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Kathleen E. Kennedy

@themedievaldrk.bsky.social

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manuscripts, early print, coconuts, nautiluses, media archaeology

Above: BL, Royal 18 D II, Lambeth MS 532
For more on the banner artist, read https://differentvisions.org/aging-artists-and-impairment-in-fifteenth-century-england/
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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1h

hope it goes well and you find your colleagues a good bunch!

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Richard III Society of Canada @richardiiisocca.bsky.social · 1h

Here in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is closing in. To people in the Middle Ages this meant it was important to preserve as much food for the coming months as possible.In December's Labour of the Month we see some of the stages of preparing the newly killed pig.Ms76-folio12-recto #Medievalsky

A painting from a medieval manuscript. On the left, a well to do couple watch from a window. Below them a man prepares to bleed the deceased pig. In the middle, a man and a woman hold down the pig readying it for the killing blow from the man on the right who is standing. The right picture show the pig being cooked in a fire outdoors. Beyond a stone wall a woman tends other pigs.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1h

I was a VAP there 20yrs ago, faced a grade contest, and the rx was 180-degrees different (to my surprise even then). Even cis I am chillingly sure how it would go today as this case underscores. I care so much about teaching but in these circumstances it's clear who gets to teach and who doesn't : (

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 5h

Look at this! For the first time since it was found, partially excavated and dispersed in the 1950s, someone has digitally reconstructed the 6th century mosaic from Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenacia, Libya. 😮🤯

#MosaicMonday

An ancient mosaic of astonishing complexity and beauty. The design is 10 rows of 5 squares in a grid formation. Each is separated by a coloured twisted rope border. Each square shows a different design - either animals, plants, buildings or people. Wowser.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

or teenage mutant ninja turtles

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

this this this

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

good heavens, if anything could get an export block, surely this could?? I hope Arts Council can find funds (and donors) to keep it in the country, and hopefully in town.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 19h

yeah we don't get much choice in it, that's for sure

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 20h

"No clapping of wings, no motions around/ Just the singing wind in an ominous silence/ I'll take you down there/ Back into the bog"

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 1d

Social media is dying, from now on we meet at the moonlit bog at midnight instead

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 20h

my god they took Boaty McBoatface as a challenge...

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 20h

I'm writing a textbook for the study of medieval manuscripts in the 21st century & am developing a framework that will be referenced throughout the book: ten touchpoints for medieval book history in Europe with six drivers of change. Here's how it will play out... (image: Codex Amiatinus) 🧵

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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 21h

The Indigenous Journalists Association released a reporting guide to help reporters cover Indigenous identity responsibly and ethically. It offers tools and context for navigating heritage, identity fraud, community verification, and more. indigenousjournalists.org/2025/11/ija-...

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 21h

oh terrific--yes, they'd love to have this info!

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 21h

This is one I was pretty proud of--genuinely newly published archival evidence of physical disability, w/all the trimmings.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 21h

Also explored in-depth here! (A followup article in the works out in 26 or 27)

Aging Artists and Impairment in Fifteenth-Century England - Different Visions

Kathleen E. Kennedy • University of Bristol Download PDF Recommended citation: Kathleen E. Kennedy, Aging Artists and Impairment in Fifteenth-Century England,” Different Visions: New Perspectives ...

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 22h

it just wants me to be HAPPY and this is the only way it knows to show it cares..

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 22h

*smol cough* "Saturday the snowiest single calendar day in November..also the most in the area since nearly 11 inches fell on Jan. 30-31, 2021...Snowfall totals were greater on the North Side."

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 22h

Chicago recorded its snowiest November day ever on Saturday — and more snow is in store this week.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/30/c...

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 22h

this is the way

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 22h

Japanese pattern book, early 19th c, cataloguing stencil patterns that could be printed onto fabric for a kimono

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 23h

Amazing and yet so right that Aphrodite and Miss Piggy share an agent

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

@rosamundi.bsky.social said in the key of 'studies bible translation incl Tyndale's specifically' and adding just the exhaustion of knowing our facts will never overcome that faith-based narrative>

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 1d

A lovely duty of the Vertretungsprofessur for the History of Ancient Religions is to deliver a series of lectures on your project. Tomorrow I will begin with my take on how monasticism revolutionized the late antique Mediterranean.

www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet...

Monastic Revolution I: Origin Stories

Vortrag von Mateusz Fafinski im Rahmen der Monday Lectures im WiSe 2025/26

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Colleen Theisen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 1d

University of Iowa Center for the Book fosters annual kozo tree harvest for Japanese-style paper 📜
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This special paper is used to preserve the Constitution — and it's made in Coralville.

Every fall in Coralville, the University of Iowa's Center for the Book hosts one of only two mulberry harvests by universities in the country. The ancient Japanese tradition remains a key to preservin...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

Annual shameless Xmas or other seasonal holiday gift suggestion for those interested in any of material culture, empire or British country houses. Over 500 pages & 100 illustrations. Paperback a mere £30. (Alternatively, free to download from @uclpress.bsky.social or @jstor.bsky.social ).

The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857

The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 explores how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. It includes chapters from researchers based in a ...

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 1d

Edvard Munch’s The Sun, 1909

a bright and blazing sun over a landscape

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 1d

Social media is dying, from now on we meet at the moonlit bog at midnight instead

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 1d

This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.

Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M