Our new website is live!! Hurrah! 🎉 we will share all upcoming COST action events, calls for papers for relevant events, and news about available grants and opportunities. Do share widely with any Prayer Studies scholars/ Historians of Religion who might be interested! prayticipate.eu

arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 A 200+ page research paper from the University of Warwick, led by Nataliya Kosmyna (et al) This was published a couple months ago but I've only just had the chance to read it. I highly encourage others to do the same but I wanted to condense some observations in a short 🧵

I love finding little legible remnants in pulp paper boards :’) The persistence of typography

Hey #MedievalSky Hivemind! Hive me your minds! I'm looking for medieval people/manuscripts referring to compilations as a bouquet of flowers or the stars in the sky or w/e (like the Liber Floridus was compiled "so faithful honeybees may suck the sweetness of the celestial juice"). Any thoughts?

The text says 'to the left foot' but the image depicts a right foot. Infinitely annoying.

Join us in June 2026 in Dublin! Keynotes by @renskehoff.bsky.social ; @wynkenhimself.bsky.social and Aditi Nafde #REBPAF #MSCA #ResearchImpactEU

CFP: @rebpaf.bsky.social’s “Re-mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures” With keynote speakers @wynkenhimself.bsky.social @renskehoff.bsky.social and Aditi Nafde Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 23-25 June 2026 Deadline: 15 December 2025 All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/re-med...

‼️Next year, the REBPAF Final Conference will be held in Dublin.‼️ We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚 #REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory [See images for details & how to apply.]

I don't know, maybe it needs more alliteration? (from Chelmsford Chronicle, 1858)

Reviewing lactation rooms: currently at @univie.ac.at. 7/10. 'Family room' with comfortable sofa. Door can be locked from the inside. No tap or fridge, but otherwise a nice space. #ParentInAcademia #Breastfeeding

Pumping on my way to Vienna: reviewing 'lactation room' at @schiphol.bsky.social. Was directed to this 'baby care room'. Well. There's a changing table, but that doesn't really help with the pumping, does it... No chair. 0/10 #breastfeeding

Fellow (book)historians, a question! I am working on a late 17th century French manuscript, but it seems to have a plate edge surrounding the image. How would that work? All 200+ images seem to have one? #bookhistory

Found the cutest little Holy Family in Utrecht Hs. 1 M 5, fol. 26r (15c) #MedievalSky utrechtuniversity.on.worldcat.org/oclc/965428966

Ik vind het belangrijk om ook met kinderen over wetenschap te spreken en te laten zien hoe uiteenlopend wetenschap is. Zo was ik pas betrokken bij het kinderwetenschapsfestival KennisKnetters. Geweldig om daar met kinderen over mijn onderzoek te praten! 1/3 www.tivolivredenburg.nl/agenda/99496...

Ik zou héél graag zo'n account maken, maar dan heb ik wel jullie input nodig! Dus als jullie voorbeelden hebben van teksten in de openbare ruimte die door gebruikers zijn aangepast, stuur ze me vooral! Kan door op deze post te reageren of via de mail ([email protected]).

Ook mijn oma was gespecialiseerd in religie. Ze studeerde al in de jaren '50 theologie en werkte tot haar emiritaat als predikant en docent godsdienst. "Ik geloof verder niet dat het [predikantschap] om specifieke vrouwelijke of mannelijke eigenschappen gaat," stelt ze hier (1979). #vrouwinhetambt

Dag allen! Deze week neem ik jullie mee in mijn werk! Mijn naam is Renske Hoff, universitair docent Middelnederlandse letterkunde aan de Universiteit Utrecht. Ik doe onderzoek naar religieuze boekgeschiedenis van de vijftiende en zestiende eeuw. 1/3

“Behandel vreemdelingen die bij jullie wonen als geboren Israëlieten. Heb hen lief als jezelf, want jullie zijn zelf vreemdelingen geweest in Egypte. Ik ben de HEER, jullie God.“ Leviticus 19:34 👌🏻

Deze week kun je me ook volgen op het wisselaccount @historicivertellen.bsky.social!

Reviewing lactation rooms at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, part 8: Vening Meineszgebouw 2. 9/10! Another room in the same building, much better! Tap, fridge, comfortable chair and door can be locked. Hurray! #ParentInAcademia #Breastfeeding

Reviewing lactation rooms at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, part 7: Vening Meineszgebouw. 6/10. Has a tap, fridge, basic chair. Can't be locked from the inside and also functions as storage room. What should I draw on the white board? #ParentInAcademia #Breastfeeding

There is a paper story included into this famous German painting of 1830s from Carl Spitzweg. You may know the common interpretation of the Poor Poet (German: Der arme Poet): Attention to the material misery of most artists and their work! A 🧵 for #skystorians, fans of #paperhistory, and more. 📚

My first-year students and I got to spend our morning in the special collections of Utrecht University library! ❤️ #medieval #manuscripts

#Bookhistory Miraeus lecture door Dr. @renskehoff.bsky.social 11/06, 18u30, Antwerpen. Boeken maken: de personalisatie van vroege drukken Deze lezing beschouwt de rol van lezers in het personaliseren en aanpassen van vroegmoderne boeken. Gratis, inschrijven via ttk.recreatex.be/Tickets/Deta...

