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Washington Bach Consort's "Chorale Architecture" program with Elijah McCormack as soprano soloist was a lovely way to spend the afternoon and evening. I now plan to show up for whatever McCormack is singing.

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AaronM @aaronm.bsky.social · 4h

I think one of the reasons for the slow progress was this week included Michaelmas, so instead of manuscripts, you get the finest video on the topic, by @misterabk.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDXL...

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The Nightmare Before Michaelmas

YouTube video by Alasdair Beckett-King

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AaronM @aaronm.bsky.social · 4h

4 #Manuscripts this week from #Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026... One Avvisi for 1644/5, one polyphonic Antiophonal, Petrus de Tarentasia on the Sentences and Petri Lopez de Ayala's "Tractatus de Aritus Zapacibus" (whatever that is) #MedievalSky #Skystorians

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Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 39 of 2026

Only four manuscripts were digitized this week, one each from Barb.lat and Vat.lat, and two from Ott.lat. To the right is f.16v from Ott.lat.3388, a collection of assorted polyphonic chants. This co...

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 4h

The first movie I ever went to in a theater scared me so much it was years before my parents took me back. It was Peter Pan. Not sure if I was scared of the cannon or just scared of the whole movie experience. I was also, of course, terrified of the scary parts of The Wizard of Oz annually on TV.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 12h

Dolly and Pippin were very good for the Blessing of the Animals at Ascension Silver Spring. Especially considering it was Pippin's first time! (Dolly is always perfect.) I was proud of Pippin for his polite greeting of our friend Jane's dog Winnie. ⚓️

A beagle with his paws up on a stone bench amid plants

A Dalmatian and two beagles greeting each other on a stone patio

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 13h

I joke that the Wars of the Roses was Twister and every few years the wheel spun and people changed sides, but the HRE absurdity functioned like that politically, at scale, for HUNDREDS OF YEARS. Those maps only BEGIN to convey the chaos.

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And-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 14h

i mean I'm exclusively saying "knee to nose" from here on. if someone says "need to know" I'll pause, furrow my brow, and say, "... you mean 'knee to nose'?" my life will an homage to this email.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 15h

Pope Gregory I depicted as inspired by the Dove of the Holy Spirit as he dictates to Peter the Deacon who is using a bronze stylus on a large wax tablet. St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 390; Antiphonarium officii; c.990-1000; St Gall; pp.12-13 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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Anna @superteadrinker.bsky.social · 15h

The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church invites chapter proposals for Vol. 2 of a 5-volume History of Anglicanism in the Americas. Especially seeking: early evangelicalism, TEC church parties, mission & frontier colonialism, development of TEC in regions.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 16h

A great 🧵, inspired by the sad demise of Denby. 👆👇

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 16h

Old English people, help: what is the earliest manuscript that uses the letter K in an OE text? Afaict K is not in the earliest little poems; the Ruthwell Cross DotR is in runes, so it gets transcribed as if it contains K but Roman alphabet K isn't there. No K words in the earliest glosses–?

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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

On Saturday, October 17 (4–5 p.m. CT), join HMML at Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to learn about damaged books in HMML’s collection. Details about this free, in-person event can be found at hmml.org/programs/events

Pictured: a damaged print book from the 16th century, containing the text of Das grosse Leben Christi (Mainz, 1758). Collection of HMML, Collegeville, Minnesota.

In-Person Event
Beyond the Book: Book Repair

Saturday, October 17, 4–5 p.m. (CT), Minneapolis, Minnesota

Learn about the repair of rare books and manuscripts with Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman and Dr. Catherine Walsh.

Details about this free event: HMML.org

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David Mihalyfy @mihalyfy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A great little write-up thanks to the Yale Grammatical Diversity Project: The use of positive "anymore" in English. #Linguistics #LangSky ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/po...

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Positive anymore | Yale Grammatical Diversity Project: English in North America

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Cherries and cheese by a beautiful blue pitcher in 1760 by Luis Egidio Melendez. It's his day.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A followup! How to get in touch directly about the books, with a cameo by a volume of the Acta Sanctorum. youtu.be/7ZZpLcRoFCk?...

