it's probably readily apparent by now but literally my entire conception of what goes on in a monastery comes from redwall books and eduard von grutzner paintings and nothing else

He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.

Is a dragon plaguing your land? A fix from medieval Wales: 1. Dig a hole, fill it w/mead, & cover w/a sheet. 2. Wait for the dragon to tire itself out & turn into a pig. 3. Let the pig fall in the hole, get wrapped in the sheet & drink all the mead. 4. Capture the drunk pig in a chest & bury it.

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

Mae aelodau undeb UCU ym Mhrifysgol Bangor wedi pasio cynnig o ddiffyg hyder yn is-ganghellor a phrif swyddog cyllid y brifysgol. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/30355

@catvalente.bsky.social 's being targeted by the right at the moment. It's a good time to show some solidarity by buying her wonderful books. Palimpsest is especially amazing; also highly recommend the girl who circumnavigated the globe and space opera. www.amazon.com/Palimpsest-N...

A quick update: Please know that the deadline for our Call for Papers for the Proceedings of our 2025 Conference has been extended until 5 pm (UK) on 26 September. Submissions can be made through this Google Form: forms.gle/UYWK9Tz4biSh...

Tiny grotesque on this 1292 charter granting the manor of Sheet near Ludlow. LFC Ch XXIII 1. #medievalsky

📢Cynhadledd GORWELION Conference 🗓 17-19/09/2025 📍Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru @librarywales.bsky.social 🗣Prif siaradwyr / Plenaries: Mererid Hopwood, Barry Lewis, & Ian Stewart. 🔗Rhagor o fanylion / Further information: www.wales.ac.uk/cy/canolfan/...

'King Arthur died, never to return'. Not sure if this is a scribal error for umquam or someone being contrarian. LFC Roll XX 4. #medievalsky

There is no route out of fascism that involves sacrificing the vulnerable. All that does is tell the fascists that we're willing to turn on each other for the illusion of safety.

Beth yw'ch gair chi am slefren fôr neu bysgodyn jeli? Cont fôr oedd gair Lewis Morris (1754) a cheir Cont goch gan Edward Lhuyd (1684). Ond yr enw hynaf sydd gennym yn Gymraeg yw BLOBYS gan John Jones Gellilyfdy (1632). #GeirfaurFflyd @geiriadur.bsky.social

I'w gyhoeddi cyn hir - 'Lliaws Rhith'. Dyma gyfrol gyfoethog o ysgrifau Cymraeg a Saesneg yn ymwneud ag amrywiol agweddau ar lenyddiaeth Gymraeg a Cheltaidd, sy’n dathlu cyfraniad arbennig yr Athro Marged Haycock i’r ddisgyblaeth. Am fwy o wybodaeth, ewch at: 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/lliaws-...

The 6 year old: “Hey Mum did you hear me? I said there’s really no such thing as future tenses. All future tenses are conditional tenses, really, because just because you say something is going to happen or you’ll do something doesn’t ACTUALLY mean it’s going to happen.” Me: *blink blink*

This is what Israel has lowered itself to in defence of its genocide: arguing about how thin the arms of children under 5 years old have to be to meet the criteria of STARVING TO FUCKING DEATH.

The Russell Group is simply a lobby group that has very effectively marketed itself as "the elite" group of UK universities, aided and abetted by willingly stupid journalists, commentators & others. It was simply initially a group of universities with medical schools seeking to sway gov. policy.

When unis say “we won’t fire you humanities professors, we’ll just take your majors away and merge your department with two others and rename it all,” what they’re doing is they’re making humanities expertise increasingly invisible and inaccessible…

'Imagination and Innovation in Medieval Celtic Literatures' is out now Edited by Helen Fulton and Georgia Henley, this collection goes beyond the familiar canon of medieval Celtic literatures to showcase a range of texts that are compelling in their literary imagination and technical innovation.

Great news. Following the recent consultation at Bangor University the Archives & Special Collections team has been maintained with a small reduction in staffing hours agreed. Further details below. Thank you all for your overwhelming support over the last few months www.bangor.ac.uk/archives-and...

Newyddion gwych. Yn dilyn arbedion wedi'u haddasu mae'r tîm Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig wedi'i gadw gyda gostyngiad bach yn yr oriau staffio wedi'i gytuno. Am ragor o wybodaeth cliciwch y ddolen. Diolch i chi gyd am eich cefnogaeth diflino yn ystod y misoedd olaf www.bangor.ac.uk/cy/archifau-...

