Myriah Williams
@myriahwilliams.bsky.social
Celticist and erstwhile cake baker
Pinned
In the 16th-17th c. the Black Book of Carmarthen was shared widely among poets & scholars. They made annotations & copies (& occasionally complaints!) before passing the book on.
Celebrating my work on this hasn’t felt right, but books & learning enrich our lives, then as now. Protect education.
Celebrating my work on this hasn’t felt right, but books & learning enrich our lives, then as now. Protect education.
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We are waiting patiently for the cowards to put this guy in the next King Arthur film
Gwefl son of Gwastad: when he was sad he would let his one lip droop down to his navel and the other would be a cowl on his head.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We are waiting patiently for the cowards to put this guy in the next King Arthur film
If you like book history, Welsh or Arthurian literature, or sometimes wish you could pull your lip over your head like a reverse hoodie, you may enjoy this 🧵 #medievalsky
Gwefl son of Gwastad: when he was sad he would let his one lip droop down to his navel and the other would be a cowl on his head.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If you like book history, Welsh or Arthurian literature, or sometimes wish you could pull your lip over your head like a reverse hoodie, you may enjoy this 🧵 #medievalsky
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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A fun afternoon yesterday with the @rialibrary.bsky.social Stowe Missal! MS D ii 3 dates to the late 8th/early 9th centuries, and contains excerpts from the Gospel of St John and a Latin Missal. The last folio features Irish charms to protect against loss of eyesight and urinal diseases! 📜🎉
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A fun afternoon yesterday with the @rialibrary.bsky.social Stowe Missal! MS D ii 3 dates to the late 8th/early 9th centuries, and contains excerpts from the Gospel of St John and a Latin Missal. The last folio features Irish charms to protect against loss of eyesight and urinal diseases! 📜🎉
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Five days remain to submit your presentation proposal for the Medieval Wales conference taking place at Prifysgol Caerdydd/ Cardiff University, 25th-26th April 2026.
Read the full CFP in both Welsh and English at mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medie...
Read the full CFP in both Welsh and English at mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medie...
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Five days remain to submit your presentation proposal for the Medieval Wales conference taking place at Prifysgol Caerdydd/ Cardiff University, 25th-26th April 2026.
Read the full CFP in both Welsh and English at mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medie...
Read the full CFP in both Welsh and English at mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medie...
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This is an important addition to the scholarship on the textual transmission of the Acallam - an area of study that is expanding at a dizzying rate, often courtesy of @disappearingtext.bsky.social project members (stay tuned for further publication news from @ninacnock.bsky.social!)
📚 New publication alert! 🔔 Prof. Kevin Murray's latest article, "Leabhar Ua Maine as an Early Witness to Acallam na Senórach", was just published in the North American Journal of Celtic Studies 9:2 (2025).
🔗 Available here:
🔗 Available here:
Project MUSE - Leabhar Ua Maine as an early witness to Acallam na senórach
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November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is an important addition to the scholarship on the textual transmission of the Acallam - an area of study that is expanding at a dizzying rate, often courtesy of @disappearingtext.bsky.social project members (stay tuned for further publication news from @ninacnock.bsky.social!)
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TIL that Theodore Roosevelt - while sitting president in 1907 - published an article on medieval Irish tales and called for the establishment of chairs in Celtic Studies in US universities.
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
TIL that Theodore Roosevelt - while sitting president in 1907 - published an article on medieval Irish tales and called for the establishment of chairs in Celtic Studies in US universities.
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
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The latest volume of the Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie is now available
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The latest volume of the Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie is now available
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
TIL that Theodore Roosevelt - while sitting president in 1907 - published an article on medieval Irish tales and called for the establishment of chairs in Celtic Studies in US universities.
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
TIL that Theodore Roosevelt - while sitting president in 1907 - published an article on medieval Irish tales and called for the establishment of chairs in Celtic Studies in US universities.
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
(fun fact from Ian Stewart's excellent book The Celts: A Modern History)
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🌬️ Brrr! The chill of a November wind brings our final newsletter of the year! Click below (1) to learn about an event this Friday (28 Nov) in person and online where two of our members will present about the group and (2) to read the minutes from our Samain talk.
carantes.org/2025/11/20/n...
carantes.org/2025/11/20/n...
November 2025 Newsletter
Dear friends, We hope this newsletter finds you well wherever you may be, as academic terms begin to wrap up and the weather changes. As usual, following a public meeting, the newsletter consists m…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🌬️ Brrr! The chill of a November wind brings our final newsletter of the year! Click below (1) to learn about an event this Friday (28 Nov) in person and online where two of our members will present about the group and (2) to read the minutes from our Samain talk.
carantes.org/2025/11/20/n...
carantes.org/2025/11/20/n...
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This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
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November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.
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Gwefl son of Gwastad: when he was sad he would let his one lip droop down to his navel and the other would be a cowl on his head.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Gwefl son of Gwastad: when he was sad he would let his one lip droop down to his navel and the other would be a cowl on his head.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
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Llinellau cerddi Beirdd y Tywysogion yn nhrefn yr wyddor / lines from the poems of the Poets of the Princes, in alphabetical order. @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social
www.geiriadura.cymru/post/beirdd-...
www.geiriadura.cymru/post/beirdd-...
Beirdd y Tywysogion (c.1100–c.1282/3)
Dyma restr yn nhrefn yr wyddor o linellau cerddi Beirdd y Tywysogion i chi gael ei lawrlwytho os gall fod yn ddefnyddiol i chi. Fe'i defnyddiaf i adnabod cerddi mewn llawysgrifau - yn enwedig drylliau...
www.geiriadura.cymru
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Llinellau cerddi Beirdd y Tywysogion yn nhrefn yr wyddor / lines from the poems of the Poets of the Princes, in alphabetical order. @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social
www.geiriadura.cymru/post/beirdd-...
www.geiriadura.cymru/post/beirdd-...
