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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 1d

#histmed #MedievalSky Minji Lee's book, The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen’s Views on the Female Reproductive Body, has just been released #OpenAccess: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

Cover image of Minji Lee, The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen’s Views on the Female Reproductive Body. On the complex imagery reproduced on the cover, read the book!

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 2d

Getting great support as a professor in 2025.

One part of admin tells us they take AI writing very seriously and will treat it as plagiarism if not allowed in the course.

Student submits an all-AI essay and I begin the plagiarism investigation, only to be told AI writing can't be proven.

Sigh.

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 2d

Flat illustration of a Wood Pigeon, Magpie, and Robin in a parade-line stride holding autumn leaves up high with their beaks! (UK birds as I am there right now on vacation!)

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James T Palmer @jtpmedieval.bsky.social · 2d

New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Keepin' it Old School this time

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 2d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social · 7d

She is holding a book! 📖
Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Rare' medieval hair accessory uncovered at Eilean Donan Castle

The gravoir was used for neatly parting hair and creating elaborate hairstyles.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, the Anthropic settlement is go.
If you've written a book, check the website and database-- easy to use. One of my books is listed, and I filed a claim.
Make sure you know what kind of "owner" you are of a book (I'm a "beneficial owner" meaning the press holds copyright but I get royalties).

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 7d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 8d

Rest in peace, Jane Goodall.
You taught us that kindness is a form of strength and that respect for life in all its forms is the truest measure of humanity. You will be dearly missed.

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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 8d

Will-o’-the-wisps, the fleeting flames occasionally seen above swamps and graveyards, may be tiny lightning bursts jumping between microscopic bubbles of methane. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

a girl with red hair is holding a blue object in her hand

ALT: a girl with red hair is holding a blue object in her hand

media.tenor.com

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 8d

15,000+ searchable charters from the early Middle Ages...

formlitchart.bsky.social @formlitchart.bsky.social · Sep 2

Neben unserer Edition mit Übersetzung der frühmittelalterlichen Formeln und unserem e-Lexikon haben wir auch ein ständig wachsendes Urkundenkorpus in unserer Werkstatt. 15.376 Herrscher- und Privaturkunden sind es inzwischen! Frei zugänglich und voll durchsuchbar:
werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de

Willkommen in der Formulae - Litterae - Chartae Werkstatt!

Medieval Latin Formulae and their German translations in the Capitains Format

werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 8d

Sudden late summer shower, glowing cathedral, and full sky rainbow. It’s okay.

Nave of St Ninians Cathedral in the sun and rain, seen through a shady stone arch.

West front towers of St Ninians Cathedral in Antigonish, seen from behind through a shady stone arch.

Autumn rainbow over a roof and treetops at St Francis Xavier U.

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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 10d

📣 The Earlier Middle Ages seminar @ihr.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Here's our autumn term schedule. First up is @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 8 October, giving the annual David Wilson Lecture (with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social). All welcome! Please sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Autumn 2025 schedule for the Institute of Historical Research's Earlier Middle Ages seminar. Full information available at https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/earlier-middle-ages

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 10d

Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing? If yes, then you may be interested in this f...

jobs.kent.ac.uk

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 10d

Oooh, an important talk by Anna Gili, with new evidence for elements of Constantine the African's attempts to salvage parts of al-Majusi's Kitab al-Malaki. November 11.
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin... #MedievalMedicine #Pharmaceutics #MedievalSky #histmed

The Science of Compound Medicaments - CSMBR

This lecture explores al-Majūsī’s "Kitāb al-Malakī" and its Latin translation, showing how Book X on compound medicaments was reshaped into a new synthesis of pharmacology and philosophy.

csmbr.fondazionecomel.org

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Dr Izzy Wisher @izzywisher.bsky.social · 10d

Time to update your Palaeolithic palettes... 🔵

Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺

doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Close-up image of a sand coloured stone, with a diagonal crack. The sand rock has a textured surface, and small spots of blue can be seen towards the centre of the stone. The background is grey.

Microscopic photo of the blue spots, that are irregular in shape and size and positioned diagonally across the image. The rest of the photo shows the rough sand coloured texture of the stone.

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 12d

It's all happening for us train enthusiasts (or is it just me?) as today marks 200 years since the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in 1825 - the birth of the modern railway.
So here are some of the many railway linocuts I have done over the years - too many, I hear you say? Surely not… 😂

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irht-cnrs.bsky.social @irht-cnrs.bsky.social · 14d

[Call for papers] FuMaSt – The Future of Manuscript Studies Fifth edition, Firenze, 5-6 February 2026 (no later than 30 October 2025).
www.irht.cnrs.fr/sites/defaul...

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 15d

Okay got it working after a couple hours of trying. No idea why the change.

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 15d

I got to see this table last year when it was at Lincoln. What an amazing piece of furniture! And as a Canadian, I'm proud of our big saw helping out the Brits.

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 15d

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪

Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.

I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 15d

Hi Clare, the Google form to register isn't working. I get "site can't be reached" in both Chrome and Safari.

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 15d

Registration is now open for the sixth Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North conference, which will take place online on 13–14 November 2025. #medievalsky #magic
Register for free here: forms.gle/Xr8CgpRhhooC...
Programme: performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com/2025-nov-13t...

Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North Virtual Conference, 13-14 November 2025

This form is to register your intention to attend the sixth Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference to be held on 13 - 14 November 2025. This conference will be entirely virtual and access...

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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 16d

"Autism: First diagnosed in 1943.
Tylenol: Not invented until 1955.
RFK Jr.: Born 1954.
Thus RFK Jr. is more likely to have caused autism than Tylenol."

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Tolarian Community College @tolariancommunitycollege.com · 17d

This is it. We can all stop making Youtube videos now because there is not beating this.

"Steamed Hams but it's a Critically Acclaimed Feature Film"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk-O...

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