Today in cute medieval skeletons, these two little buddies from Henri de Mondeville's La Cyrurgie (BnF fr. 2030, ca. 1314-20)
Larisa Grollemond
@larisag.bsky.social
Associate Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Getty Museum, UPenn art history PhD; major nerd. Opinions, especially the spicy ones, my own.
one thing about me is that I WILL be getting pumpkin cold foam in a world historic LA heat wave bc it is spooky season no matter what
Imagine thinking this is an accomplishment when they can't even stop without launching themselves into a crashpad and breaking their arms off
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 3w agoA Chinese humanoid robot outran Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint world record on the opening day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, posting a time of 9.39 seconds — 0.19 faster than Bolt’s pace in 2009.
One of the biggest scams of the last few years is the rebranding of 100% polyurethane pleather into "vegan leather."
This article needs a trigger warning for the video that's just a close up shot of book after book getting its spine cut off
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · 2mo agoNo longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
my hottest medievalist take is that "accuracy" in any fictional media that engages with history is not only impossible, but it's never the point anyway, and we shouldn't care about it at all
If only we could figure out how to convert the hot takes about AI on LinkedIn into a fuel source, we’d solve the energy crisis for generations
writing good alt text is really an art, and I am Not Good at it I fear
cursed object spotted on my 405 commute home: an electric green cybertruck with “cyberbeast” blazoned across the back in metal font
A reminder to submit your 15th-century problems to the class for RSA 2027--deadline is July 15th! www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...
Renaissance Society of America
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the algae is really so funny, the perfect metaphor for the administration and probably the state of the country
LA! I'm doing a Q&A with director Caroline Golum after the screening of her new film, "Revelations of Divine Love," about your favorite anchoress and mine, Julian of Norwich, on June 23rd @2220arts.bsky.social --come see it! rotations-la.net/screenings/c...
coming soon — Rotations a film series
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normalize translating passages of Middle English even in writing that’s meant for other scholarssss omg
Schongauer really is that girl
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 3mo agoAnimal cyborg sighting – from the Middle Ages, no less! Now at the Louvre in the Martin Schongauer exhibition, until July 20. 1/ #earlymodern #printhistory #arthistory #Renaissance #medieval
The AI that lives in my Outlook like a gremlin and goes by the name Copilot is always prompting me "Give me 3 things to do," by which it means it will read all my email and give ME 3 things to do, and I couldn't hate anything more
🚨CFP: Fifteenth-Century Problems at Renaissance Society of America 2027 in Philadelphia! Do you work on the 15th century and frequently get irrationally angry at discussions of attribution, style, workshops, anonymous masters, and the fact that Vasari ruined everything?
Met gala stylists should’ve talked to some art historians…these looks are…bad? They all seem quite effortful and sort of sadly literal
“Why does the sphinx have toes? Will it tickle me?” -my 5 yo out here asking the important questions on a Saturday morning
Here's a beautiful thing for your Thursday, a German artist working through drawings of bookbindings and studies of Christ's loincloth, ca. 1490
Medieval folk and especially medieval literature folk: looking for recs for recent writing/theorizing on the intersection of castles and sex/sexuality, could be medieval-y or medievalism-y
JD VANCE says that the POPE should be CAREFUL when talking about THEOLOGY. If you're ever embarrassed about anything ever again, just remember that JD Vance once told the Pope to be careful when he talks about theology. I'll never get over this lol www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...
Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology
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me writing my little emails and reading my little books
Hyper Mega Bummer Boy@neveronbrand.bsky.social · 5mo agoHow it feels doing literally any task right now.
