Natasha Constantinidou

👇This is later on this afternoon! Still some time to register (or DM me for a link 😉)

#earlymodern #skystorians #reformazing #classicalreception

✨Join Han Lamers and me for the next #EarlyModernHellenism Colloquium. We will be hosting Alexander Batson 'Recovering a Usable Past: The Renaissance Reconstruction of Ancient Athenian Law, 1546-1650'
📍 Via zoom (link below)
📆 12 March, 15:00-16:00 CET
👉 Register: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism#...

#earlymodern #skystorians #reformazing #classicalreception

✨Join Han Lamers and me for the next #EarlyModernHellenism Colloquium. We will be hosting Alexander Batson 'Recovering a Usable Past: The Renaissance Reconstruction of Ancient Athenian Law, 1546-1650'
📍 Via zoom (link below)
📆 12 March, 15:00-16:00 CET
👉 Register: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism#...

Burgundy background with pale blue/grey strip at the bottom with the pheonix logo in white on it, right aligned. To the left, 'Book Launch' in sans serif lettering is positioned vertically with the book covers to the right of it - Lillywhite positioned directly above Zanon. Text to the right reads: "Reforming Art in Renaissance Venice by Marie-Louise Lillywhite • • Cittadini of Venice: Shaping Identities between Networks and Patronage (c. 1530-1690) by Giulia Zanon • Join the authors in conversation with Alex Bamji and Philip Cottrell Wednesday 18th March 2026, 09.00 pdt / 12.00 edt / 16.00 gmt / 17.00 cet Register: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/lillywhite-zanon" The book titles are in an italicised serif font and the author's names are in the same serif font, without italics. The rest of the text is in a sans serif font that gestures towards a serif font. All text is in white.

#SRSlyGood BOOK LAUNCH! Join Marie-Louise Lillywhite & Giulia Zanon in conversation with @alexbamji.bsky.social & Philip Cottrell as they celebrate the publication of "Reforming Art in Renaissance Venice" & "Cittadini of Venice" 18 March 2026, 16.00GMT
www.crowdcast.io/c/lillywhite... #Skystorians

On Tuesday, we made books! Led by Preventive Conservation Librarian and book artist Jess Ortegon, a group of students and staff sewed a text block and folded a paper binding, based on the binding of our favorite 15th century Italian herbal, LJS 419. #medievalsky #dhmakes

🔗: https://bit.ly/45i7N40

Sorry if it's obvious, but are you aware of this book?
www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

Another day, another Greek poem I run across and need to write about. (Aldine Greek Dictionary, 1497.)

Print Culture In Motion: The Vienna Retreat That Moved Our Compendium Forward (17–19 February 2026) — PCPS CE One of the key goals of this COST Action is the publication of the compendium Print Culture and Public Spheres in Central Europe (1500–1800)—and the project

📚 We recently hosted a hybrid conceptual retreat in Vienna to discuss our planned compendium 'Print Culture and Public Spheres in Central Europe (1500-1800)'.

Read more about this important milestone on our website:

pcps-ce.eu/print-cultur...

A man working a plow in a field - carried by a small elephant. This detail is from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographiae uniuersalis, vol. 6, 1550.

In 1550, one Elephant Power (EP) was the equivalent of 10 Horse Power (HP).

😂😂

Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. The pair is outside, holding toy guns and calvin is wearing a soldier’s helmet. Hobbes asks, ‘how come we play war and not peace?” After staring into the middle distance for a second, Calvin recovers himself and confidently declares ‘too few role models.’ He then proceeds to explain rules of the game. While looking all tough, with his hands on his hips a glare on the little of his face visible from under his toy helmet he begins: ‘I’ll be the fearless american defender of liberty and democracy. And uou can be the loathsome godless communist oppressor.’ Hobbes looks straight at the reader with some puzzlement on his little furry face. ‘We’re at war,’ Calvin continues, ‘so if you get hit with s dart you’re dead and the other side wins, ok?’ ‘Gotcha,’ Hobbes affirms, dart gun poised for action. They both shout at each other, stare in some consternation at the dart now stuck on their tiny bodies, and then observe “kind of a stupid game, isn’t it?”

Thank you!

I would be laughing if I didn't live here ...

Nice find! What format is this? Were the engravings printed separately?

'Ideally, time in bibliography is no object, and if a certain task of large dimensions needs doing, it is worth a lifetime.'

I'm going to start citing Bowers whenever I'm asked to produce a timeline for a grant application.

Congratulations!

🔓𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟰𝟬𝟵 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲
Ota Pavlíček, Luigi Campi (eds)
More Info: https://bit.ly/4rN90sG

Paphos airport, nearby villages ‘evacuated’ – reports Paphos airport was evacuated on Monday afternoon after a "suspicious object" was seen on radars, according to reports. News website Reporter stated that instructions had been given for the t...

and ...
cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/02/p...

EasyJet cancels all UK-Cyprus flights until Thursday Low-cost airline easyJet has cancelled all its flights connecting Cyprus and the United Kingdom until Thursday, the Cyprus Mail has learned. The airline typically flies out of Larnaca airport to Londo...

Well... #2
cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/02/e...

Embroidered binding for 'The Book of Common Prayer' and bookmark, possibly by Broderers Company, embroidered in London, ca. 1634

(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

UK Cyprus base hit by drone The United Kingdom’s Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus has been hit by a drone, the Cyprus Mail learned in the early hours of Monday morning. Personnel on the bases were informed that a “small drone” ...

Well ...
cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/02/s...

Xeirographa A guided learning platform for reading Greek manuscripts with interactive transcription exercises.

My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.

Please share and give feedback!

xeirographa.com

🔓𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀
𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗗 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟬
𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
David Juste

More Info: bit.ly/4bavsX4

#Ptolemy #Astronomy #Astrology #ManuscriptStudies #Manuscripts #OpenAccess

Le regard de notre caricaturiste Godin sur l'actualité du 28 février 2026 👉 bit.ly/4r0gsje

There is a vacancy in our project 'Pages of Prayer: The Ecosystem of Vernacular Prayer Books in the Late Medieval Low Countries, c. 1380-1550' for a junior or postdoctoral researcher! #medievalsky
careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Junior-R...

The spelling is wrong, but I thought @sarakbarker.bsky.social might enjoy this!

Hello, fellow historians, especially those in the north of the UK! Booking is open for the second of our events on Second Projects, organised by me and Tracey Loughran and supported by History UK - details of speakers and registration link below!

ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

The morning calm before the readers arrive. 📚

Duke Humfrey's Library, 8.30am