Andy (he/him)

Pieter Coecke van Aelst visited Constantinople 1533. Here, from Customs & Fashions of the Turks (published posthumously by his entrepreneurial wife Mayken), procession of Sultan Süleyman through the Hippodrome.

Glorious main altarpiece in cathedral of Palencia, with sculpture by Felipe Vigarny and painted panels by Juan de Flandes, Flemish painter in Spain, whose day is today. Overwhelming!

I'm just a boy, standing in front of a world, asking it to look at my collections of newspaper cuttings

Guilty over here - wrote to a variety of reviewers today to ask if they’d finished evaluating journal articles. In my defense, some authors wrote to me yesterday to ask if there was news about submissions.

The fetishistic allure of the exotic, perfectly represented in Willem Kalf's amazing global still-life paintings, here from 1662. Today is his day.

Absolutely radiant still life with late Ming ginger-jar, 1669. A triumph of materials and their representation, by Willem Kalf. Who else could paint a carpet like that? (there is an answer here).

Study in textures and reflections: still life with porcelain bowl and nautilus cup, painted in 1660 by Willem Kalf. Today is his day.

When do you get to town?

Assistant/Associate Professor of Medieval History (1100-1500) - University of Tenn, Knoxville job with University of Tennessee Department of History | 37862790 The Department of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for a tenure-track professor of medieval history (1100-1500).

Medieval History Job Alert! University of Tennessee, where I used to work. Unbelievably strong medieval studies. Unbelievable that they are hiring in this climate! Please share this post. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37862790...

Representation of the copyist/author holding a stylus and wax tablet

BnF MS Latin 5748; Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Catilinae coniuratio, & Bellum Iugurthinum; 10th century (2nd half); France (North); f.1v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Large miniatures from a book of hours made in Rouen, France, circa 1475. We have the evangelists, the Annunciation, Three Living and Three Dead, and many more. Can you spot the portrait of the original owner? Look for a woman with a 15th-century headdress. (UPenn Ms. Codex 1056)

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Sleep on the sofa?

I suspect @onslies.bsky.social will especially appreciate this strip

Those are very good reasons.

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Medieval History (Global), Baylor University (Texas, USA) | MEMOs Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Medieval History (Global), Baylor University (Texas, USA)

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Medieval History (Global), Baylor University (Texas, USA)

#GlobalMiddleAges #medievalsky #medieval

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History (University of Exeter) | MEMOs Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History (University of Exeter)

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Early Modern History (University of Exeter)

#postdoc #earlymodern #history @exeter.ac.uk

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Research Fellow in North African Medieval History (University College London) | MEMOs Research Fellow in North African Medieval History

Research Fellow in North African Medieval History (University College London)

#GlobalMiddleAges #medieval #NorthAfricanHistory @ucl.ac.uk

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Just sitting there reading her book while life goes on around her: Mary Magdalene (whose day is today) painted by Rogier van der Weyden in 1435.
BTW she has a girdle book, with an extra binding that can be wrapped around the book, knotted, and slipped under your belt. Cool?

I told my students this was one of the five best paintings in the National Gallery when we visited a few weeks ago.

The Nottebohm room of the Hendrik Conscience Library in Antwerp. Two walls with recesses and a gallery showing rows and rows of old books.

The Nottebohm room at the Hendrik Conscience Library. Against a 6m high wall of old books, two large globes (terrestrial and celestial).

The Nottebohm room at the Hendrik Conscience Library. A cast iron winding staircase in a little corner. Old books all around.

The Nottebohm room at the Hendrik Conscience Library. Looking down from the cast iron gallery, showing some of the recesses on the main floor. Lots of old books.

Photos (c) LUCID

Such a beautiful space and such an amazing collection. I always loved working there.

Post the EHC @svanimpe.bsky.social

Photograph of lots of old books and a bust.

Library of the Plantin–Moretus Museum in Antwerp. #BookWormSat

What was the thinking behind choosing 5:35 each day, rather than say 11:42 each morning? More variability likely in the early evening?

In case you haven't seen it, here's our call for the upcoming Forum in Early Modern Women. Consider submitting a short piece on the theme of migrancy! #EarlyModern

Cork and Bottle seems like a happening place! Love that your alarm accidentally went off during a lecture and you made a note of it.

Do I know anyone on here #MedievalSky (or anyone who knows anyone) who makes 15th-century style paper? I might need to do some experiments

Just so dishonest. One set of authorities (not particularly “left”) warning about the dangers of public gatherings a few months after the start of Covid with no vaccine in sight, and a DIFFERENT set of “authorities” (actual authorities, though?) urging public protests. Why conflate them?

I think @aarontpratt.bsky.social has some thoughts on this.

Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England* ABSTRACT. Drawing on work in the social sciences on the handshake, this article examines the role of the handshake as a form of gestural communication and

From the current issue: “Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England”

by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

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