Reposted by Myriah WilliamsAnn Parry Owen @collen105.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Mae Gwefan Guro’r Glyn yn ôl ar lein! gutorglyn.net 086
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsCeltic at Oxford @oxfordceltic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you missed this year's Oxford O'Donnell lecture in May, there's another chance to hear it online. Thanks once again to @aaron-griffith.bsky.social for enlightening us on variation in Old Irish! #oldirish #gaeilge www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-xx...youtube.comOld Irish: plenty of variation, but of what kind? (O'Donnell Lecture 2026)YouTube video by Faculty of English, University of Oxford 092
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsBrandon W. Hawk @brandonwhawk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today I'm preparing my presentation for this workshop on Friday. Folks interested in #apocrypha, #EarlyChristianity, #MedievalSky, & #CelticStudies: I hope to see you there! 062
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsElizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Substack post by Ranke de Vries which not only shows that AI won't be taking over Medieval Irish Studies any time soon (thankfully), but also makes an eloquent case in favour of sitting with the difficulty of manuscript transcription. #MedievalSky rankedevries.substack.com/p/ai-and-med...rankedevries.substack.comAI and medieval Irish manuscriptsJust no. 45226
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Punishing those who care about people and the world around them while also closing off the arts and humanities to anyone but the wealthy. Two birds one sledgehammer. 010
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsKeith Houston @shadycharacters.co.uk · 27/09/2026& then...? From the Shady Characters archive, delve into the history of the ampersand, or “and” sign, which goes all the way back to ancient Rome. Start at shadycharacters.co.u... to understand the hows & whys of this most elegant mark. 084
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Adomnán of Iowa" - so much parodic potential in one small typo 092
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsJohn Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I will always remember fondly the student who finished an essay with the line "In conclusion, the early modern period marked a massive shit in European history." 48813109
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsAlice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026my favourite typo is, & will always be, ‘the literary cannon’ 4943349
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When you take a sip of coffee from your travel mug and realize it's hot water 041
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsKristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Archaeologists in Paris have uncovered what they think is ancient Lutetia, a Celtic oppidum mentioned in Caesar's Gallic Wars that had never been found. 🧪🏺livescience.comMissing Celtic fort annihilated by Julius Caesar finally found under Paris hospitalArchaeologists in Paris have discovered the remains of a missing Celtic fort sacked by Julius Caesar in 52 B.C. 221173
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What kind of horse is carried to a hunt by its rider? A riddle in honor of teaching Gerald of Wales today. 140
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsDavid Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Many congratulations to my colleague and friend Prof Raimund Karl (Uni Vienna, formerly Uni Bangor) who last week excavated the first chariot burial in Lower Austria (Eggendorf), and only the fourth in all of Austria. TV report in German at: on.orf.at/video/143399... (starting ca. at 01:00). /1on.orf.atStudio 2 vom 21.09.2026Lebendige Archäologie: Keltische Funde in Eggendorf | Expertengespräch über metastasierten Brustkrebs | Tier der Woche: Unfallkatzen | Gespräch: Schutz der Haustiere im Straßenverkehr | Luka Leben: Vo... 1259
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 21/09/202621st September is the feast of St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. Bodleian Library MS. Auct. D. 2. 16; Gospels; 10th century; France, Brittany, Landevennec; f.28v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk 13611
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsCODECS @codecs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Update to the previous announcement. The server limitation is apparently set in stone, making it currently impossible for the site to be fully operational. Workarounds are being explored but sadly, I don’t see an easy fix anytime soon. 124
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yup.irishtimes.comWas Catherine Connolly ‘trolling’ Trump by giving him an obscure medieval book?US president gifted new edition of Voyage of St Brendan, a book which has a centuries’ long back story 040
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This was less than three years ago. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2394267... 0197
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Celtic (UG), Chinese & Russian (UG), Contemporary History, Economics & Statistics (joint degree), Inclusive Education (MSc), Intellectual History, Italian & Classics (joint), Law & Social Policy (joint), Medieval History, Persian Studies (UG), Portuguese (UG), Psychology & Economics (joint)....heraldscotland.comFull list of the 90 programmes earmarked for closure at leading Scottish universityManagers say the cuts are necessary “to protect our world-leading reputation and resilience in research and teaching” but staff members have hit… 95352