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An Update On All The Books At Albury Street!!! #historichome

YouTube video by Simon Stone | Unique & Historic Homes

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SHARP News @sharpnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

📢 OPPORTUNITY WITH SHARP NEWS We are looking for someone to join the SHARP News Bibliography team for a 3-year term starting in 2027. A great opportunity for established scholars, ECRs, or grad students! See the full call for applicants: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20... #BookHistory #Bibliography

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Priest bowing before a chalice in the margin: "Erige cor sursum satanam prece reice deorsum" St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 342; Calendar, Lectionary, Gradual, Sacramentary; 10th c / 11th c with 12th c additions; St. Gall; p.287 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wasn’t fucking nervous before, BUT I AM NOW

A trade card for Carter’s Little Nerve Pills, featuring a huge bipedal frog managing a baby

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm watching the latest Good Omens and tbh it's kind of a slog.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bp. Mariann has announced her retirement, effective June 3, 2028, following the election of a new Bishop of Washington in January 2028. edow.org/2026/10/01/p... God willing, she will have tied for longest-serving Bishop of Washington. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcop...

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Preparing for the Election of the Next Bishop of Washington

Bishop Mariann Budde announces her retirement and the call for the election of the next Bishop of Washington

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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

MAA News - From the Executive Director: Changes to Our Grants & Fellowships Programs In recent years, it has become clear that the amounts offered by several of our many grant programs were not keeping up with the actual costs being incurred by grantee www.themedievalacademyblog.org/?p=9…

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I usually don't repost anything that has that goddamn man's face or name in it, but this is a good take by our Council's voice in the socials.

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Geoffrey Hatchard @imgoph.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

DO YOU WANT TO BE A DC POLL MONITOR IN NOVEMBER? I was a poll monitor for the primary in June, and it's rewarding, important work! :) If you have a law background, field attorneys/legal monitors are also needed. If you're interested, let me know and I can help get you signed up.

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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Very pleased to have worked on this fascinating group of finds with the wonderful @francescatinti.bsky.social , and thanks to the comms team @cam.ac.uk for putting together the release. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/angl...

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Anglo-Saxon expats got special treatment in Rome’s 'Little England'

The first material evidence of the Schola Saxonum suggests the Anglo-Saxons in Rome were a thriving and valued expat community.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Interesting: the last big BL exhibit I went to was Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms and while it was very busy, it never felt overwhelmed and I never felt rushed or had trouble approaching the case I was interested in. But 2019 is centuries ago by now.

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Tiny News Collective @tinynewscollective.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚐 We are hitting the road! Our first in-person events, "From the Ground Up: The Founders Reimagining Local News," are coming to SF, DC and NYC this fall. Get the dates, speakers and venues in the latest Big Blast 🚀 newsletter. #LocalJournalism #CommunityNews www.tinynewsco.org/the-big-blas...

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🚀 The Big Blast from Tiny News, September 2026

🚗 TNC is taking the show on the road with events in San Francisco, New York and D.C.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bernard Muir announced via the ISSEME email list the relaunch of Evellum, which includes the (paid) online paleography course Ductus. evellum.net The site looks great. Has anybody used Ductus? Those of us working on free paleography courses or open-access textbooks would be curious.

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Evellum

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Isabella Lewis @irvlewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On Saturday, 7 November, I will be running a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon around the theme of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints. I hope that this workshop will help to improve the coverage of women and LGBTQ+ history on Wikipedia. To attend, follow this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wiki-edit-...

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Wiki Edit-a-Thon: Byzantine Women & Genderqueer Saints

An in-person edit-a-thon that aims to improve the coverage of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints on Wikipedia. No prior experience needed.

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BIG NEWS! I am launching a new podcast together with colleagues from the Cluster of Excellence on Cross-Cultural Philology here at the LMU in Munich. It's called Pages of History and will appear once a month, following today's initial launch with three episodes. pagesofhistorypodcast.net

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Beautiful picture of an older woman, 1654. Exactly the eyes of gentle old age. By Michael Sweerts, whose day has been today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Come blow your horn! Because it’s Michael Sweerts’s birthday, and you should celebrate it.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I shouldn't type this out loud, but after 10 days of being pretty incapacitated by my knee situation, I'm feeling much more mobile today. I did a few errands, including taking my mom's very strong dog to the vet, without any mobility aids and without ending up hobbling at the end of the day.

