An #IceAge masterpiece: This small carving (4.7cm) of a water #bird was made from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. It's thought to be a #diver, #cormorant, or #duck. Found in the Hohle Fels cave on the Swabian Jura. It's the oldest known representation of a bird. 🧵1/2

‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers

‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers

PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved

theguardian.com

Medievalists, I'm proposing a CfP for a couple of sessions for @imc-leeds.bsky.social on "Multilingualism in the Global Middle Ages. Creating Communities through Inclusion and Exclusion". Please share and apply (and check out the beautiful 12th c. quadrilingual epitaph from Palermo) #medievalsky

So happy to finally share the news that my book, “A History of Uncertainty: Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe,” will be out in Spring 2027 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. I still can't believe it's now beyond my hands and on its way to meeting its readers.

July 30, 762 CE: The founding of Baghdad. The date and topography of the city were determined by astrologers & architects hired by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur, thus the city itself has a horoscope (such a Leo). 🌟 Read Ali Olomi’s essay on this (edited by myself and Stephanie Wong for Public Books).

Baghdad: The Once and Future City of Stars - Public Books

The city testifies to the vast intellectual curiosity of medieval Muslims, and the splendor they translated from astrology into their designs.

publicbooks.org

I wanted to order reproductions of a manuscript of the @britishlibrary.bsky.social - 53 leaves. They only allow photographs. 796 £ = 930 €. Only rotten oligarchs can afford that. And no, the cyberattack is no excuse for that. This is pure greed and contempt for science #britishlibrary #manuscripts

I recently had an article on food and patronage by women in late antique and early medieval Iberian monasteries published in the newest issue of Medieval People. ☺️ scholarworks.wmich.edu/medpros/vol4...

FORMA FLUENS 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐘 Anna Gili Is infertility really a modern concern? In this article, Anna Gili explores how medieval physicians understood infertility and its treatment. csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../infertil... #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Infertility

#Rienzi live ARD Klassik: Richard Wagners "Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen" - Premiere - Bayreuther Festspiele 2026 - www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...

ARD Klassik - Richard Wagners 'Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen' - Premiere - Bayreuther Festspiele 2026 - hier anschauen

Zum 150. Jubiläum der Bayreuther Festspiele gibt es eine besondere Premiere: Erstmals wird hier 'Rienzi' aufgeführt. Regie führen die Hügel-Debütantinnen Alexandra Szemerédy und Magdolna Parditk, die ...

ardmediathek.de

In Spanien brennt 🔥🌲 es grade ziemlich krass. 👉 Im Januar war ich nah an einem der jetzigen Brandherde nördlich von #Madrid und habe dazu diesen laaangen Thread 🧵 geschrieben. Thematisiert habe ich dabei auch die steigende Brandgefahr durch Landnutzungsänderung. Es ist völlig klar, dass... /1/

Akrotelm 🌾@akrotelm.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Es wird gesagt, dass es vor ~40 Jahren allein in diesem Tal/Dorf noch 10.000-15.000 Stück Vieh gab. Heute gibt es noch ca 1000 Schafe 🐑 & Ziegen 🐐, Rinder gar nicht mehr. Die Folge: Starke Verbuschung der alten Weiden, Verlust an Biodiversität (und tatsächlich auch immer größere Brandgefahr 🔥) /5/

New open-access book for #MedievalSky on Jewish craftspeople in the European Middle Ages, with chapters on weavers, book binders, metal workers, and more: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #HistSTM @dgb-mem.bsky.social

A TO world map, showing the three parts of the world, very unusually glossed in Arabic, probably from al-Andalus (now in Madrid) bnedigital.bne.es/bd/es/viewer...

Sad news I've only just heard: Albert Derolez has left us. He was 91, and one of the foremost palaeographers and codicologists in the world.

A CfP for #IMC2027.

The Admonitio Generalis fragment went for a whopping £130,500 higher than the estimated high price. I.... wow.

#histmed Gerade erschienen:

Searching for: Lecturer in Medieval Literature Location: Newcastle, GB DL: 9 July 2026 Fixed Term, 10 months Sept 2026 - June 2027 Salary: £36,636 to £38,784 jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

Very much looking forward to this book coming out: a silver lining to the arrival of autumn! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187185/

Manchester University Press - Social elites in medieval France

Social elites in medieval France - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Social elites in medieval France by Dr Niall Ó Súilleabháin

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

Calling all history of astronomy nerds, the latest open-access book from the Alfonsine Tables project is now available, featuring late medieval tables from Central Europe - Jan of Głogów, Albert of Brudzewo, Johannes Schöner, & many more: 🌞🌒🪐 www.brepols.net/products/IS-... #HistSTM @brepols.net

We are recruiting for a Curator of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts. For further details, and information on how to apply, please see the advert below. The deadline for applications is 12 July.

Our 2026 Supplement (#18) "Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850" Edited by @hsmurphy.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social @cemskcl.bsky.social) Has now been published by @academic.oup.com academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...

Just landed in Toronto, excited to welcome amazing #medhist #histmed #manuscript scholars from around the world for two days of "Languages of Authority: An International Workshop on Editing Medieval Medicine", organized by Sarah Star and me with support from @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca.

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

Rosamond McKitterick (1949-2026) A formidable scholar, an inspiring teacher, a generous spirit and a supportive colleague - truly, we have lost one of the great ones. @sidneysussex.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @camedieval.bsky.social

Uses and Reuses of #Medieval #Manuscript Books Southern Italy. Latin Manuscripts Edited by Angela Cossu and Elvira Zambardi Info: bit.ly/49Mk7vq #ManuscriptStudies #BookHistory #Italy #MedievalSky

today: a mini-manuscript, Ethiopian, with a picture of St George and the dragon. again if anyone can tell me what text it is you'd be doing me a great favour...

The Library is delighted to announce that another Gaelic manuscript has been digitised and added to @dias-isos.bsky.social. RIA MS B iv 1 is a 17th century paper manuscript containing some 494 pages of mostly early modern Irish tales and verse. www.ria.ie/2026/05/26/a...

A manuscript of early modern Irish poetry and prose (RIA MS B iv 1) newly added to Irish Script on Screen - Royal Irish Academy

Read about the latest Gaelic manuscript from the Royal Irish Academy collection to be digitised and added to Irish Script on Screen.

ria.ie

Sehr schöne Rezension von Prof. Werner E. Gerabek zu: Claire Burridge, Carolingian Medical Knowledge and Practice, c. 775–900. New Approaches to Recipe Literature. Brill 2024. data.mgh.de/databases/da... Das Buch gibt es Open Access hier: brill.com/display/titl... #histmed #medievalsky

Alison Bashford's Decoding the Hand is shortlisted for the 2026 BSHS Pickstone Prize! 📚 Check out this history of science, medicine, and magic through the study of the hand. More: bshs.org.uk/pickstone-pr...

Gerne möchte ich alle Interessierte im Raum Bonn zu meiner Antrittsvorlesung kommenden Mittwoch ab 09:15 einladen.