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Supremacy usurped: Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed dead in US-Israeli strikes - Monocle Iran’s Supreme Leader has been killed in a US-Israeli airstrike. While some celebrate the end to his iron rule of...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei obituary for Monocle. monocle.com/affairs/supr...

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🎉 Volume 93 is here! The latest PBSR is now live in print and open access on JSTOR.
Featuring new research from our own Alessandra Tafaro and Elena Pomar, plus fresh archaeology reports from Stephen Kay and the BSR team.
Read it free: www.jstor.org/stable/e2744...

Excerpt of a page in medieval manuscript containing information about herbs and their uses. Right hand column contains the text in brownish-black ink, with a capital S in red with blue pen-flourishes that starts the paragraph on 'allia' / garlic. Left hand column contains summary of main medical uses of garlic, written in red ink by the same hand has the main text. Left column is occasionally intersperced with translation glosses of the main headword, added by a later hand. Black ink reads 'Haus .Garlec.' to indicate the Middle French and Middle English words for 'allia'. The Parker Library, CCCC MS 438, f. 21v

Trilingualism in action: Latin book on herbs & their uses gets translation annotations of some head words to French & English

Things I learned: 'haus' (Middle French) is a (rare) plural form of 'allia' (Latin), aka 'garlec' (Middle English)

CCCC MS 438, f. 21v
parker.stanford.edu/parker/catal...

Joanne,
thanks for sharing.
Sleep tight.

125th - bsr.ac.uk 125th 125th Celebrate 125 years of the BSR For 125 years, the British School at Rome (BSR) has been a beacon of cultural exchange, research excellence, and artistic innovation. Founded in 1901, the BS...

125 years. An anniversary logo. Countless stories.
The BSR has shaped generations of scholars and artists — now we need your support and your stories of convivial living, creativity, and research at the BSR.
Every memory and every donation help shape the next 125 years: bsr.ac.uk/125th/

Happy birthday and congradulations !!

In the darkness of the Bondi Beach massacre, a civilian’s heroism gives Albanese a clear path forward - Monocle The Bondi Beach attack was callous and anti-Semitic but the fallout could provide further ugliness yet. The reaction – like...

Some thoughts on Bondi for Monocle. monocle.com/affairs/in-t...

'Betrayed, undermined and let down': Universities told to do better The final report into governance has called for state and Commonwealth legislation to refocus universities on teaching and research.

The final report into governance has called for state and Commonwealth legislation to refocus universities on teaching and research.

President Macron’s assassination plot, US senator Mark Kelly under fire and ‘Adolf Hitler’ wins yet another election  - Monocle Andrew Mueller unpacks the week’s strangest stories, including a spat between US politicians, Candace Owens’ accusation against French president Macron...

Your weekly wrap-up of What We Learned, for Monocle Radio. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

People often ask whether I am related to the great American archaeologist Edith Hall (Dohan). Sadly, no. She just looked so cool riding to her sites. I "dig" the hat-and-cravat look.

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in London (1916). 📷 Paul Thompson

Yes, please

Higher education has been in crisis since students stopped wearing hats.

A WWI-era message in a bottle is a letter 'from the grave' for family Family members of two World War I soldiers have been left stunned after a bottle containing their hand-written letters was found on a WA beach.

Family members of two World War I soldiers have been left stunned after a bottle containing their hand-written letters was found on a WA beach.

When letters and diaries vanish, can biographers survive the digital age? How will the work of biographers change as letters, diaries and photographs are replaced by emails, texts and snapshots on the cloud?

How will the work of biographers change as letters, diaries and photographs are replaced by emails, texts and snapshots on the cloud?

Did you know that classics students at @wwu.edu put out a weekly newsletter in Latin? You can read it online or subscribe to receive it in your inbox Friday 🤓

#MedievalSky #EarlyModern #skystorians #languages

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Why is Moldova’s election result so significant to its neighbours?  - Monocle Last Sunday’s parliamentary election was one of existential stakes for Moldova and considerable concern for Europe. But will the newly...

Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio takes a look at Moldova's parliamentary election of last weekend and why it matters (and it does). With @paulaerizanu.bsky.social, @jgmaber.bsky.social and Quentin Peel. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

These adorable pups are helping fight one of WA's worst plant diseases Two dogs join the fight against one of the biggest threats to Australia's native plants, making dieback detection possible in minutes rather than weeks.

Two dogs join the fight against one of the biggest threats to Australia's native plants, making dieback detection possible in minutes rather than weeks.

Molly, thanks for the link

Explainer 487: India, Pakistan and a dearth of cricket diplomacy  - Monocle Following India’s recent victory against Pakistan in the Asia Cup, handshakes were absent and India refused to accept the trophy....

Latest Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio winds back from the latest chapter in the India-Pakistan cricket rivalry. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

We are pleased to share with you the new events programme for October–December 2025!

This autumn term features a rich line-up of lectures, workshops, exhibitions—and even concerts—open and free to all.

Check out the full programme here: bsr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

The Glow of Evening

Sinta Tantra, tempera and 24ct gold leaf on linen, 2022

sintatantra.com/artworks/

#art #painting

First page of 'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula’s Practice of Collective Impalements in Fifteenth-Century South-eastern Europe', by Denes Harai, new research article in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Abstract: 'Dubbed ‘the Impaler’ by his contemporaries, Vlad III Dracula (c. 1431–76), was accused of the slaughter of between 40,000 and 100,000 individuals, 20,000 of them allegedly impaled at the Wallachian capital Targovişte. Although historians have often considered these figures inflated, none of the numerous studies dedicated to the voivode of Wallachia have undertaken a methodical evaluation of the extent of this exaggeration. This article takes up this historiographical challenge by examining all available documentation. In so doing, it provides a full reassessment of the practice of impalement in fifteenth-century south-eastern Europe. Contrary to assumptions of previous scholarship, Vlad’s use of impalement was influenced simultaneously by pre-existing Hungarian and Ottoman practices. Quantitative analysis shows that only 7–10 per cent of the impalements claimed by sources can be considered plausible and proposes a new data-driven estimation of Vlad’s impaled victims. Finally, a comparison with other rulers shows that, while Vlad ordered collective impalements more frequently, the average number of victims per impalement was similar to that elsewhere in south-eastern Europe.'

Image of Vlad III Dracula from c.1488 text: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, public domain.

'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula': new in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/46iJfIU

In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2

For the first time, traffic on Kyiv’s Khreshchatyk was completely halted during the nationwide moment of silence in honor of fallen Ukrainian soldiers. This practice will now take place daily.

#OnThisDay - 21 September 19 BC is the date usually given for the death of Virgil. So here's the 3rd Century AD mosaic from Hadrumetum - Virgil flanked by the Muses Clio and Melpomene. The scroll on his lap has the text of Aeneid 1.8. #Virgil #AncientHistory 🏺

Image: Bardo National Museum, Tunis