiastical stuff, Plutarch translated by Bruni, and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026...
Includes a skinny Argonautica (San Vito rubrics!), a bunch of classics, papal and other ecclesiastical stuff, Plutarch translated by Bruni, and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 2 of 2026
A total of thirty-seven manuscripts were digitized this week. These were split between Ott.lat, which added twenty-four, and Barb.lat which added thirteen. This brings the total number of manuscripts...
www.wiglaf.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:44 AM
A solid 37 #Manuscripts added by the #Vatican last week
www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026...
Includes a skinny Argonautica (San Vito rubrics!), a bunch of classics, papal and other ecclesiastical stuff, Plutarch translated by Bruni, and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026...
Includes a skinny Argonautica (San Vito rubrics!), a bunch of classics, papal and other ecclesiastical stuff, Plutarch translated by Bruni, and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
"Arma virumque cano...."
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 305; Virgil, Carmina; 2nd quarter of the 12th century; Freising; p.133
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 305; Virgil, Carmina; 2nd quarter of the 12th century; Freising; p.133
January 18, 2026 at 8:19 PM
"Arma virumque cano...."
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 305; Virgil, Carmina; 2nd quarter of the 12th century; Freising; p.133
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 305; Virgil, Carmina; 2nd quarter of the 12th century; Freising; p.133
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Weekend!
#medievalsky
@britishlibrary.bsky.social British Library, Add 42130, f. 31r
#medievalsky
@britishlibrary.bsky.social British Library, Add 42130, f. 31r
January 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Weekend!
#medievalsky
@britishlibrary.bsky.social British Library, Add 42130, f. 31r
#medievalsky
@britishlibrary.bsky.social British Library, Add 42130, f. 31r
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
29th December is the feast of St Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered on that day in 1170 CE in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights of Henry Il's court.
BL Add MS 38116; 'The Huth Psalter'; 1280 CE-1300 CE; England,N.;f.13r
BL Add MS 38116; 'The Huth Psalter'; 1280 CE-1300 CE; England,N.;f.13r
December 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
29th December is the feast of St Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered on that day in 1170 CE in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights of Henry Il's court.
BL Add MS 38116; 'The Huth Psalter'; 1280 CE-1300 CE; England,N.;f.13r
BL Add MS 38116; 'The Huth Psalter'; 1280 CE-1300 CE; England,N.;f.13r
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
28th December is the feast of The Holy Innocents whose massacre & grieving mothers are depicted here in the initial word 'Deus' at the beginning of the Collect of the Mass.
#HolyInnocents
Sacramentaire de Drogon; 9th c (between 826/837 & 855 CE); Metz; f.31r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
#HolyInnocents
Sacramentaire de Drogon; 9th c (between 826/837 & 855 CE); Metz; f.31r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
28th December is the feast of The Holy Innocents whose massacre & grieving mothers are depicted here in the initial word 'Deus' at the beginning of the Collect of the Mass.
#HolyInnocents
Sacramentaire de Drogon; 9th c (between 826/837 & 855 CE); Metz; f.31r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
#HolyInnocents
Sacramentaire de Drogon; 9th c (between 826/837 & 855 CE); Metz; f.31r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
It's the feast of John the Evangelist! 🕯️ For his day, here are a few In Principios in chronological order. 🧵 First up, Luxeuil ca. 700, with its characteristic challenging minuscule. The manuscript is BNF lat. 9427, a lectionary. Look at that I running the whole length of the page! #medievalsky
December 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It's the feast of John the Evangelist! 🕯️ For his day, here are a few In Principios in chronological order. 🧵 First up, Luxeuil ca. 700, with its characteristic challenging minuscule. The manuscript is BNF lat. 9427, a lectionary. Look at that I running the whole length of the page! #medievalsky
One day at a time.
December 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
One day at a time.
With time alone this weekend & over the holidays, & wanting to frolic in the holiday media-viewing spirit, I'm looking for holiday movie recommendations (esp for some that might not be obvious). Anyone have suggestions?
December 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
With time alone this weekend & over the holidays, & wanting to frolic in the holiday media-viewing spirit, I'm looking for holiday movie recommendations (esp for some that might not be obvious). Anyone have suggestions?
It’s a cold, wet, dark day, grades are submitted, & my oldest is out from school sick with me today, so we’re snuggled up watching Christmas movies like Red One (my choice) & Krampus (her request because she wanted to watch a scary movie).
December 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It’s a cold, wet, dark day, grades are submitted, & my oldest is out from school sick with me today, so we’re snuggled up watching Christmas movies like Red One (my choice) & Krampus (her request because she wanted to watch a scary movie).
"Documentaries." You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. #Christmas #holidays
December 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Documentaries." You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. #Christmas #holidays
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
Someone put this on a coffee mug yet?
"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders."
- Charles Darwin
I know how you felt, Charles; I know how you felt.
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwins-bad-...
- Charles Darwin
I know how you felt, Charles; I know how you felt.
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwins-bad-...
Darwin's bad days
Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well ill...
www.darwinproject.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Someone put this on a coffee mug yet?
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
It's time! Behold the Christmas hedgehog! From Verdun, Bibl. mun., ms. 0107, f. 008. Our thanks as always to @etreharne.bsky.social who found her.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's time! Behold the Christmas hedgehog! From Verdun, Bibl. mun., ms. 0107, f. 008. Our thanks as always to @etreharne.bsky.social who found her.
Grades submitted. That's a wrap on fall 2025. Let's nail the coffin & bury it.
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Grades submitted. That's a wrap on fall 2025. Let's nail the coffin & bury it.
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
it's incredibly lovely to see that CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY is on the year-end list for @publicbooks.bsky.social not once but TWICE!!
thank you to @njdames.bsky.social and @leahprice.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy!!
and among such amazing books!!!
www.publicbooks.org/public-picks...
thank you to @njdames.bsky.social and @leahprice.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy!!
and among such amazing books!!!
www.publicbooks.org/public-picks...
Public Picks 2025 - Public Books
What were the books of 2025 that dazzled, challenged, and inspired us? For this, the 13th-annual edition of Public Picks, section editors for Global Black
www.publicbooks.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
it's incredibly lovely to see that CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY is on the year-end list for @publicbooks.bsky.social not once but TWICE!!
thank you to @njdames.bsky.social and @leahprice.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy!!
and among such amazing books!!!
www.publicbooks.org/public-picks...
thank you to @njdames.bsky.social and @leahprice.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy!!
and among such amazing books!!!
www.publicbooks.org/public-picks...
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
„many of the traditional ways to get academic jobs just aren't there anymore.“ exactly, the academic job market is more or less gone, or in a state of implosion at least.
I have a secure academic job in a library. I worked very hard to get that job. I was also very, very lucky. And the path I used to get the job no longer exists. I think that last doesn't get discussed enough: many of the traditional ways to get academic jobs just aren't there anymore.
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
„many of the traditional ways to get academic jobs just aren't there anymore.“ exactly, the academic job market is more or less gone, or in a state of implosion at least.
Reposted by Brandon W. Hawk
This is the choice that those with power have made—
This is the life they want for our children and us.
It will continue until we change who is in power or how power functions here.
This is the life they want for our children and us.
It will continue until we change who is in power or how power functions here.
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is the choice that those with power have made—
This is the life they want for our children and us.
It will continue until we change who is in power or how power functions here.
This is the life they want for our children and us.
It will continue until we change who is in power or how power functions here.