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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Talk by Maria Doerfler on Syriac funerary hymns on Thursday 17 September (4 pm CET). All welcome!

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Our team at KU Leuven is organizing a Workshop on Letters & Epistolary Culture in Syriac Christianity at the Oxford Patristic Studies Conference (2–6 Aug 2027). We will be happy to receive proposals for papers by 30 June 2026 (marion.pragt@kuleuven.be). Details in the attached file.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

There is a new, open access 🚨 📖 book tracing the global history of Zoroastrianism from antiquity (6th century BCE-7th century CE) to the Middle Ages—and then into modernity. My friend & top Manichaeism scholar @babelalexandria.bsky.social has a chapter as well. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

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The Zoroastrian World | Jenny Rose, Albert de Jong, Sarah Stewart | Ta

Although Zoroastrians in the contemporary world are numerically few – estimated recently at less than 150,000 across the globe – their ancient Iranian ancestors

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Next week! With Christine Shepardson (The University of Tennessee Knoxville) and @philipforness.bsky.social (KU Leuven)!

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Next Thu 28 May, 10 AM Karolina Tomczyszyn (KULeuven) •Approved Teachers and Insignificant Rhetoricians: Literary Curation in the Letters of Jacob of Edessa, George, bishop of the Arabs, and John of Litarb• Don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link

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Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Voor een gezelschap met em. hoogleraar Syrisch Gerrit Reinink zochten we Syrische boeken. Daarbij kwam deze parel tevoorschijn. Dit bandje bevat een uitgave uit 1555 van de evangeliën in het klassiek West-Syrisch. Het Serta-schrift is zo mooi dat het in een expositie over Letterkunst komt. (2/3)

Goudgestempelde boekband. Collectie Athenaeumbibliotheek Deventer

Goud op snee met decoratief reliëf. Collectie Athenaeumbibliotheek Deventer

Titelblad met klassiek West-Syrisch Serto-schrift. Collectie Athenaeumbibliotheek Deventer

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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

..and to hearing about demonic ducks!

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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Looking forward to reading about satanic partridges..

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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

New special issue on paradoxography and knowledge production in Studies in Late Antiquity. Thank you @monikaamsler.bsky.social for your dedication!

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

If you missed this morning's paper by Larissa Ficulle Santini on fertility control in Byzantium, here is the recording! youtu.be/V4khg32-r-w

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TeTra | Larisa Ficulle Santini "How to Talk about Fertility Control in Byzantium"

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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🧯Hot off the press: Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity (Cambridge Element) > free download until April 8! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity

Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Had lots of fun recording this with the St Edmund Hall (nickname: Teddy Hall) Director of Music Carlos Rodríguez Otero in the crypt of St-Peter-in-the-East. Lyrics in the info box! youtu.be/JeHQP-Avdhs

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Ursulorum parvulorum convivium (Teddy Bears Picnic) in the crypt of St-Peter-in-the-East

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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

#NewPublication #OpenAccess #ChristianEast #ManuscriptStudies #BookHistory #ArabicBible “Monastic Literature in Early Islamic Palestine and Sinai: Manuscripts, Scribes, Translators, Authors, and Later Readers”, COMSt Bulletin Special Issue, ed. by Adrian C. Pirtea

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Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin 11, 2025

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

For the word nerds out there, the word in Akkadian for "expert in aromatics" is muraqqītu. This was the technical domain of women. As another random example, a woman named Tukulti-sha-shamê "the muraqqītu", provided oil for cultic events for a period of 8 months to a steward named Saggi'u.

No. 8: MARV 2.22 On this unsealed tablet Saggiu the steward is named as the recipient of (mahir) a series of amounts totalling just over one homer of two kinds of oil on different occasions, over a period of at least 8 months. The oil is either "myrtle oil" (IÀ a-si) or "purified oil" (IÀ ma-su-ú), used apparently interchangeably, and totalled together as just "oil" (IÀ.MES = samnu) at the end of the document.
The summary reads as follows:
SU.NÍGIN 1 ANSE 3 ½ qa IÀ.MES Sa SU munsGIS.TUKUL-ti-sa-AN-e mu-ra-qi-te tal-pi-tu sa is-tu ITI a-pu-MAN.MES-ni
UD.2.KÁM li-me 'MAS-DUMU.ÚS-SUM-na
a-di ITI al-la-na-te UD.20.KÁM li-me 'ra-gis-sá-ni
a-na tal-pi- ti É'.GAL'"-lim 'sa-gi-ú AGRIG ma-hi-ir
"Total: 1 homer 3½ qû oil, in the charge of Tukulti-ja-same, the perfumer, expenditure for the period from the month of Apu-sarrani, 2nd day, eponymate of Ninurta-apla-iddina until the month of Alla-natu, 20th day, eponymate of Ragissanu, for the expenditure of the palace(?), 15 Saggiu, the steward, has received".

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Join us next Thursday 26 Feb at 10 AM CET for a paper by Maria S. Thomas (UniVie) on the manuscript production of the Syriac Orthodox monastery of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem in the twelfth century! If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

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Dr Renske Janssen🟥 @renskejanssen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Postdocs were recently described as 'the disposable worker bees of academia". @elckerlieke.bsky.social and I added to the conversation. How can we better recognise the contributions of this essential part of the academic ecosystem? www.voicesyoungacademics.nl/articles/for...

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Forming a hive: The importance of recognising and organising postdoctoral ‘worker bees’

A recent piece by Welmoed Visser in Ad Valvas describes the struggles of postdocs, “the disposable worker bees of academia”. As postdocs working at Leiden University, we recognise many of the concerns...

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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We're thrilled to share with you the programme for the 2026 online seminar of the project! The series is curated by our colleague Maria S. Thomas (@dekayra.bsky.social). All welcome! Let us know if you'd like to add you to the email list. genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671

The programme of the 2026 GenAut online seminar, with the general theme "The Followers of the Apostles in Cultic Contexts." It can be found online at https://genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671.

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Next week we are hosting another paper, this time by Nicolas Atas (KU Leuven) on Syriac lexica! Tune in on Thursday 5 Feb at our regular time of 10 AM CET. As always, don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social if you're not yet on our mailing list!

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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Call for Papers - EABS 2026: Biblical Reception in Eastern Christian Traditions. We welcome papers on manuscripts, margins, scribes, biblical traditions, and more. Abstracts can be submitted until 31 January 2026: eabs.my.site.com/s/research-u...

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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Very exciting to see the new book of Leuven colleague Hanneke van der Schoor has now appeared, who uses Dead Sea Scroll evidence about the mysterious figure of Qahat to think through modern practices of editing and textual classification (brill.com/display/titl...; @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social).

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Sabrina Inowlocki @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Excited to announce this for late April! Join us by zoom, it will be online too. #lateantiquity #earlymiddleages @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Pasts Imperfect is back from break! This week, we focus on AI ethics and labor with @illdottore.bsky.social, Christine Johnston & Leigh Anne Lieberman. Then, ancient bees in jawbones, Roman camels in Basel, a book on temple robbery, new ancient world journals @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more

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Pasts Imperfect (1.8.26)

This week, we are back from holiday break with a deep dive into the ethics, big business, and myth-peddling of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education. Then, bees in ancient jawbones within t...

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Happy New Year everyone! We are starting off 2026 next Friday 9 Jan at 10 AM with a paper by Roman Gundacker (ÖAW/UniVie) on Manetho's Aegyptiaca. If you're not yet on the mailing list and interested in attending, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

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Dan Batovici @danbatovici.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Bit of news here: genaut.univie.ac.at/?p=1595 @erc.europa.eu #ERCCoG

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Linde Van den Eede @lindevde.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Today, Sid and I are attempting a recipe for “roy marmelaede” with quinces from the Antwerp Annunciates’ recipe book (first half 17th century, with some later additions - @kbrbe.bsky.social). Quite curious as to how this will go (1/?) #earlyModern #bookhistory #womenshistory #foodhistory

Part of the recipe in the original manuscript.

