L'Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (IRHT-CNRS) at Paris-Aubervilliers is hiring 8 positions for digital medievalists for the Biblissima project, in jobs from software development to processing of historical data, for contracts of 6 to 36 months. Application deadlines from 2 to 8 July 2024, with positions starting in September or October.
It's been a while since I've added anything to CoKL, but I got through another of the mini-Hours at #Houghton Library this week, 2020HEM-27. This was made c.1400 in Bruges. The calendar is somewhat sparse at 118 saints, but nearly flawless. Only two errors, and both are just shifted by a single day. An interesting detail is the flamboyant script to abbreviate the parts (Kalends, Ides, etc) of the Roman dating http://www.cokldb.org/p/v100/ms/867 #Medieval#Medievodons@medievodons@bookhistodons
Today #amwriting about women and #gender in Venantius Fortunatus. He's pretty conventional, as one would expect, but I'm uncovering some interesting wrinkles.
Includes a 15th C Petrarch, Dati's La Sfera (with the Tower), a 16th C Arabic Diatessaron, many song books from Chigi, a 16th C Ge'ez Gospel, some early Greek, a Maronite Office... and more! @medievodons@bookhistodons#Medieval#Medievodons
Re last boost: please do share the @MAMG introduction post widely if you're in or adjacent to the history/gamedev parts of Mastodon :) It's very much the sort of project/conference we should want the Fediverse to be a supportive place for, and I'd really like to be able to show other people in my research fields that Fedi is a viable place for engagement, discovery, and curiosity about the world and its past.
Detail of the dome of Palermo's Capella Palatina. The 12th c. chapel was constructed under the Norman king Roger II and probably employed artists from the Greek east.
The Middle Ages in Modern Games conference and associated events are starting today - join us with sponsor Slitherine Games for the Field of Glory Day at 1600 UK time
#otd 1388 died Kuno II of Falkenstein, archbishop and elector of Trier. He was buried in the St. Kastor Church in Koblenz. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
“The implication is that Anglo-Saxon elites had access to significant quantities of Byzantine silver, something that dramatically alters our view of how economically and politically connected they were.”
“_ The implication is that Anglo-Saxon elites had access to significant quantities of Byzantine silver, something that dramatically alters our view of how economically and politically connected they were._”
#otd 1277 Pope John XXI died and was buried in the cathedral of Viterbo. His tomb was redesigned in the 19th century. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons