Bayla ~ bellaquill ~ quillful ~ Ianthis

hands-on textile content hopefully returning to CAMWS this year (I remembered to submit my abstract)

got the tetanus shot and learned that urgent care here is very good (in and out fast, there was nobody else there, could schedule an online appt for like within 2 hours)

is it really the sunday before sukkot if you don't have to go get a tetanus shot

Met Museum photo of an Ancient Egyptian gold head ornament viewed from the front against a grey background. The headband is made of hammered sheet gold, the ends of which have been tapered to a narrower width and rolled to form loops. A string would have threaded through the loops to fasten the band around the head at the back. The front of the band is decorated with a central head of an antlered stag, identified as the Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica). The stag has two large antlers, large ears and a triangular-shaped head. It is flanked on either side by two gazelle heads. The gazelle heads have long ears and long curved horns which point outwards at the tip. Between the animal heads are four 8-pointed flowers or stars. Dimensions: height of central stag 8.9, length of headband 49.5 cm. Dated to the Second Intermediate period (c. 1648-1540 BC) when northern Egypt was ruled by the Hyksos from the ancient Near East. Said to be part of a group of objects found in the Eastern Delta near Avaris, the Hyksos capital. The headband shows a mix of ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian artistic styles.

Something lovely for the weekend!

Ancient Egyptian gold headband decorated with heads of gazelles and a stag between stars or flowers. Second Intermediate (Hyksos) period, Dynasty 15, c. 1648–1540 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology

passed my comps (quals) yesterday, finished as a semifinalist in a research award today, and today's latin class was amazing (my students kicked butt at our taberna romana rp). wahooo

A waist-up digitally-painted portrait of Dionysus. He is a large black man with locs and afro balls. He is wearing a leopard pelt, a purple embroidered robe, and a laurel of grape leaves and vines that are entangled in his hair, body, and horns. He is holding a glass of red wine and is looking up with a smile.

dionysus for a greek mythology-inspired campaign
#dionysus #greekmythology #dnd #dungeonsanddragons

If you have (or get) ublock origin, you can select individual site elements to disappear (if it is actually a separate html element, at least)

A set of replica ancient armor and weapons resting on sand with rocks in the background. The gear includes a short bronze-colored sword, a round black shield with gold studs, a crested helmet decorated with red and blue plumes and white horns, and a section of lamellar armor made of overlapping metal plates edged in red leather.

A person in a red tunic stands barefoot on a rocky beach, holding a decorated helmet with blue and red plumes under one arm and a short sword at their hip. They wear white greaves with bronze-colored plates, while the sea and a seagull flying overhead appear in the background.

A person in a red tunic stands on the beach by the water, adjusting the chin strap of a horned, crested helmet. A short sword hangs at their side, and a black shield with gold studs lies in the sand nearby. Gentle waves and footprints in the sand are visible in the background.

PhD student Ivan Maiorov has triumphantly completed his Agamemnon armor project! The attention to detail is just fabulous!

#ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

thank you!!

samalamadingdong may be the greatest and most impressive thing that anybody has ever pulled off ever

does anybody know anybody who sells latin class themed stamps? Like for stamping some kind of good job cute thing on a quiz or hw in latin class? pls

Animalia: a Latin reader – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.08...

A digital drawing of the Roman poet Catullus, depicted as a lean young man with tan skin, dark hair and freckles. He is looking at a sparrow perched on his hand.

Catullus 💚

I've got access! How should I send it over :)

pterry?

Image description: Dionysus rides side-saddle on the back of a panther with a ribboned thyrsus (a pine-cone tipped staff) in one hand and a tambourine in the other. Dionysus wears flowing robes and a crown of foliage and flowers. This mosaic can be found in the Archaeological Museum of Delos and was found in the House of Masks on Delos island. The mosaic is thought to date from c. 120–80 BCE.

🍇Dionysus on a panther🍇

May your #MosaicMonday be as exciting as the god Dionysus’ who is enjoying a casual saunter on a panther, who - if not tame - is resisting the urge to bite at this moment.

#AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺

Today is #WorldPhotographyDay 📷, a wonderful opportunity to remind scholars in Classics that all my photographs of archaeological sites and museums are available on Flickr under the Creative Commons licence.
👉 flickr.com/photos/carol...

reconstruction drawing of same

BM Museum number 1805,0703.35 Description Terracotta figure of a Muse, her left arm resting on a pile of writing tablets set on a square column.

QUESTION: What PhD programs in Classics allow students to emphasize pedagogy and educational philosophy rather than a traditional research track? Does this exist? Asking for both US and international program recommendations. [Images to attract eyeballs]

I am currently doing a PhD at WashU. I am planning on doing a dissertation on Greek pedagogy, and in the past we have had somebody do an MA on Latin pedagogy. We also offer opportunities for PhD students to teach courses they design. Happy to talk more if you like (a skeet is very short)

A woman holds up an antique striped blanket. Just her hands and excited eyes are visible above the edge of the texile. The old Norwegian coverlet is dominated by horizontal red and white stripes, with areas of faded greeny-blue and dark brown.

A detail view of the starting border of the textile, showing the characteristic details of a coverlet woven on a warp-weighted loom.

A detail of an area of the weaving with fancy patterning.

This antique coverlet woven on a warp-weighted loom just arrived from Norway. I'm over the moon!

I'm also superstitious enough to feel like my ancestors nudged this process along. Message received.

🧶

#Weaving #antiquetextiles #norge

An entry into a glossary: Τυροφλύφος ~ Tyrogluphus; Cheese-scooper. The father of Embasichytros. From τυρός, cheese, and γλύφω, to carve, scoop

An entry into a glossay: Τυρφάγος, ὁ ~ Tyrophagus; Cheese-eater. A mouse warrior. From τυρός, cheese, and φάγος, glutton

My fave Greek cheeses: two mice names, and this bit from Lucian sigma vs. tau
καὶ οὐ μόνον γε τοὺς τυχόντας ἀδικεῖ, ἀλλ᾿ ἤδη καὶ τῷ μεγάλῳ βασιλεῖ, ᾧ καὶ γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν εἶξαί φασι καὶ τῆς αὑτῶν φύσεως ἐκστῆναι, τὸ δὲ καὶ τούτῳ ἐπιβουλεύει καὶ Κῦρον αὐτὸν ὄντα Τῦρόν τινα ἀπέφηνεν.

learned recently that the hep B vaccine fades, so if you don't remember if you have it, it's likely you don't have immunity. I got it as a kid but I'm getting again now because my new doctor did a blood test and found no immunity

Beige jumper on a white background, the front panel shows harold holding a spear under an archway (scenes from bayeux tapestry)

Beige jumper on a white background, the focus is a sleeve with an image of a tower and halleys comet overhead in blue, gold and red

Beige jumper on a white background, a tree motif on a sleeve in blue, gold and red

🧶 bayeux tapestry jumper is finished, blocked and sewn up! Please don’t ask me about weaving in ends I don’t want to talk about that right now. Probably my favourite thing I’ve ever knitted ever #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knitting

Hey AP Latin teachers and other interested Pliny readers! My book, A Pliny Workbook, is on the precipice of printing! In the meantime, you can pre-order it here: www.bolchazy.com/A-Pliny-Work...
#Classics #Latin

The Unsounded print drive is live! NEW professional prints with exclusive bonus comics and content. Let's get the whole story printed! :D Run, don't walk, for free or discounted shipping in the first hour! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

a true bop

contubernalesbooks.com/our-aeneid y'all joining me here or what

I'm not dissertating for another semester/year, and probably primarily on pedagogy of classical languages, not list qua lit, but I am potentially interested

These women are performing a festival chore: specifically, they’re perfuming clothes and fabric that they’ve placed on a stool and suspended above smoking wood. The one on the left is pouring
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Fairly good quality mosaic of a tigress with three swollen teats showing and three lively cubs, on a white background. Tails very sinuous.

A day late for International Tiger Day: a tigress and her three cubs, from the Eastern Roman Empire, now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.65