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsCODECS @codecs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026(1/2) I’m sorry to announce CODECS will be unavailable while server problems continue. We may be in a spot of bother with the (new?) limitations of our hosting plan. Some essential maintenance scripts require a generous amount of time to complete, but ... 1105
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Matthew Rhys's Emmy-winning roles are great, but have you seen him as an angsty teenage Lleu who dives through a portal to the Otherworld (or the world of the Mabinogi) looking for his mother? Y Mabinogi/Otherworld is an early aughts gem - and a special treat for millennial Celticists 070
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsMyriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Convincing myself that this gift from the President of Ireland was a subtle troll about Greenland 2112
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsDavid Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Well, there you go. Others have picked up that track as well: www.irishecho.com/2026/1/green...irishecho.comGreen Isle to GreenlandAt the risk of confusing a situation that is already deeply confused (and being facetious to boot) perhaps this is a moment for Ireland to claim so... 122
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Convincing myself that this gift from the President of Ireland was a subtle troll about Greenland 2112
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsMyriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Casaf rholbren wyd gennyf "To me you are the most vile rolling pin" Need a laugh? Here's Dafydd ap Gwilym's "Cywydd y Gal", in which the poet castigates his penis for its bad behavior. (choose Poem 85 for full text and translation) dafyddapgwilym.net/eng/3win.htm #medievalsky 12116
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsChristian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ending the week on a high by meeting what may be the oldest Scottish book still in Scotland. Late C10/early C11, it is a psalter in Irish minuscule, presumably created in Scotland, exact provenance unknown. Richly illum. initials throughout, with fine interlacing and lots of brilliant animal heads. 58223
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Casaf rholbren wyd gennyf "To me you are the most vile rolling pin" Need a laugh? Here's Dafydd ap Gwilym's "Cywydd y Gal", in which the poet castigates his penis for its bad behavior. (choose Poem 85 for full text and translation) dafyddapgwilym.net/eng/3win.htm #medievalsky 12116
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 11/09/2026Universities are subsidizing internal AI tools that are, from the perspective of the humanities, enabling cheating & cognitive outsourcing. The cost in resources is certainly an issue, but the fact that these tools undermine the work we ask students to do is ridiculous www.umass.edu/it/genai/pla...umass.eduGenAI Platform : UMass Amherst Information Technology : UMass AmherstThe UMass GenAI platform is an intuitive and user-friendly platform designed to provide the UMass community with equitable access to leading generative AI models, including OpenAI (ChatGPT), Anthropic... 6388119
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"I am angry all the fucking time, and I cannot keep on baring my jaws and allowing one of my eyes to pop out of my head while the other falls back into my skull." Relatable and recommended 1123
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsElizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I wrote something on anger, today and in medieval Ireland. #MedievalSky #OpenAccess #Speirgorm #Spéirghorm www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgDe Ira | Public Humanities | Cambridge CoreDe Ira - Volume 2 43414
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsAndy 🏴 @a-ghalldachd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The Values of Ireland are as follows: 1) going into a fugue state when in battle 2) vaulting very far, five cantreds per vault 3) the afore-mentioned fugue state giving you extra fingers, toes etc 3) turning into animals whenever possible 4) doing absolutely everything in 7s or 3s 3297
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsYmddiriedolaeth Ystrad Fflur - Strata Florida Trust @stratafloridatrust.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Cwrs trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn Ystrad Fflur, Dydd Sadwrn 3ydd Hydref, 10yb-4yp Llenyddiaeth Ystrad Fflur gyda Dafydd Johnston ac Eurig Salisbury Manylion ac archebu ar ein gwefan: www.strataflorida.org.uk/cyrsiau.html 067
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 06/09/2026corgi means “dwarf dog” in Welsh and the plural is corgwn 1145
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsCSANA @csanaceltic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Apply here: icms.confex.com/icms/2027/pr... 033
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsHelen McKee @helenthev.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fascinating discovery! Here’s a link to the MS illustrated (the CCCC MS where sheeppox was identified is the Corpus Glossary, CCCC 144). mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B...mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.ukB.10.5 - The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts 021
