The printer of this fine biblia in 1455 Mainz, Gutenberg was. #skystorians #bookhistory

☞☞ Hands-on reading ☜☜ The manicules in #rarebooks are fantastically diverse. Some are tiny & discreet, others take up half the margin; some have flowing sleeves, or even little faces. They’re glimpses into the personality of readers/scribes highlighting passages worth reading. #bookhistory 💙📚📜

Bears be bearing Pieter Bruegel | Bears in the woods | c. 1554 London, British Museum, inv./cat.nr. 1872-10-12-3344

#FatBearWeek Amiens. Bibliothèques d'Amiens Métropole, Ms. 200 | Amiens, c. 1460.

Medieval patrons be like

Hogwash. Merlin transported the stones from Ireland.

Just a tiny 14th-century doodle of a dog. Minimal strokes, but somehow it’s perfect. #InternationalDogDay Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, L. II. 14

Apparently wearing a raspberry beret (the kind you find in a second hand store), this cheeky red-crested, tiny-tongued tessellated serpent features on a mid 4th century #Roman mosaic from Dorchester Found in Durngate Street in 1905, it's now in @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social 📷 Sept 2024 #MosaicMonday

Proofs! (even if my hunch is unconfirmed).

If you like browsing unexpected collections of medieval MSS, have a look at the Auckland Council Libraries (NZ). The collection includes images of Aristoteles Latinus MS no. 1936 (Metaphysica, Physica, Meteora, transl. William of Moerbeke)! #medievalsky kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/coll...

Western Medieval Manuscripts (and fragments) @keiouniversity.bsky.social (Japan)! Enjoy a few spare minutes and browse this remarkable collection! Something for everyone's taste and interest! dcollections.lib.keio.ac.jp/en/western-m...

I killed an 18th century printer (and I didn’t even have to use a time machine). An #EarlyModern #BookHistory 🧵 📚💙 📜

On this feast of the Belgians, let's recall Belgis, mighty capital of the 'realme des belges', founded by Bavo, cousin of Priam, five winters after Troy’s burning, when Abdon judged Israel. 🏰🇧🇪 #NationaleFeestdag #FêteNationale #Nationalfeiertag Brussels, KBR, ms 9242 | Chroniques de Hainaut

Oh yeah, looked at loads and loads of (virtual) stuff for our list of digitized Middle Dutch manuscripts and printed books and - it - is - definitely - worth - it! (no colleagues were harmed in this experiment) #lookingatstuff

Congrats @judithpollmann.bsky.social! Well-deserved!

We’re proud to announce that "The Medieval Chronicle" is now a journal, and has just published its first issue! We’ve freshened up the look and with this issue we welcome our new editorial team. brill.com/view/journals/mch/17/1/mch.17.issue-1.xml #medievalhistory #MedievalSky

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

Which #Maerlant are you today? MS Bremen SUB 39 | Jacob van Maerlant, Der naturen bloeme

Medieval carving of a minstrel playing the bagpipes at Beverley Minster in East Yorkshire. The carving is one of over 70 depicting minstrels and musical instruments. 📸 My own. #StoneworkSunday #Medieval #Beverley

On the "three mantras of Long DH" (Futurebuilding DH) from Johannes Burgers: 1) "go slow and build things", 2) "teamwork makes the dreamwork, but nagging helps" (people-first proj management), 3) "love your data like you love yourself" (tech changes, data doesn't; set your data free!). #ACH2025

Het mysterie van de zwarte spaties... rebpaf.wordpress.com/2025/06/11/a... #MSCA #ResearchImpactEU #H2021 #REBPAF

#OTD in 1342 a devastating fire broke out in #Mechelen, raging for two days. Over 800 houses were lost and some 400 people perished. Ironically, centuries later, the Mechelaars earned the nickname 'Maneblussers' ('moon extinguishers') after mistaking moonlight on the cathedral for another blaze.

