Whoa - how do I get to be Pope? 🤔✈️

Pretty cool. Pope Leo sat in the cockpit for the entire flight from Madrid to Barcelona.

Cry of need from a leper in the margin: 'sum good my gentyll mayster for god sake' BL Lansdowne 451; 15th century; f.127r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Musica with instruments BnF MS Latin 8500; 14th century; f.39v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

9th June is the feast of St Colum Cille (Columba). Here's a faded pen drawing of him at prayer. St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 555; Adamnan of Iona, Vita of Saint Columba († 597); third quarter of the 9th century; St. Gall; p.166 (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

9th June is the feast of St Colum Cille (Columba). Here's a portrait of St Colum Cille with mitre & crozier. Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. B. 514; Life of St Colum Cille compiled for Maghnus Ó Colum Cille Domhnaill; 1526 -1575; Ireland; f.[III]v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Cry of need from a leper in the margin: 'sum good my gentyll mayster for god sake' BL Lansdowne 451; 15th century; f.127r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of Judges BnF MS Latin 15176; Biblia (Vetus et Novum Testamentum); early 11th century (text and main decoration), late 12th century (4 initials and 3 portraits of evangelists added; Saint-Pierre de Cluny; f.63r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Fayum Mummy Portraits They come from Roman Egypt, mostly dating from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE. Painted on wooden panels, many were placed over the faces of mummified bodies, giving the dead an astonishingly life like presence. #History #HistoryMatters

pinguis, pinguissimus, pinguitudo BnF MS Latin 8777; Commentarii notarum tironianarum; 9th century; Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Corbie; f.86v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

The beginning of Torah portion Shelach (שְׁלַח) is marked by this floral and penwork design. #ParashahPictures BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1482 CE; Portugal (Lisbon); f.129r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Three heads decorate the initial-word which marks the beginning of Torah portion Shelach (שְׁלַח). #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 15423; Torah; 1441 CE-1467 CE; Central Italy (Florence); f.97v @blmedieval.bsky.social

The beginning of Torah portion Shelach (שְׁלַח) is marked by this beautiful design. #ParashahPictures BnF Hébreu 29; Tanakh; 15th century; f.87r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Two small creatures inhabit the initial-word panel of Torah portion Shelach (שְׁלַח). Can you see them? #ParashahPictures BL Or 2696; Torah with Rash's commentary; 14th century; Germany; f.288v @blmedieval.bsky.social

Hybrids mark the beginning of Torah portion Shelach (שְׁלַח). #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; f.77r @blmedieval.bsky.social

In Torah portion Shelach (שְׁלַח), Moses sends spies to the land of Canaan and they return after 40 days carrying a huge cluster of grapes. #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 8881; Seder tiḳune Shabbat; 1700-1749 CE; f.143r @britishlibrary.bsky.social

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Shelach (שְׁלַח) with this angry spotted dragon. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.84v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

"The oldest German church song, the Petruslied, was recorded as a supplement on leaf 158v at the beginning of the 10th century." München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 6260; Hrabanus Maurus, In Genesin; c. 860; Freising; f.158v

#DonaldTrump #Republicans #Racism #HateSpeech #FarRight

Thank you #DonaldTrump and your #oilandgas friends - China has deliberately expanded its EV footprint in Europe, Asia and Australia, exporting millions of vehicles, building factories and widening supply chains. They will be sold in the US in the next few yrs www.cnbc.com/2026/06/06/c... #GOP

This illustration in the 'Caligula Troper' for the feast of St Peter ad Vincula depicts an angel freeing Peter. The angel hovers in the margin. BL Cotton MS Caligula A XIV; The 'Caligula Troper'; 11th century; England; f.22r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Vere Dignum BnF Latin 818; Missale benedictinum ad usum Trecensem, dit Missel de Troyes; c.1060; Champagne (Troyes?); f.3r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

If you live in Boston's North End, please help me find my #LostDog Maggie! She has a collar with my contact information.

