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Caitlín Rankin-McCabe

@rankinmccabe.bsky.social

All Things Early Modern Literature • Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne • UKRI funded PhD from Durham • Bodies human/non • Angels • Marlowe • Milton • Maps • EM Encounters with the Islamic world •

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Milda Kvizikevičiūtė@mildakviz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“End of the Lutheran chronicle. This book is not worth reading. The quarrels of the vile Luther — suspicious of heresy.” This inscription in a copy of Marcin Bielski’s “Kronika tho iest historya swiata“ (Cracow,1564) absolutely made my day. Early modern readers: never shy with opinions!

Close-up of an early modern printed chronicle page in Polish, with Gothic type and a decorative woodcut ornament at the bottom. In the lower margin, a handwritten reader’s note comments on the book, calling it a “Lutheran chronicle” and “not worth reading.”
Caitlín Rankin-McCabe@rankinmccabe.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If you're interested in #ChristopherMarlowe, you might like to read my new note on Marlowe as an auditor of the ParkerLibrary's collections in Cambridge. Thanks to Tuija @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social for all your help! 🗺️📚🌎 @marlowemightyln.bsky.social @marlowestudies.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/note...

MARLOWE’S OTHER MAPS: TWO NEW SOURCES FOR TAMBURLAINE

Abraham Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570) has often attracted attention as the map Christopher Marlowe drew on in the Tamburlaine plays. In 1924, E

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Prof Tracey Hill@tracelarkhall.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This vignette has it all. It's February 1595/6 and Richard Bancroft (yes that Richard Bancroft) is at Fishmongers' Hall about a 'mishapp' over a lease of a property in Pudding Lane. It transpired that 'a mowse hath eaten of the Seale of the Lease' and could he please have another one. 1/2

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CSMBR Pisa@csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 7mo ago

CSMBR Online Lecture Series 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 (𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞) 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Shahrzad Irannejad To register for this lecture: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../between-... #CSMBR #IslamicMedicine #Brainanatomy #Ventricles

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Shakespeare and Early Modern Proverbial Culture@proverbialculture.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“Many hands make light work” – and many papers make a great conference. CFP now open for Proverbs & Popular Wisdom in Early Modern Literature and Culture, University of Hull, 1–3 July 2026. Abstracts due 30 Jan → proverbs@hull.ac.uk More info: earlymodernproverbs.co.uk/events/confe...

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Proverbs & Popular Wisdom in Early Modern Literature and Culture An international and interdisciplinary conference July 1-3, 2026 University of Hull This conference explores the prevalence, fun…

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This prosthetic eye made from a mixture of natural tar and animal fat is nearly 5,000 years old. It was found near the city of Zabol in Iran in 2006. Archaeologists believe that the prosthetic eye, which was once painted gold, was worn by an ancient priestess who stood 6’ tall.

A photo of a partially uncovered skeleton, showing the skull, neck and part of the shoulder. The skeleton is lying on its side, and in its eye socket is a large, round prosthetic.
Caitlín Rankin-McCabe@rankinmccabe.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Interesting note on Milton’s “Genial Angel” as the Son of God: An Allusion to Genesis 2:22 in Paradise Lost IV.712-13 url: academic.oup.com/nq/article-a... Thanks David Urban!👼

Identifying Milton’s “Genial Angel” as the Son of God: An Allusion to Genesis 2:22 in Paradise Lost IV.712-13

In his article ‘Milton’s “Genial Angel”’, Russell M Hillier argues persuasively that the ‘genial Angel’ whom Milton’s epic narrator briefly mentions in Par

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