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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

15 Sept is the Feast of Our Lady of the Sorrows, so here's Madonna Dolorosa c. 1590/1600 by Juan Baptista Cuiris who was active in Michoacan (Pátzcuaro) #Mexico. Feather work - a Christian application of this prized Aztec technique. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

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Andy (he/him) @eprenprof.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

One I hadn’t seen before. Really wonderful!

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Peter McCullough @mcculloughp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Congratulations to the wonderful Mary Ann Lund (Leicester) on publication of her second (!) vol. in the Oxford Donne Sermons edition. Fantastic textual and critical scholarship on his mid-career at St Paul's.

Looking down into a box of author's copies of volume 13 in the Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne: Sermons Preached at St Paul's Cathedral, 1626-1628, in their trademark Oxford English Texts light blue dust jackets.

Tondo portrait in gold frame of John Donne when Dean of St Paul's; thick dark hair and beard and draped in what looks like a very un-clerical black satin toga, channeling Roman orator (latter day preacher). V&A and a contemporary copy in St Paul's Cathedral Chapter House.

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Andy (he/him) @eprenprof.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I’m happy to say that I’ll be joining the editorial team at Sixteenth Century Journal this fall. We hope you’ll send your scholarship our way! www.editorialmanager.com/tscj/default... It’s an honor to join the fabulous team there.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/08/2026

Breaking News: Dolly Parton, the country singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur known for her outsize persona and prodigious vision and talent that placed her in a class by herself, has died at 80. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...

A black-and-white portrait of Dolly Parton with big blonde hair, sitting in a chair and smiling. A headline reads: "1946-2026: Dolly Parton." Photo by Jack Manning/The New York Times

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Andy (he/him) @eprenprof.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So sad that she’s gone. What a great person she was.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Remco Sleiderink @remcosleiderink.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ben jij een jonge neerlandicus, historicus of theoloog die vier jaar lang in de mystieke literatuur en de archieven wil duiken? John Arblaster en ik zoeken een kandidaat voor het doctoraatsproject “Op het spoor van de Vrije Geest in Brussel: ketterij en repressie in de vroege 15de eeuw”. Repost=fijn

Zicht op Brussel in de vijftiende eeuw (c) Brussel, Rijksarchief

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/07/2026

The man who killed Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota state lawmaker, and her husband, Mark, last year was ordered by a federal judge on Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison.

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Vance Boelter Ordered to Spend Life in Prison for Shooting Minnesota Lawmakers

Vance Boelter, the Minnesota man who attacked state lawmakers in their homes last year, had pleaded guilty after prosecutors opted not to seek the death penalty.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Prodigal son, welcomed home by his father. Steady, reliable brother is less pleased. By Lucas Gassel, whose day is today.

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Andy (he/him) @eprenprof.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

@peterpaulrubens.bsky.social I feel as if we may have corresponded about this once in the past, but if not: there are some wonderful Judith and Holofernes paintings (a subject I think we both appreciate) in St Louis. Just saw them again at SLAM.

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, A Cabinet in the Artist's Studio, 1670-71, Oil on canvas, 132 x 199 cm (Statens Museum 3for Kunst, Copenhagen)

A trompe-l'oeil painting portraying a cabinet in an artist's studio, with a tapestry, several paintings, including a self-portrait, and various painting tools

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Not just another meaty kitchen scene: there's money on the cupboard door, a carnation in the butter, and something special near the fireplace. Painted in 1552 by Pieter Aertsen, whose day is today.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I was glad to see that STAM, Ghent's city museum, devotes some attention to the Calvinist Republic of 1577-84, when a Reformed Protestant regime took control. Here are portraits of the ringleaders, Francois van Ryhove and Jan van Hembyze. #reformationinthelowcountries

Painted portrait of a bearded man wearing a ruff, velvet jacket and pantaloons

Portrait of a bearded man with a ruff holding a book

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Exquisite angel of the Annunciation by Carlo Dolci of Florence, whose day is today.

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Andy (he/him) @eprenprof.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This reminds me of a quote from “Heathers.”

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Confident, regal, slightly intimidating woman in red dress, with dog. Painted by Jacopo Pontormo, or possibly his pupil Bronzino.

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Broadview Press @broadviewpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New to Scientific Thinking 2e 🔹Revised text with new examples 🔹More concise introduction to statistical inference 🔹Updated material on scientific explanation 🔹New chapters on demarcating science from pseudoscience and more! Request an exam copy buff.ly/z5aSamP

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Moses and his Nubian wife Zipporah. Great nod to the reality of race in the Old Testament from Jacob Jordaens of Antwerp, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Lion confronting a dragon in fab little drawing, 1505, by Domenico Beccafumi of Siena. It's his day today.

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Andy (he/him) @eprenprof.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Some awful stuff. I write about this in my book …

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Elaine Treharne @etreharne.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Isn’t this wonderful? The head of a stalk of Rye grass, presumably used as a bookmark in this twelfth-century Bodleian MS from Cirencester. Just lovely.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

2/2 Saint Catherine. And her cartoon. From 1515 by the divine Raphael.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

2/2 A lot of portrait effort always went into representing the sitter’s clothing. Look at all the fab fabrics on Francis!

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Gabriel has stopped in street to chat with local saint, but Mary is nevertheless receiving the Holy Spirit in a marvelous Annunciation by Carlo Crivelli, 1486. For the feast of the Annunciation, which is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

My endlessly wise, wonderful, beautiful wife, Isabella Brant, painted in our garden (more or less) in 1621 by Anthony van Dyck. He was born OTD in 1599.

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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

They made great material for woodcut broadsheets as well, a couple here from Strasbourg in 1554 and Rottenberg in 1561: publicdomainreview.org/collection/c...

Colored woodcut of sundogs over a 16th-century German town; well-dressed figures are pointing thoughtfully at the crazy stuff in the skies.

More sundogs over a German town, but fewer and smaller pointing scholars this time.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Born on this day in 1836, in Boston, painter Winslow Homer. Here, painting some more artists sketching in the White Mountains in 1868.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Died (alas!) on this day in 1538, in his home town of Regensburg, Albrecht Altdorfer. Here, Alexander the Great & Persian king Darius clash in the Battle of Issus, painted by Altdorfer in 1529.

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

"this is fine" British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

A medieval manuscript illustration from the British Library royal ms 20 a ii f3r.
Image shows a medieval king in a green gown and wearing a crown. He is stood within a burning castle with arms in the air and a look of 'oh dear' on his face

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Andy (he/him) @eprenprof.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I guess I hadn’t realized he came up just a few days short (a hair short?) of a 23 year reign.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Pure profile aesthetics: sheer elegance of the line for a woman's profile, 1460s, by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. He was born on this day in 1430.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The lace maker, 1662. Seems so quiet, but you know her bobbins are clicking away. By Caspar Netscher, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Giulio Clovio painted the Tower of Babel several times, once in collaboration w/ the great Pieter Bruegel. That work is alas lost. Here is Clovio painting Babel in the Farnese Hours.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Charles II, c. 1670 Peter Lely (National Maritime Museum)

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." -- James Baldwin

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

As globalization and crises in biopolitics and the environment rapidly increase, and as models of affect theory multiply, the novel and how we read it are undergoing a sea change. The newest issue of Novel is now available: buff.ly/eWTFEaa

Green journal cover with title Novel A Forum on Fiction and list of featured articles and authors

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

2/2 Visual feast for all the senses in 1653, from Abraham van Beyeren. It's his day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Catherine de' Medici, showing off her children to be painted in the studio of Francois Clouet. Today is his day.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Happy woman reading Jan Lievens, c. 1630-1674 (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Once upon a time in a university near you, in-person teaching was a thing, as you can see in this image of 1612. Young people with hats came together, regularly and voluntarily, prepared for classes, and enjoying a lively learning situation of *checks notes*, a 90 minutes monolog of someone else ...

The image of 1612 shows an academic scene of early modern Europe: a lecture hall with a professor on a professorial chair at the upper centre, a large groups of students present.

This is one from a series of eighteen plates by the workshop of Crispijn van de Passe, depicting scenes of academic life, more here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1972-0722-6-3

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Assistant Professor in International #Politics - Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin - School of Social Sciences and Philosophy - Department of Political Science #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU769/a...

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Assistant Professor in International Politics at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor in International Politics on jobs.ac.uk!

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🇸🇪🏆🇭🇺 Hungary’s László Krasznahorkai received the Nobel Prize in Literature today in Stockholm from King Carl XVI Gustaf — a historic moment honoring the master of dark, mesmerically unfolding epics and a landmark day for Hungarian literature.

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Paulina Kewes @paulinakewes.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

JOB KLAXON! CHAIR IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN HISTORY AT @ox.ac.uk: please publicize! Eleanor Rathbone Professor of Contemporary European History my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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