Gwefl son of Gwastad: when he was sad he would let his one lip droop down to his navel and the other would be a cowl on his head.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Gwefl son of Gwastad: when he was sad he would let his one lip droop down to his navel and the other would be a cowl on his head.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
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If you love insular manuscripts & have always wanted to visit Hereford Cathedral's chained library, 2026 is the year to come! Shaping Early Medieval Faith: The Hereford Gospels will run 30 March-12 September 2026. More details, including about the manuscript's palimpsest, coming soon.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If you love insular manuscripts & have always wanted to visit Hereford Cathedral's chained library, 2026 is the year to come! Shaping Early Medieval Faith: The Hereford Gospels will run 30 March-12 September 2026. More details, including about the manuscript's palimpsest, coming soon.
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Two Celtic personal names, a Celtic region, two Latin titles left by the Romans, and a Christian formula ("hic iacit") – a snapshot in nine words of Wales immediately after the official rule of Rome.
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Two Celtic personal names, a Celtic region, two Latin titles left by the Romans, and a Christian formula ("hic iacit") – a snapshot in nine words of Wales immediately after the official rule of Rome.
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"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
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Diolch i Simon Rodway am ei seminar wythnos diwethaf ar ‘Gwlithod Blewog a Mygydau Barddol: Golwg Newydd ar Garchariad Aneirin yn y Tŷ Deyerin’. Gallwch wylio’r seminar ar ein sianel YouTube 👇
youtu.be/xdQqxk2AnQU
youtu.be/xdQqxk2AnQU
‘Gwlithod Blewog a Mygydau Barddol: Golwg Newydd ar Garchariad Aneirin yn y Tŷ Deyerin’
YouTube video by Y Ganolfan Geltaidd / CAWCS
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November 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Diolch i Simon Rodway am ei seminar wythnos diwethaf ar ‘Gwlithod Blewog a Mygydau Barddol: Golwg Newydd ar Garchariad Aneirin yn y Tŷ Deyerin’. Gallwch wylio’r seminar ar ein sianel YouTube 👇
youtu.be/xdQqxk2AnQU
youtu.be/xdQqxk2AnQU
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Home patch lecture
Ddydd Sadwrn, siaredais yng Ngŵyl Gerallt (Barddas) yn fy milltir sgwâr: Amgueddfa Abergwili.
Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin: pwnc addas o ystyried y dref ond hefyd gan ei bod i'n bosibl y bu'r Llyfr ym Mhlas yr Esgob, safle'r Amgueddfa, ar un adeg.
@prosiectmyrddin.bsky.social
1/2
Ddydd Sadwrn, siaredais yng Ngŵyl Gerallt (Barddas) yn fy milltir sgwâr: Amgueddfa Abergwili.
Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin: pwnc addas o ystyried y dref ond hefyd gan ei bod i'n bosibl y bu'r Llyfr ym Mhlas yr Esgob, safle'r Amgueddfa, ar un adeg.
@prosiectmyrddin.bsky.social
1/2
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Home patch lecture
Ddydd Sadwrn, siaredais yng Ngŵyl Gerallt (Barddas) yn fy milltir sgwâr: Amgueddfa Abergwili.
Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin: pwnc addas o ystyried y dref ond hefyd gan ei bod i'n bosibl y bu'r Llyfr ym Mhlas yr Esgob, safle'r Amgueddfa, ar un adeg.
@prosiectmyrddin.bsky.social
1/2
Ddydd Sadwrn, siaredais yng Ngŵyl Gerallt (Barddas) yn fy milltir sgwâr: Amgueddfa Abergwili.
Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin: pwnc addas o ystyried y dref ond hefyd gan ei bod i'n bosibl y bu'r Llyfr ym Mhlas yr Esgob, safle'r Amgueddfa, ar un adeg.
@prosiectmyrddin.bsky.social
1/2
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New article by Liverpool PhD Dr Eddie Meehan "Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland" open access academic.oup.com/histres/adva... #history #leadership #ireland #medievalsky
Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland*
Abstract. This article examines some early medieval Insular texts on the ideal king: three examples of Old Irish tecosca (wisdom) texts and the ninth secti
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November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
New article by Liverpool PhD Dr Eddie Meehan "Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland" open access academic.oup.com/histres/adva... #history #leadership #ireland #medievalsky
Title for worst typo this semester goes to:
“The Three Prostate [read: prostrate] Chieftains of the Island of Britain”
Really changes the vibe of the Third Branch of the Mabinogi…
“The Three Prostate [read: prostrate] Chieftains of the Island of Britain”
Really changes the vibe of the Third Branch of the Mabinogi…
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Title for worst typo this semester goes to:
“The Three Prostate [read: prostrate] Chieftains of the Island of Britain”
Really changes the vibe of the Third Branch of the Mabinogi…
“The Three Prostate [read: prostrate] Chieftains of the Island of Britain”
Really changes the vibe of the Third Branch of the Mabinogi…
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The British Academy invite applications for the Neil Ker Memorial Fund 2026. The scheme aims to promote the study of Western medieval manuscripts, particularly those of British interest: https://bit.ly/4hO0Oo1
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The British Academy invite applications for the Neil Ker Memorial Fund 2026. The scheme aims to promote the study of Western medieval manuscripts, particularly those of British interest: https://bit.ly/4hO0Oo1
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This is Goose. His stick didn't fit through the door at first. But Goose believed in himself, and more importantly, so did his doorman. 13/10 (TT: bigstickgoose)
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is Goose. His stick didn't fit through the door at first. But Goose believed in himself, and more importantly, so did his doorman. 13/10 (TT: bigstickgoose)