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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A sliver of an old almanac in this gutter 🌝

An open book with a very thin piece of printed waste as reinforcement

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have been thinking lately that Pippin yelling at the squirrels is like my grandmother yelling at the Phillies.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I need to stop fretting about things I can't fix and start planning the iconography course I start teaching 12 days from now. I had really better wake up without a headache tomorrow.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dolly says, "Perhaps your timeline needs a dose of beautiful me!"

And mostly white-faced lady beagle posing for the camera with a little smile and a coy expression

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is one I wish I could get to.

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Congratulations to Shannon McSheffrey and Walid A. Saleh, who have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/shannon...

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2026 is the 550th anniversary of England's first printer, William Caxton, establishing his printing press in Westminster, London. To celebrate, the Bibliographical Society is hosting a series of videos from libraries in the UK and around the world introducing viewers to items printed by Caxton ...

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Caxton 550 - YouTube

2026 is the 550th anniversary of England's first printer, William Caxton, establishing his printing press in Westminster, London. To celebrate, the Bibliogra...

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is one of 26 leaves of fragments of a 10th century Gregorian sacramentary, removed between 1773-1790 from the original binding of another manuscript, the Winton Domesday, where they formed the packing of the boards.

Fragment of a 10th century sacramentary, removed between 1773-90 from the original binding of MSS/0154 (where they formed the packing of the boards).

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Tuija Ainonen @tainonen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2nd day of #Skin2Script workshop with @crasshlive.bsky.social about to start Checking how drying has progressed - various results. Next pushing on with sanding, scraping & finishing touches

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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1. #MedievalSky, grab a lifejacket and a seasickness bag, we’re casting off on a thread about the Norman invasion fleet in 1066! 960 years ago, the Normans landed at Pevensey and established a base at the Roman shore fort which was already succumbing to erosion from the sea on its south side. 1/20

Photograph of Pevensey Castle with an information board in the foreground showing an artists impression of how the view may have looked in 1066 when the sea came almost up to the walls.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My Harold Taylor memory: one of the summers when I dug at Repton with the Biddles, Taylor was onsite, studying St. Wystan's. During the day, he was usually to be found sitting at a school desk, the kind with desk attached to chair on one side, on the pavement outside the church, making notes.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This snuggly boy, with toebeans cameo. His coloring is amazing!

Close-up of a beagle curled up on a pillow with forehead, nose, toes and tip of tail visible.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When this historic property full of books crossed my feed today I tried to zoom in to see particulars of the library. One book jumped out at me: Harold Taylor's Anglo-Saxon Architecture. Not something a lot of people have on their shelves! Here's the listing: www.instagram.com/p/Dctmo4UCF5a/

A room full of books with a white arrow, added by me, pointing to Harold Taylor's Anglo-Saxon Architecture.

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ImPRESSed Yet? I am thrilled to announce that Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric will be published October 27 in print and Open Access with @acmrs.bsky.social, thanks to 30 textile and print scholars, and 1 groundbreaking exhibition @newberrylibrary.bsky.social! #CoverReveal 1/5

Cover art for Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric!

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Tuija Ainonen @tainonen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Next 3 days will be on From Skin to Script workshop with @crasshlive.bsky.social Starting with dehairing soaked skins #Skin2Script #medievalMSS

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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's the feast of St Michael the Archangel! But did you know it is also the feast of the Blessed Charles de Blois, erstwhile duke of Brittany? Yep, that's because he fought the final(ish) battle of the Breton War of Succession at Auray on 29 September 1364, where he died! And boy was it dramatic

The battle of Auray, 1364. Medieval illustration of two armies clashing with spears. Everyone's dressed in full plate, but on foot, standing on a pile of bleeding corpses. The two leaders wear identical ermine tunics and wave banners. The banner on the right is tipping backwards.

High-definition images courtesy of BnF's Mandragore; low-res images courtesy of the Online Froissart.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New, Open Access book on late antique & medieval Polychromy: "This volume examines the role of colour in Late Antiquity & the early Middle Ages, exploring its use in art and architecture through archaeological, art historica l& scientific research." www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...

Figure 6. Detail of the captives’ trousers in daylight (a) and under IR light with Egyptian blue glowing white(b), Nicomedia frieze © Nicomedia-Çukurbağ Archaeology Project

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