Where is Justice and the Rule of Law to be found? BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c.1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.21r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Tironian notes BnF MS Latin 8779; Commentarii notarum tironianarum; 9th century; Abbaye de Corbie (?); f.5r-6v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

You have to admire the chutzpah of the BBC’s response to the Trump lawsuit www.ft.com/content/d2a0...

It just gets worse bit.ly/43PH3X5 babies, medics, journalists, scientists, children, surgeons, technicians.

The Crucifixion, with Mary and John, the sun and moon, the serpent at the base of the cross, and the symbols of the evangelists in four medallions BnF Latin 818; Missale benedictinum ad usum Trecensem, dit Missel de Troyes; c.1060; Champagne (Troyes?); f.4r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Knowledge unified under the outstretched arms of Philosophy BL Add 30024; Brunetto Latini, Li Livres dou Tresor; 1260-1299 CE; France, S.; f.1v

St Gregory and his scribes BnF Latin 818; Missale benedictinum ad usum Trecensem, dit Missel de Troyes; c.1060; Champagne (Troyes?); f.2v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

"Si homo Dei sum, descendat ignis de caelo, et devoret te, et quinquaginta tuos. Descendit itaque ignis de caelo, et devoravit eum, et quinquaginta qui erant cum eo." BnF MS Latin 8 (2); Biblia Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis altera; 11th century; f.41r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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Job looking fed up, and being poked in the foot by a demon. BL Harley 2803; the 'Worms Bible'; 12th century; Germany; f.288v @blmedieval.bsky.social

In Torah portion Beha'alotekha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ), Aaron is commanded to raise light in the lamps of the menorah. #ParashahPictures BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; France, N; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.114r @blmedieval.bsky.social

The beginning of Torah portion Beha'alotecha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ) is marked by this floral and penwork design. #ParashahPictures BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1482 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.125v @blmedieval.bsky.social

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of the Torah portion Beha'alotecha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ) with this strange creature. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.82r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

The beginning of Torah portion Beha'alotekha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ) is marked by this intricate design. #ParashahPictures BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.84v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Hybrids mark the beginning of Torah portion Beha'alotecha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ). #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; f.74v @blmedieval.bsky.social

Listen and write what I tell you: "Omnis sapientia a Domino Deo est" Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 004: The Dover Bible, Volume II; 12th century; f.66v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social

The lion seems to have wandered into the wrong gospel. Initial 'Q'(uoniam) at the beginning of Luke's gospel. BnF MS Latin 8 (2); Biblia Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis altera; 11th century; f.192v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

King Solomon depicted in the initial 'P'(arabole) of the book of Proverbs BnF MS Latin 8 (2); Biblia Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis altera; 11th century; f.54r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

The personification of Wisdom, holding books and a sceptre, sits in the initial 'O'(mnis) at the beginning of Ecclesiasticus. BnF MS Latin 8 (2); Biblia Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis altera; 11th century; f.74v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Initial 'F'(uit) at the beginning of 1 Kings (1 Samuel) BnF MS Latin 8 (2); Biblia Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis altera; 11th century; f.4r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

"Vocavit autem Moysen et locutus est ei Dominus de tabernaculo testimonii, dicens: 'Loquere filiis Israel et dices ad eos....'" BnF MS Latin 8 (1); Biblia Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis altera; 11th century; f.41r @GallicaBnF

Splendid initial 'F'(rater) at the beginning of Jerome's letter to Paulinus BnF MS Latin 8 (1); Biblia Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis altera; 11th century; f.2r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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A beautiful 'B'(eatus) for challenging global times BnF MS Latin 8 (1); Biblia Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis altera; 11th century; f.208v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Architect Sami Angawi house in Jeddah

This week's #NewBooks: Bible, Jewish literature, and theology library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewis...

After Trinity Sunday comes the Feast of Corpus Christi. BL Add MS 74236; 'The Sherborne Missal'; c. 1399 CE-1407 CE; p.279 @blmedieval.bsky.social