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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

To avoid any curses, attending is recommended.

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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Exiting the theology faculty has become quite the adventure.

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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Looking forward to hearing about the creative use of an East Syriac text in a medieval Syriac Orthodox context tomorrow!

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The next TeTra event is another Book in the Spotlight, this time with Sofia Puchkova. Discussant is Samuel Fernández (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile). Tuesday 1 July at 4PM CET, don't miss it! If you are not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Next week we offer the floor to one of the long-term participants in our seminar. Boško Erić (University of East Sarajevo) will be speaking about the Letter of Mara bar Serapion on Thu 5 June, at 10 AM. If you're not yet on the mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Also now up on our YouTube channel, the recording of Antonietta Castiello's paper on the inscriptions of the Palmyrene diaspora. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_o2...

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TeTra | Antonietta Castiello "The Memory of the Palmyrene Diaspora through its Inscriptions"

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

In case you missed it, the recording of Federico Alpi's talk about the Nicene Creed in the Armenian version of the Didascalia CCCXVIII Patrum is now available on our Youtube channel alongside many other papers and all the lectures! www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0cx...

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TeTra | Federico Alpi "Entangled creed(s): The Armenian version of the Didascalia CCCXVIII Patrum"

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Dan Batovici @danbatovici.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Four-year postdoc in Syriac studies in Vienna. Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/ Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries! @fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

New special issue on practices of authorship edited by Sabrina Inowlocki: www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/issue/ear... Thank you for the invitation to be part of this, @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social!

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Sabrina Inowlocki @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Proof day! The special issue I edited on Christian authorship is out soon in Early Christianity. Watch out to see the fantastic papers by my distinguished colleagues @danbatovici.bsky.social @gpfewster.bsky.social @worldlyscribe.bsky.social and @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social

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Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

'The lamb is among all beasts the most sweet and innocent...It hurts no man with teeth, nails or horns and all that comes of him is good and profitable...' Surely the scribe was considering the parchment of that very folio - made more noticeable by the hole - as he wrote this... [Harley 6149].

image of a sheep in a coat of arms next to a hole in the parchment

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Join us on Thursday 6 February at 10 AM for a conversation with @mateuszkusio.bsky.social on the early Christian Latin poet Commodianus

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St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

We are delighted to be hosting an exhibition of artworks for the next month! KIRKWALL SAGA by Morgan Barnett is inspired by the Kirkwall Ba', and will be on display until 13 February. Entry to the exhibition and cathedral are FREE, open 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm, Monday to Saturday.

Large monoprints featuring stylised figures holding golden balls. Church architecture in the background.

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

We are thrilled to announce the preliminary TeTra programme for 2025, which is now available on our new website: tetra.univie.ac.at! Wishing you a very good, hopefully restful Christmas break, and an even better new year, Your Tetra team – Marion, Giorgia, Andy and Dan

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Space, mental maps, and Byzantine storytelling in tomorrow's TeTra seminar. It's still possible to register for our final meeting of 2024.

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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Thread on all things Narsai 😍

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Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Al 60.000 mensen hebben de petitie tegen de bezuinigingen getekend - docenten, studenten en hun ouders, maar ook veel andere bezorgde burgers. Het zou mooi zijn als die de komende dagen nog meer handtekeningen krijgt!

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Stop de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs!

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

These kinds of transcriptions, made by Karaites, are an invaluable source for how Tiberian #Hebrew was pronounced, especially when it comes to vowel length. Biblical Hebrew spelling doesn't mark vowel length; not consistently. So, many scholars simply think it didn't exist anymore in Tiberian. BUT…

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Marion Pragt @worldlyscribe.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

My favourite classroom now comes with its own travel directions.

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Dan Batovici @danbatovici.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Bit of an update/introduction: I recently relocated to Vienna from Leuven to start a 5-year team project on the followers of the apostles as literary characters, and I’m pretty thrilled to announce that it is all now in full swing! Check out the website: genaut.univie.ac.at/

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