Parasol et parapluie Sciapode | 'Beatus' dit de Navarre | Spain, late 12th c. | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France. NAL 1366, f. 24v-25r archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c... gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

One of only two English medieval crowns still in existence is the coronet of Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy. She was the daughter of the Duke of York, Richard Plantagenet and sister of Kings Edward IV and Richard III.

one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains

Day before #caturday Brussels, KBR, ms. 19.607, f. 19r || Jan van Boendale, Brabantsche yeesten ('History of the Dukes of Brabant'), Brussels, 1444. #catsofbluesky

“I can construct the “book” I want in real time—responsive to my questions, customized to my focus, tuned to the spirit of my inquiry.” But surely what we teach is how to read a book that ISN’T written for you, how to get answers from a text (or person) that ISN’T tuned to the spirit of your inquiry

You are my resplendent mountain, A feast for my eyes, A loss of myself, A tempest in my heart, A defeat and retreat of my power, My surest protection. Mechthild of Magdeburg, born c. 1207

A SHORT POEM FOR STAR WARS DAY Her name was Yoda, A showgirl she was.

Left: *Life hack from the 15th century* Praise the Lord for 5 hours, Work for 7, Sleep for 7, Get some fresh air for 2, Spend 3 enjoying food And time will simply slip away. Right: *Eight-Hour Day banner, 1856* Turns out, the Middle Ages were ahead of the curve! Happy #LabourDay! 🎈

This is so utterly silly. And I adore it for its silliness.

Manuscript was decorated by the cleric Wandalgarius who leaves his mark here beneath a crowned lawgiver: "Uandalgarius fecit hec" St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 731; Lex Romana Visigothorum, Lex Salica, Lex Alamannorum; 793 CE; Lyon; p.234 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

Easter Sunday! And how Tradition works. By @nakedpastor.bsky.social

Preparing the eggs for Easter — 13th century, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 229, f. 31r

Hi, this is a slow-moving thread of library stamps being present in old books. To celebrate the start of the #LibraryStampMadness series, let's enjoy this Bull's eye moment of a Vatican library stamp being stamped with full librarian joy into the empty space left over for a miniature. #skystorians

Monday | The barren fig tree. "And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’” (Luke 13:8-9) BnF, ms, fr. 178 | Bourges, c. 1450-1490. #HolyWeek

'Tis but a scratch. Come on, you pansy! Chicken! Oh. Oh, I see. Running away, eh? You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what´s coming to you!

Happy 💓 #HugAMedievalistDay 💓 to all ! #hugamedievalist #MedievalSky Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 144, f. 3v | René d'Anjou, Mortifiement de Vaine Plaisance | France, c. 1470 portail.biblissima.fr/ark:/43093/m...

I am working out of a public library and there are a good number of people who seem to be on hard times using the facilities for various reasons like job searching, entertainment, charging peripherals, using the bathroom, etc., and I am struck by how important it is that libraries continue to exist

Monkfish - 14th century, British Library, Add MS 11390, f. 53v

Got a bit too close to the candle in their zest to read. (Book of hours 13 from U. Iowa.)

In the 1790s a London woman named Eliza Denyer developed a modest reputation as a restorer of medieval manuscripts. She was forgotten by scholars and, in one case, her restorations were deliberately replaced by a man’s. I recovered her story & tracked all her known work here: tinyurl.com/2ktztx2e

Het had de tagline van de Brabantsche yeesten kunnen zijn...

I've often wondered what kind of woman Claricia was, to draw herself in such a playful way. I imagine her as witty, smart, and a bit subversive, someone who found joy in her labor and in her life. (this is Walters Art Museum W.26, f. 64r: art.thewalters.org/object/W.26....)

My Sheila? Divine!

16c drafts of the 39 Articles of the Church of England - @corpuscambridge.bsky.social - MS 121. Inky paw prints of an anonymous cat … Some things never change.

Fragment from the Latin translation of Aristotle's De Anima, recycled in a MS binding (Kiel, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. ms. Bord. 21). Retrieved thanks to @hsprtl.bsky.social dibiki.ub.uni-kiel.de/viewer/resol...

Update De Negen Besten. Vandaag bezoek van historicus van Landschaftsverband Rheinland. De Besten in Keulse hanzezaal moeten dateren na 1349, volgens bouwhistorisch onderzoek. Heel reëel dat de Zutphense Besten dus het oudst zijn. Ze krijgen natuurlijk een rol tijdens www.middeleeuwen-symposium.nl.

A tiny, intensely illuminated Italian book of hours, newly acquired at the Boston Public Library. Copied in or around Brescia at the end of the 15th century, this book has never been in an institutional collection and will soon be digitized. Now BPL MS q Med.303 bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S7...