#BookHistory friends! Work has begun on the LGBTQIA+ Book History bibliography, and the team is looking for you to share your citations! If you know of or have published something on LGBTQIA+ book history, submit it to this Google form! forms.gle/c1pkNBPbbyCF...

Pope election day is the most fun day to be Catholic because we get to be like sports or political commentators to all our non-Catholic friends

Lijkt het je leuk om ook een keer te posten op @historicivertellen.bsky.social? Ik ben op zoek naar mensen die vanaf september een week willen vertellen over hun historisch onderzoek. (1/3) Repost = ❤️

Out now: a special issue of OGE. Journal for the History of Spirituality in the Low Countries on the theme 'Religious Imagination in the Late Medieval Low Countries: Theories and Practices', which I co-edited together with Veerle Fraeters and Kees Schepers. poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...

#newpublication I returned to the topic of my MA thesis and wrote an article about the role of imagination in the performance of Middle Dutch songs. Thanks to @elckerlieke.bsky.social and Veerle Fraeters for the invitation to contribute to their special issue! poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...

How Much Do You Know About the History of Books? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Reviewing a lactation room at Radboud University Nijmegen today: Elinor Ostromgebouw. 10/10! Nice room, clean, comfortable chair, tap, art on the walls... Well done, Nijmegen! #ParentInAcademia #Breastfeeding

My book 'Involving Readers' is on the longlist for the REFORC Book Award! Curious to read it yourself? It's available in OA via the Brill website: brill.com/display/titl... #award #involvingreaders #bibles

The deadline for paper proposals is 4 April! Are you interested in the interplay between language and religious practice? Start writing that abstract now and let's meet in Vienna this summer! #callforpapers

www.uu.nl/en/events/co... Old writing and new technologies in the Utrecht University Library! #conference #paleography

The Paleohub organises its first conference! On 10 April 2025, at Utrecht University Library (Science Park). You're most invited to join us to think about the impact of new (digital) methods and tools on the study of written artefacts. You can register here: forms.uu.nl/universiteit.... #paleography

DUB nam een kijkje bij een interactief en interdisciplinair schrijfexperiment van de @humanitiesuu.bsky.social en de UB. Met oa @renskehoff.bsky.social @naoicea.bsky.social

*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht. www.uu.nl/en/organisat... #skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens

Utrecht University staff and students: join our #strike! #woinactie

Is there someone here who's able to figure out what engraving this image of Luther is based upon? Found this one on the website Mary Evans Picture Library and it's from a 19th-century book (www.maryevans.com/search.php?p...). But I assume it follows an older engraving... #earlymodern #arthistory

This afternoon, we invited a hundred students to the @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social library to find out: how does materiality matter? How do writing materials impact script and our perception of text? We experienced with writing on parchment, papyrus, paper, bark, stone, our own bodies... 1/3

📣 Job offers We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪 Deadline: 31 March 2025

Dear Latinists: have you ever received a request for a translation that would be used for a tattoo, and if so: how did you handle it? Did you end up doing the translation? Did you attach any conditions?

Happy Valentine's Day! ♥️ Heart-shaped bookmark in a 1535 Dutch Bible (University Library Tilburg, TF.PRE.10). #valentine #earlymodern

Reviewing lactation rooms at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, part 6: Johanna Hudig building, room 2.18. 8/10, basic but alright. Chair, tap, fridge, door can be locked from the inside. Bit of a search to find the room, though, and also used as place to store beer. #ParentInAcademia #Breastfeeding

Op 28 maart vertel ik in Museum Catharijneconvent over geloof in de Lage Landen in het jaar 1525. De vroege zestiende eeuw is een spannende periode in de religiegeschiedenis van Nederland! Het bijwonen van de lezing is gratis, maar graag vooraf aanmelden. www.catharijneconvent.nl/activiteiten...

Reviewing lactation rooms at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, part 5: Drift 27. 3/10. Garden shed turned prayer room, also to be used as lactation room. Comfortable chair, door can be locked. Very cold though and the electric heater isn't doing much. No tap or fridge. #ParentInAcademia #Breastfeeding

A combination of AI, the particle accelerator @diamondlightsource.bsky.social & colleagues from Oxford’s Classics Faculty is helping us to see the unseen inside a scroll @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nu te zien - Afgelopen zaterdag opende de tentoonstelling 'Zien & Geloven. Zintuigelijke ervaring in de late middeleeuwen' haar deuren. Wat een prachtige week was het! Met meer dan 100 objecten valt er constant iets nieuws te ontdekken ✨

Maarten saw his first medieval manuscripts yesterday! As he likes to put everything he sees into his mouth, we opted for some behind glass (although eating manuscripts is in itself a very medieval habit, it's not the best way to start solids). Brilliant exposition at @rijksmuseumtwenthe.bsky.social!