It’s almost as though universities have been taken over by a class of soulless executives who loot their public institutions for perks and salaries

Ati bobl ifainc (dan 33 oed)! Gwobr £300 CMCS

Something lovely for the weekend! A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍 An amazing 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian mechanical dog carved from ivory. This leaping hunting dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking, by using a lever below its chest. Met Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

Bydd y Grŵp Sgwrs ar gyfer myfyrwyr Astudiaethau Celtaidd sy'n dysgu Cymraeg yn ail-ddechrau ym mis Gorffennaf! Bydd dau sesiwn/mis: un i siarad (pob lefel) ac un i weithio ar Gymraeg Academaidd. Rhowch wybod os dach chi eisiau mwy o wybodaeth. Croeso cynnes i bawb!

🚨 Celtica is now available open-access! This is the result of painstaking work going on behind the scenes since 2022. Issues 33 to 36 (2021–24) are now online, and future issues will appear online & in print. We will also digitize the back issues of the journal. 🔗 journals.dias.ie/index.php/ce...

Here's something nice. Actually. Nicer than nice. @scs-dias.bsky.social have made their journal Celtica open access. Here you go. Enjoy. eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Mistakes happen! If you forget to insert that one sentence in a paragraph the solution is easy. Just draw a dude in a hood and he will pull the missing text to the right place with a piece of rope! Walters Ms. W.102 Book of Hours, late 13th/early 14th C. www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/Walters...

Comic Book Apocalypse.... BnF MS Latin 8865; Lambertus de Sancto Audomaro , Liber Floridus; 13th century; f.39r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

🖊 Don’t forget to complete your registration for the Celtic Students Conference 2025 at the following link: www.eventbrite.com/.../celtic-s.... We encourage you to buy your tickets as soon as possible so that plans can be made in good time for the total number of attendees.

What's a book cover (or covers) that's burned itself into your brain? 🎵 Big hands I know you're the one 🎵

New triad just dropped

More than 1,000 people are already backing efforts to reverse the proposal

The Association of Celtic Students will be holding its twelfth annual conference from 12 to 14 June 2025. This year’s conference will be a hybrid event. Guests are warmly invited to attend in-person presentations at Aberystwyth University, or to attend online if they prefer.

A very handy looking fish.... BL Add MS 11390, f.50v

Marvels of nature BL Add MS 11390; Jacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme; 14th century; Netherlands, W; f.59r

So many of Elvis Costello's, but I have a soft spot for Brutal Youth

Lock up your foals and princelings! Be on the lookout for mysterious giant claws! It’s #CalanMai

Hello all! Our next event is happening NEXT WEEK on the 28th! We've got an awesome lineup, so please do come along — and check your emails (or message here) for meeting details!

Turning yet again to the wonderful work of @aspencerhall.bsky.social, Blake Gutt, and their collaborators - trans and non-binary people have always been here. In OA at: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Why am I getting One Drive memories -- I don't want to remember

This murderous, destructive moment of Trump and Musk and Rowling-endorsed hate will pass. Yes, it will. And we'll look back with horror at what we allowed siloed, monomaniac billionaires to get away with.

hey so I am absolutely obsessed with this stop motion animation by Laura Venditti www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2wkbYYv/

My brain has finally kicked into gear to start writing the next chapter.... At 4am on a weekend

For 🏳️‍⚧️Trans Day of Visibility🏳️‍⚧️, I have SFF recs! incl ✨possibly the most elegant magic system ever from @wendypalmer.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy 🪩 Eurovision in SPACE with @catvalente.bsky.social 💫 baby witches + anarchy by @margaret.bsky.social

A decorated capital O with a dragon ouroboros in this charter of David Stewart, earl of Strathearn. LFC XXX 19.

🎶 'Alas, what hast thou done? Thou art a pynke ponye girle Yn the daunse at the clubbe!' 'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe On the stage yn myne heeles It ys wher Ich belonge: Downe at the Pynke Ponye Clubbe! Ich shal keepe on daunsinge, Downe yn West Hollywoode' [lute solo] 🎶

A dragon inhabits the initial-word panel at the beginning of the Torah portion Ki Tisa (כִּי תִשָּׂא). #ParashahPictures BL Or 2696; Torah with Rash's commentary; 14th century; Germany; f.169r

Myrddin yn cyfathrebu drwy'r oesoedd: golygiadau digidol newydd yn dod â'i farddoniaeth ddiweddarach yn fyw @prosiectmyrddin.bsky.social www.uwtsd.ac.uk/cy/newyddion...

The martyrdom of St Alban, the executioner's eyes popping out and falling to the ground after dealing the final blow. Cotton MS Nero D II, f. 39.