More @hsprtl.bsky.social: bifolium from the Expositio on Aristotle's Rhetoric (book II) by Aegidius Romanus aka Giles of Rome (Schloßmuseum Sondershausen, Lat. lit. 2 a) nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:u...

I correct myself: Albert is quoted in a glossary similar to the Derivationes by Ugoccione da Pisa (like other fragments from the same MS in the collection)! @hsprtl.bsky.social

Noticed in the newest versions of @hsprtl.bsky.social: fragment from Albert the Great's commentary on Aristotle's Meteorologica (II,1) (Schloßmuseum Sondershausen, Lat. lit. 1 c) nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:u...

stylometry of scribal abbreviations is barely touched, and I think it has huge potential

𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆, 𝟭𝟲𝟲𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟬 Edited by Brecht de Groote, Lieve Jooken, Sonja Lavaert & Guy Rooryck More info: bit.ly/4ntQjaJ #Translation #Literature #C18 #History

Colophon in red ink from a recycled unidentified MS by Johannes Gredinger, completed on the “feria vi” after the feast of S. John “ad portam Latinam” (12 May?). The exact year is masked by the book’s spine label (@stabiberlin.bsky.social, Cs 6738) resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB000157260...

Leaf from a Carolingian (10th c?) herbal text, possibly some variant on Dioscorides, heavily rubbed (Hundisburg, von Alvenslebensche Bibliothek, Alv. Le 97) @unihalle.bsky.social nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:g...

Research funds are scarce & competition is fierce. A recent paper by @andreasdeblock.bsky.social & colleagues explores how this competition shapes science—its practices, risks & ethics—and proposes ways to make funding fairer & more effective👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #AcademicSky #HPS #scipol 🧪

The fragment was added to the Handschriftencensus. handschriftencensus.de/25861 Apparently, it belonged to the same MS of which 2 fragments were earlier found in Naumburg!

Not only MSS were used in early book bindings, incunabula leaves were recycled, too. Here is a short anthology! First, from the Corpus iuris civilis printed in Rom, 1476 (GW 7678). Only 15 copies are known! (@stabiberlin.bsky.social, Dq 8880) resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001655D0...

An enthusiastic article about the Hendrik Conscience Library in the Italian arts blog ArtLife: artslife.com/2025/10/26/h...

the best use of digital resources in medieval studies, by far, has been the simplest, namely the widespread digitisation of and free internet access to manuscripts in large numbers

Fragments from a MS of later Latin poets: Eugen of Toledo, Fulco of Beauvais, Hildebert of Lavardin, Marbodus of Reims. Who sees more? (Copenhagen, KB, Fragm. 2819-27) digitalesamlinger.kb.dk/manus/vmanus/2011/dec/ha/object102848/en/ digitalesamlinger.kb.dk/manus/vmanus/2011/dec/ha/object102852/en/

I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b... @apache.be you rule 🖤

In the context of our present global juncture, philosophers are examining the rise of populist movements & their threats to democratic values. Griet Galle & colleagues have edited a trilingual collective volume addressing these issues. Check it out! 📙👇 lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-6... #philsky #polphil

The proofs, as they say, are in the pudding, and I am pudding in some proofing time today. Expecting some disagreements but it's been so fun to work on this. And brilliant and humbling to work with @rantyben.bsky.social!

This #FragmentFriday is found in De Thiende (1585), a groundbreaking #mathematical book by Simon Stevin, introducing the decimal separator (now , or . ) for fractions. It has a 19th century library binding, but retains the medieval parchment wrappers it was originally bound in. 📚💙 📜

The hyperlinks to the Copenhagen fragments are wrong. The domain name should be digitalesamlinger.kb.dk! Material for the next update!

New volume of Chôra Vol. 23 (2025) www.pdcnet.org/collection-a... Réception et metamorphoses d’Avicenne

Also under the hammer this week: a 17th-c printed law manual, bound in a bifolium from a MS of the Sentences commentary by Humbert of Preuilly!

Up for auction next week: early 9th-c fragment of Isidore of Seville's Etymologies (incipit of book 12)! 16 lines, 4500€ estimate! Bargain waiting for someone!

Looking forward to the upcoming Lodz conference on medieval theories of sense perception! I'll present a joint paper with Aurora Panzica on 'Fifteenth-century Discussions on Light and Its Role in Visual Perception in the Cracow Commentaries on De anima and Perspectiva communis'.

Are you curious about what computational methods can offer to #HPS? Then check out the edited volume by Grant Ramsey & @andreasdeblock.bsky.social, published by @upittpress.bsky.social, showcasing key tools, questions, and investigative perspectives 👇📕💻 upittpress.org/books/978082... #philsky #DH

Can AI be creative if it doesn't believe it can? We asked 556 humans and 13 LLMs to judge creative writing. Then we lied about who wrote what. Result: AI has learned to distrust itself, showing 2.5× stronger bias than humans against AI-labeled creativity. Proud of this work with @mmvty.bsky.social 👇

Leaf from a Carolingian (10th c?) herbal text, possibly some variant on Dioscorides, heavily rubbed (Hundisburg, von Alvenslebensche Bibliothek, Alv. Le 97) @unihalle.bsky.social nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:g...

