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Ventus @ Cuinn's Compendium

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Historian, gamer, good dude. 🏳️‍🌈 CC is all about education on video games, consumer rights, and history, preferably a mix of 'em all. Wanna see more of my stuff? Have a look at youtube.com/@cuinns I am a child of Earth and Starry Sky

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Ventus @ Cuinn's Compendium@cuinns-compendium.bsky.social · 2y ago

🗃️ Chirograph(y) ! I just stumbled on something probably well known to students of diplomatics, but all new to me. A 'chirograph' is a medieval document intended to be verifiable between two copies. To secure contracts from fakes, two copies were written on one paper, which was then... (continued)

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Ventus @ Cuinn's Compendium@cuinns-compendium.bsky.social · 2y ago

Update on Ghouls 🗃️ Up until this point I had been convinced that the Ghoul entered western thought with Antoine Galland (1710's~), and lived a relatively non-critical existence. However, a US source from the 1920's tells of the ghoul following the Arabic original, rather than Galland's fiction...

BrainBar Studio@brainbarstudio.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today at the BrainBar: We've met with a promising VFX person to expand our skills in the digital space. Using Qtake Video Assist to rate and deliver a clean and comprehensive shot report for post work. And on hardware, having top of the line technicians colour calibrate our studio monitors.

Up close of a colour calibration device working on a large monitor. The screen is green as the colour is being calibrated to accurately display in working conditions.
Ventus @ Cuinn's Compendium@cuinns-compendium.bsky.social · 2y ago

Gaming pals I need your help! As part of a history project, I need examples of "Ghouls" in video games. Like this lil' fella. A quintessential video gamey ghoul! Do you have any examples? Creatures, nameplates, mentions in cutscenes, hell even if its a text adventure in all caps. Repost please!

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Ventus @ Cuinn's Compendium@cuinns-compendium.bsky.social · 2y ago

🏺🗃️ Book rec? "King Leopold's Ghost ..." By Adam Hochschild serves as a foundational text for our current knowledge into the horrors subjected upon the people living in the "Congo Free State". The free state was owned personally by King Leopols II of Belgium, in a personal union... [more below]

Ventus @ Cuinn's Compendium@cuinns-compendium.bsky.social · 2y ago

🏺🗃️ Fisticuffs fact~ You may have noticed how old timey boxers stand with their hands far away from their head compared to modern day boxers. This is not a result of good posture or lack of technique. Instead it's quite simply cuz their heads were in less danger than they are today. [More below]

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Ventus @ Cuinn's Compendium@cuinns-compendium.bsky.social · 2y ago

🏺🗃️ Obscure hist. fact In 1800's Copenhagen, different groupings had tense relationships. Often flaring up into brawls in the streets between students, the military especially, but between other groups too. But how could you reliably tell people from one group, from people from another? More below

Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts@elliemackinroberts.net · 2y ago

Hi New Followers! I'm a historian of ancient Greek religion, at the moment working on a reinterpretation of Athenian and Attic religion in the archaic and Classical periods, begining with material evidence. Here is my most recent academic publication (it's open access):

Embodied Wearing: clothing for Artemis in Ancient Athenian Religion1

This study examines the role of clothing in the worship of Artemis in ancient Athens and its surrounding region, focusing on the sensory and embodied experience of dress in religious practice. Usin...

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