Sam Barber
@barber-samj.bsky.social
Smith College/UMass Amherst | Art, architecture, material culture | Late Antiquity & the Early Middle Ages
Reposted by Sam Barber
1 Dec: Lk 2:1:
وكان فى تلك الايام خرج امر من قبل قيصر اغسطس ان يعدل الدنيا كلها
wa-kāna fī tilka l-ʔayyām ḫaraǧa min qibali Qayṣar ʔAġusṭus ʔamr ʔan yuʕaddala d-dunyā kulluhā
'In these days, a decree was issued by Emperor Augustus that [the number of people of]* the entire world should be measured'
وكان فى تلك الايام خرج امر من قبل قيصر اغسطس ان يعدل الدنيا كلها
wa-kāna fī tilka l-ʔayyām ḫaraǧa min qibali Qayṣar ʔAġusṭus ʔamr ʔan yuʕaddala d-dunyā kulluhā
'In these days, a decree was issued by Emperor Augustus that [the number of people of]* the entire world should be measured'
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
1 Dec: Lk 2:1:
وكان فى تلك الايام خرج امر من قبل قيصر اغسطس ان يعدل الدنيا كلها
wa-kāna fī tilka l-ʔayyām ḫaraǧa min qibali Qayṣar ʔAġusṭus ʔamr ʔan yuʕaddala d-dunyā kulluhā
'In these days, a decree was issued by Emperor Augustus that [the number of people of]* the entire world should be measured'
وكان فى تلك الايام خرج امر من قبل قيصر اغسطس ان يعدل الدنيا كلها
wa-kāna fī tilka l-ʔayyām ḫaraǧa min qibali Qayṣar ʔAġusṭus ʔamr ʔan yuʕaddala d-dunyā kulluhā
'In these days, a decree was issued by Emperor Augustus that [the number of people of]* the entire world should be measured'
Reposted by Sam Barber
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Thrilled also to share an issue with other fantastic authors, including @calthalas.bsky.social on the "urban system" of Edessa visible in the Syriac Acts of the Second Council of Ephesus and @gzornetta.bsky.social on conflict and division at San Vincenzo al Volturno
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Thrilled also to share an issue with other fantastic authors, including @calthalas.bsky.social on the "urban system" of Edessa visible in the Syriac Acts of the Second Council of Ephesus and @gzornetta.bsky.social on conflict and division at San Vincenzo al Volturno
I return to Ammianus Marcellinus' account of a "riot" at the Septizodium—a monumental fountain and façade of the imperial palace in Rome—to consider why it specifically may have been chosen by the crowd as their gathering place. What meanings did it hold, both for the regime and those protesting it?
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I return to Ammianus Marcellinus' account of a "riot" at the Septizodium—a monumental fountain and façade of the imperial palace in Rome—to consider why it specifically may have been chosen by the crowd as their gathering place. What meanings did it hold, both for the regime and those protesting it?