Morgenavond spreek ik in Leuven! Er zijn nog plaatsen beschikbaar!

The tower of medieval education: on the ground floor Donatus and Priscian, then Cicero, Aristotle, Boethius, on top Peter Lombard! From the Margarita Philosophica printed in 1512 by Johann Grüninger in Strassburg (@stabiberlin.bsky.social, A 4414) resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0002077F0...

Bambergische halszgerichts ordenung, or how I am seeing the working week ahead (@stabiberlin.bsky.social, 4" Inc. 1931.8) resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001FF400...

Incomplete leaf from a breviary with ruling already prepared, used in the binding of an early edition of Albert the Great! (@stabiberlin.bsky.social, 4" Bs 7021) resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB000189250...

Amusant cette datation pour cet imprimé ... : "Possibly originally a book belonging to King Louis IX of France, commonly known as Saint Louis (r. 1226–1270) ..." t.co/6ve4MwU9e8

MS BAV, Barb. lat. 1878 preserves a humanist Latin translation of Aristotle's Poetics with a commentary on the same text. There is no attribution in the MS and it does not seem to be identical with the printed translations or commentaries. H/T @aaronm.bsky.social digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Bar...

In recent decades, scholars have examined various facets of Avicenna’s #logic. But how did Avicenna himself conceptualize logic—its definition, status, and purpose? PhD student Shahab Khademi explores this question in a new paper! 👇📃 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #philsky #histphil #HPS

This fragment from book 3 of Aristotle's Metaphysica in the Latin translation by Michael Scot is one of the new items in version 6.7 of my Supplementa tertia to Aristoteles Latinus Codices that was released today! (Copenhagen, KB, Fragm. 1258) www5.kb.dk/manus/vmanus...

Incidentally, I am still looking for this MS! I reached out to the Kristeller archives @columbiauniversity.bsky.social some time ago, but still waiting for the reply. I guess their staff are having a rough time!

The yearly update of the Supplementa tertia (v. 6.7) is out! Additions and corrections to the three published volumes of Aristoteles Latinus Codices, with plenty of hyperlinks to digital images! If you know or own other MSS of the medieval Latin Aristotle, please reach out! doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Leaf from an elegantly written 15th-c MS of the anonymous Rhetorica ad Herennium, once used in a book binding as the traces on one side show (Copenhagen, KB, Fragm. 3142) #ClassicsBlueSky www5.kb.dk/manus/vmanus...

Op 14 oktober geef ik de openingslezing voor het NKV in Leuven. De titel is niet "Van Aristoteles tot zeehond". Kom langs om meer te weten! nederlandsklassiekverbond.nl/agenda/lof-v...

I started teaching Aristotle's Ethica Nicomachea in Greek last week with the usual complaint about the lacking quality of Bywater's 19th-c OCT edition. Turns out that a new one came out this year, over 1000 pages in OA! Bound to be an improvement! libros.csic.es/product_info...

Not gonna lie-- catching news like this is one of the main benefits of bluesky for me.

I started teaching Aristotle's Ethica Nicomachea in Greek last week with the usual complaint about the lacking quality of Bywater's 19th-c OCT edition. Turns out that a new one came out this year, over 1000 pages in OA! Bound to be an improvement! libros.csic.es/product_info...

Unnoticed fragment from a medieval martyrology in German! One full MS is preserved in Jena (hence Jenaer Martyrologium), two other fragments are known. This one has many variants in the German dialect. Specialists' comments welcome! fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-6... handschriftencensus.de/werke/181

On Monday, I will share a small discovery concerning the Jenaer Martyrologium with you. Do hope that the announcement will make some of you already curious! martyrologium.editionenportal.de/martyrologium

Coming up for auction: four leaves from a MS of the Modi significandi by Boethius of Dacia, one of the emblematic philosophers of the 13th c. No specific textual or aesthetic value, but the auctioneer rates them highly (est. 2000-3000 €)! www.vdw-auctions.com/nl/veilingca...

I solved a nice puzzle this morning: unidentified Middle Dutch religious text on @fragmentarium.bsky.social (Antwerp, EHC, cf. @svanimpe.bsky.social ) turns out to be a lectionarium, comparable to the 1348 Lectionarium Amstelodamense (but with interesting variants). fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-8...

This fragment from a MS of Averroes' Canon contains remedies against various serpents' bites and their venoms. Interesting reading for your evening entertainment (Copenhagen, KB, Fragm. 511) www5.kb.dk/manus/vmanus...

Last days to apply! The call closes tomorrow night!

Pretty pages of chant recycled in the binding of a printed book with the intriguing ex libris "Joannes Friderijck de Flandria est meus herus", including the purchase price and the year 1555 (@unihalle.bsky.social, AB 154957) nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:g...

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How I missed these kitchen reports!