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Canine conversations in a Ferial psalter (Ms. Codex 1057, fol. 16r) #medievalsky

On the occasion of #WorldMentalHealthDay, I start a 🧵 on a medieval author, who also dealt with the treatment of mental illnesses in his work:
#ConstantinusAfricanus.
Here the opening of his treatise on melancholy from one of the early manuscripts.
#ConstantinetheAfrican
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Wat’s Dyke - early medieval earthworks visible in the woods around Erddig National trust property near the border of Wales and England. Superb tour by Prof Howard Williams (University of Chester) the relationship of this dyke with Offa’s dyke further south is still debated #medievalsky

This is a wonderful anecdote Jeroen! Chris Wickham was one of the great medieval historians of our time. His first book Early Medieval Italy was a huge influence on me methodologically. RIP Dr Wickham. #medievalsky

Medieval treasures at the Weston Library in Oxford (ms Douce 118 6v -7t) #medievalsky

This fills a huge gap and will be really helpful for scholars wanting to expand their horizons to the eastern Mediterranean and Islamic worlds! It’s an absolutely massive work of interest for all sorts of subject. #medievalsky

Another signed copy of St Brigid & Other Amazing Irish Women in Waterstones Ballymena this morning.

Thanks to Emily for taking my photo, and for all the chat!

#books #author #Writer #WritersLift #Irish #Ireland #herstory #church #ChurchHistory #saints #medievalsky #hagiography #IrishHistory

How sad! :(
One of the best books I've read in recent years
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A peacock in a Viking ship? Oh yes! youtu.be/KmVQRmky0V8 #vikingsky #medievalsky

Blois c'est quand même un événement incroyable. C'est dans doute la seule ville de France où t'as des panneaux publicitaires géants avec la tête de Patrick Boucheron et où tu peux le croiser dans la rue en même temps. #medievalsky

"St Brigid & Other Amazing Irish Women - An inspiring book for young readers featuring Irish female saints who have been forgotten. A must-have book for history fans."

23 stories, 23 tasks, lots myths/folklore, fun poetry, interesting facts, saint name checklist, quiz & more! #medievalsky #books

5-6th C Irish princess St Buriana went to St Buryan, Cornwall. Prayed & paralysed son of local king healed! Desired for her beauty, he kidnapped her until he heard the impossible; a #cuckoo in snow in October! She & Irishman St Piran prayed & a miracle happened! #medievalsky #WorldMigratoryBirdDay ❄️

10 Oct: Feast Day of St Fintan of Druim Ing/Ingaird. #Sutton / #Howth, #Dublin. Name still survives as Dromin (Prof Elva Johnston). Described as "modest" in Martyrology of Gorman. 📷St Fintan's Shrine Church #Ireland #saints #medievalsky irelandsholywells.blogspot.com/2012/05/sain...

10 Oct: Feast Day of Ss Sillán, an abbot & Senán, a bishop. Little-known saints in medieval Irish martyrologies. Unknown when & where they lived. Very popular names; St Sillán name of an Aer Lingus airbus 📷Frenchpainter, & bus 📷MidlandDeltic! #Ireland #saints #medievalsky

Check out our G. Geltner’s new chapter, “L’igiene pubblica,” in Comuniter et concorditer: Lo Statuto di Todi del 1275, ed. Enrico Menetò (Spoleto: Centro Italiano di Studi sull’Alto Medioevo, 2026), 159-72.

#histmed #histstm #medievalsky #historysky

I just discovered the *NOTES* column option in Canvas's gradebook. WHY did I not know about this feature sooner!?

#academicsky #medievalsky #skystorians

#medievalsky a curated booklist with some bangers on here if you want to know more about the actual Middle Ages

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An amazing and recent trip to one of the oldest libraries in Europe - the Bodleian library in Oxford.
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