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsPetra Johana Poncarová @poncarova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026After a long embargo, it is finally out: my ERC Starting Grant #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu has been funded. The 5-year project on creatively active new users of Celtic languages in the 19th and early 20th century starts in Jan 27 at @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz. For news, follow us at @erc-nudgers.bsky.social. 125614
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/09/2026You know what's not down? The library. 526566
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsAndrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 02/09/2026Ancient parchments, covered in ancient disease DNA! Researchers led by @ucddublin.bsky.social's @gingerhowley.bsky.social recover the genes of a deadly animal pathogen from medieval manuscripts. @science.orgscience.orgAncient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchmentNewly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged 615559
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsMyriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 01/09/2026annerch a chariad at vy anhrydyddusaf gar "greetings and affection to my most honourable kinsman" A note between friends? Written in a margin of the Black Book of Carmarthen (NLW Peniarth MS 1) in the 14th/15th century, erased probably in the 17th, recovered in the 21st. #WorldLetterWritingDay 01910
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsInrap @inrap.fr · 02/09/2026En partenariat avec l'Inrap, le magazine L'Histoire publie un tiré à part dédié à la saison gauloise de l'Institut. À consulter ici 👉 www.inrap.fr/sites/inrap.... Publié avec l'aide de Demathieu Bard maglhistoire.bsky.social @archeodgarcia.bsky.social @aphg.fr 13314
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 01/09/2026annerch a chariad at vy anhrydyddusaf gar "greetings and affection to my most honourable kinsman" A note between friends? Written in a margin of the Black Book of Carmarthen (NLW Peniarth MS 1) in the 14th/15th century, erased probably in the 17th, recovered in the 21st. #WorldLetterWritingDay 01910
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Come for the evidence of possible Welsh origins of the Hereford Gospels (and the psalter hidden within it!), stay for the lovely little dry-point winged lion 061
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I would object to LLMs even if they weren't planet destroying plagiarism-based bullshit engines because students need to learn core skills and how to do the work themselves. Also, they are planet destroying plagiarism-based bullshit engines that give answer-shaped nonsense. 7604145
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsDavid Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The programme for the @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie Tionól 2026 is out (26-28 November). An exciting, three-day programme. 12011
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsJennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Delighted to share that recordings from the Hereford Gospels online symposium are now available on YouTube: m.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Head over to get your fix of 8th/9th century manuscript mysteries!m.youtube.comHereford Gospels Symposium 2026 - YouTubeThe Hereford Gospels Symposium took place online on Friday 26 June 2026. Organised by the library and archive team at Hereford Cathedral, the day of learning... 3126
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsVicky McAlister @vickymcalister.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Seeking submissions for Eolas vol 20 (2027) until Oct 16! Eolas publishes articles, short reports, DH reviews, and book reviews and we're happy to receive submissions in any of these so long as it relates to medieval Ireland! More info asims.org/Eolas #medievalsky #digitalhumanities 1116
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsTamara Atkin @tamarajatkin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I was first contacted by Callum at the Island Archives in 2024, and it feels like barely a month goes by without a new discovery! Shout out not only to him and @drdavidrundle.bsky.social but also J.R Mattison, with whom I’ve been writing about the Griselda fragment. Excellent collaborators all! 35214
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsDavid Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I hadn't been aware of this before: Tomás Ó Cathasaigh reads Messe ocus Pangur Bán in Old Irish and in Séamus Heaney's translation (2013). www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcw...youtube.comSeamus Heaney: A Memorial Celebration, "Pangur Bán" (Clip 6 of 17)YouTube video by Harvard English 25222
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsMyriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Palaeographer: The cup is a scribal error for tuþ 04110
Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Palaeographer: The cup is a scribal error for tuþ 04110
Reposted by Myriah WilliamsClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Well this looks great #medievalsky #archaeology www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recent-res...eventbrite.co.ukRECENT RESEARCH ON EARLY MEDIEVAL WALES AND BEYOND: EMWARG COLLOQUIUM 2026A two-day colloquium on new research and excavation on early medieval Wales and beyond, with visits to early medieval sites near Wrexham. 0198
