"King David was a sorrowful man: No cause for his sorrow had he; And he called for the music of a hundred harps, To ease his melancholy." Walter De la Mare BL Add MS 37768; the 'Lothar Psalter'; c.840 CE-855 CE; Germany (Aachen) or Northern France (Tours); f.5r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Emperor Lothar in a cloak decorated with precious stones BL Add MS 37768; the 'Lothar Psalter'; c.840 CE-855 CE; Germany (Aachen) or Northern France (Tours); f.4r @blmedieval.bsky.social

An initial-word 'P'(artes orationis) at the beginning of Donatus' Ars minor which is full of life Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 207; Corpus Grammaticorum Latinorum; end of 8th / beginning of 9th century; Fleury (?); f.2v (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

Excellent series on BBC Radio 4 presented by David Dimbleby which this week discusses the coup organised by the CIA in Iran to overthrow the popular President Mohamed Mossadegh. This became a template for future CIA covert activities. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The History Podcast - Invisible Hands: The American Century - 3. Operation Ajax - BBC Sounds

The story of America’s ultimate Invisible hand - the CIA.

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Excellent series on BBC Radio 4 presented by David Dimbleby which this week discusses the coup organised by the CIA in Iran to overthrow the popular President Mohamed Mossadegh. This became a template for future CIA covert activities. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The History Podcast - Invisible Hands: The American Century - 3. Operation Ajax - BBC Sounds

The story of America’s ultimate Invisible hand - the CIA.

bbc.co.uk

St Pancras’ Priory, Lewes, founded c.1078–82 as the first Cluniac priory in England.

Like Loebs? Every fall semester, I like to remind people that while Perseus has many free Loebs sectioned up into book and chapter, if you want to download and read the public domain Loebs (277 of them) as PDFs or txt files, Duke U's very own Ryan Baumann created _Loebolus 📗📕_. ryanfb.xyz/loebolus/

There’s really a lot going on… (Dijon. Bibliothèque municipale, MS. 173, fol. 7r; 1111 CE)

Initial 'V'(erba) at the beginning of Jeremiah, depicting Jeremiah with head in hands while Jerusalem is being destroyed. BL Add MS 28106; 'The Stavelot Bible', Vol 1; 1093 CE-1097 CE; Stavelot; f.163v @blmedieval.bsky.social

If you want to earn a PhD with a study of the medieval readers of the earliest MSS of Aristotle's De anima in Latin, only two days left to apply!

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We are hiring a PhD-student! #Philosophysky #Medievalsky #philjob www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

BREAKING: ​The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.

In dedicatione ecclesiae: I(ngressus Ihs perambulabat Hiericho. Et ecce vir nomine Zacheus) St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 367; Evangelistary; second quarter of the 9th century; Reichenau; p.199 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

Quite an initial 'Q'(uid) of simple elegance at the beginning of Psalm 51 St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 27; Psalterium Gallicanum with commentary; around 850-860; St. Gall; p.219 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

Beautiful 'b'(eatus) with gloss St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 27; Psalterium Gallicanum with commentary; around 850-860; St. Gall; p.21 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

Initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of the Epistle to the Romans, depicting Paul above Rome BL Add MS 28107; 'The Stavelot Bible' vol 2; 1093 CE-1097 CE; the abbey of St Remaclus at Stavelot, not far from Liège, in modern-day Belgium; f.205v @blmedieval.bsky.social

⚠️ An amber Heat-Health Alert has been issued for East Midlands, East of England, South East of England, & London. A yellow Heat-Health Alert is in place for all other regions of England apart from the North East. Alerts are in place from 9am Monday 3 to 9am Wednesday 5 August.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Aug.3, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This weekend I’ve been on an amazing Bloomsbury Group pilgrimage in Sussex, first stop Monk’s House owned by Virginia and Leonard Woolf as well as a detour to the Glyndebourne Opera Festival! 📖🎨

Initial 'V'(ir erat in terra Hus nomine Iob) at the beginning of the book of Job BL Add MS 28107; 'The Stavelot Bible' vol 2; 1093 CE-1097 CE; Stavelot; f.4v @blmedieval.bsky.social

“The verdict is clear: the climate crisis is in overdrive (…) More coal, #oilandgas will lead to a more combustible future.” – #AntónioGuterres on the new August to October global climate forecast released today by the World Meteorological Organization #ClimateEmergency #ActOnClimate #FarRight

Battling with dragons, a lion, and dog in the initial 'A'(dam) at the beginning of 1 Paralipomenon (Chronicles) with a scribal correction visible too #BibliaLatinBnFMSLatin10 BnF MS Latin 10; Biblia Latina; 12th c (2nd quarter); France (West or South?); f.228r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

A very busy initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1 inhabited by animals and humans BnF MS Latin 10; Biblia Latina; 12th century; France; f.187r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Three Latin translations of Psalm 1 together with an Anglo-Norman and Old English translation plus an interlinear and marginal gloss. Tripartitum Psalterium Eadwini ('The Eadwine Psalter'); MS R.17.1; c.1150; f.6r @trincolllibcam.bsky.social

Initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1 BL Lansdowne 383; the 'Shaftesbury Psalter'; England; 12th century; f.15v @blmedieval.bsky.social

The beginning of the Torah portion Re'eh (רְאֵה) is indicated by this marker in red and gold. #parashahpictures Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 2; Hebrew Bible; 1306 CE; Soria (Spain); f.105r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

The beginning of Torah portion Re'eh (רְאֵה) is indicated by this marker. #ParashahPictures BnF Hébreu 29; Bible; 15th century; f.107v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Initial-word panel of Torah portion Re'eh (רְאֵה) with tiny creature #ParashahPictures BL Or 2696; Torah, Five Scrolls & Hafṭarot with masorah & Rashi's commentary; 14th century; Germany, S; f.372v @blmedieval.bsky.social

In Torah portion Re'eh (רְאֵה), Moses places before the people of Israel a blessing and a curse. #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 15423; Torah; 1441 CE-1467 CE; Italy, Central (Florence); f.126v @blmedieval.bsky.social

The beginning of Torah portion Re'eh (רְאֵה) is marked by a hare looking at a peacock. #parashahpictures BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; France, N; f.99v @blmedieval.bsky.social

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of the Torah portion Re'eh (רְאֵה) with this golden winged creature. #ParashahPictures MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.106r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk