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Jürgen Sarnowsky

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Historian from the University of Hamburg, mainly working on the Middle Ages. Main interests: Military Orders, Hanseatic League, Urban, Baltic and Eastern Mediterranean History, History of Science and Travelling, England, Manuscripts, Digital Repertories .. more

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 1d

26th December is the feast of St Stephen. Here is the benediction for St Stephen protomartyr.
#StStephen
BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 10th century; England, S; ff.18r-18v

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 1d

26th December is the feast of St Stephen
#StStephen
BL Add MS 21926, f.10r

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 1d

A little too much Christmas dinner

BL Cotton MS Nero C IV; the Winchester Psalter; f.32r

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 2d

26th December is the feast of St Stephen and here's a representation of his martyrdom to be found in the Missel de Limoges.
#StStephen
BnF MS Latin 9438; Missel de Limoges; 12th century; f.20v
@gallicabnf.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 2d

26th December is the feast of St Stephen whose martyrdom is depicted here.
#StStephen
BnF Latin 9436; Missale Sancti Dyonisii; 11th century; Saint-Vaast d'Arras; f.71v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 3d

The Visitation and the Nativity
#Nativity
BL Add MS 47682; c1327-1335; the 'Holkham Bible Picture Book'; f.12v

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 3d

"vidimus enim stellam eius in oriente, et venimus adorare eum." Matt. 2.2

BL Yates Thompson 2; 'The Ottobeuren Collectar'; 12th century; Germany, S. (Ottobeuren)

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 3d

The Nativity
#Nativity
BL Yates Thompson 2; The Ottobeuren Collectar'; Germany, S. (Ottobeuren); 12th century; f.57v

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 3d

The Nativity
#Nativity
BL Or 510; The Four Gospels; 1664 CE-1665 CE; Gondar, Ethiopia; f.8v

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 3d

Nativity scene above the initial-word panel at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew
#Nativity
BL Add MS 17738; 'The Floreffe Bible', vol. II (Job - Revelation); c.1170; Floreffe; f.168r

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 3d

The Nativity
#Nativity
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 375; Gradual; around 1135 CE; St. Gall; p.236 (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 3d

The sending of Gabriel; the Annuciation; the Visitation; and the Nativity
#Nativity
BL Cotton MS Nero C IV; the Winchester Psalter; f.10r

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 7d

United in artistic form: Qur’ān & Hebrew Scriptures

British Library Or 12523C; 13th century; Volume 39 of a Qur’ān, copied probably in Granada, Spain ; f.37r
Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 1; 1476CE; La Coruña, Spain; ff.122r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 9d

'Arnolfus filius Karlomanni
fratris karoli iunioris'

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 373; Anonymous Chronicle (to 1114 CE, based on Ekkehard of Aura's Imperial Chronicle); ca. 1114 CE - 1125 CE; Germany; f.34v @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 9d

'Pius ludewicus karoli magni
filius'

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 373; Anonymous Chronicle (to 1114 CE, based on Ekkehard of Aura's Imperial Chronicle); ca. 1114 CE - 1125 CE; Germany; f.28r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 9d

Ezana of Aksum, the First Christian King in Africa, with Aaron Butts www.medievalists.net/2025/12/ezan... #Christianity #AfricanHistory #podcasts

Ezana of Aksum, the First Christian King in Africa, with Aaron Butts - Medievalists.net

A conversation with Aaron Butts on the conversion to Christianity of Ezana, the fourth-century king of Aksum (in modern Ethiopia and Eritrea). "Conversion" is a conventional term, but what Ezana's ins...

www.medievalists.net

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byzanzforscher.bsky.social @byzanzforscher.bsky.social · 9d

The video of the #ANAMED-Talk with Adam Izdebski und myself on our Companion to the #EnvironmentalHistory of #Byzantium is now online:

youtu.be/05bEELvYTN8?...

#Byzanzforschung @imafo-oeaw.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social

A Companion to the Environmental History of Byzantium

YouTube video by ANAMED Library

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Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 9d

Another beer post for the evening: In 1241, Pope Gregory IX informed Archbishop Sigurd Eindridesson (r.1231-52) that children who are baptised in beer can not be considered to have been properly baptised.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11d

How did the concept and role of the English soldier change across the late medieval and early modern divide?

'Change and Continuity in English Armies, 1453–1513' by Dan Spencer, a new research article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/44QK8Y7

#Skystorians 1/2

Opening page of the Transactions of the Royal Historical Society article, 'Change and Continuity in English Armies, 1453–1513', by Dan Spencer.

Abstract: 'This article explores how and why English armies changed between the mid-fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. It thereby addresses a topic that has hitherto not received the attention it deserves, especially the issue of change and continuity across the late medieval and early modern divide. Administrative sources, such as indentures of war and inventories, are examined to trace changes in the terminology used to describe soldiers, the weaponry with which they were equipped and ratios of different types of combatants. This evidence is used to demonstrate that the role of men-at-arms and archers changed markedly over the course of the fifteenth century, with the latter evolving into a form of hybrid infantry. The reign of Henry VII was especially significant, with key developments including the emergence of new categories of soldiers. Contrary to past assessments, the bill only became the preferred English melee weapon in the last quarter of the fifteenth century, with the pike used alongside it in large numbers. European influences were important in driving these changes, which were integrated into a distinctive English style of warfare.'

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 13d

What is he looking at in the world outside the text?

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 004; The Dover Bible, Volume 2; 12th century; f.155r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 13d

Two jolly dragons looking forward to Chanukah (Hanukkah) which starts at nightfall on 14th December this year.

BL Oriental 2736; Siddur (Italian rite); 1390 CE; Italy, Central (Bertinoro); f.186

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 14d

Some beautiful micrography and penwork for #theweekend

BL Oriental 2628; the 'Lisbon Bible' Vol 3, the Hagiographa with masorah magna & parva; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); 15th century; f.185r

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Sonja Dünnebeil @sduennebeil.bsky.social · 16d

#ManagingMaximilian lädt mit einem #CfP zum Workshop “Joining the Dots. Actors, networks and the social fabric of courts and towns during the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period” ein: manmax.hypotheses.org/6680 #medievalsky @imafo-oeaw.bsky.social

09.–10.04.2026 | CfP | Workshop “Joining the Dots. Actors, networks and the social fabric of courts and towns during the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period”

One of the SFB’s Managing Maximilian key research outcomes will be the open-access prosopographical database APIS. This will include not only individuals who were involved with the court or the wider ...

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 16d

A gentle reminder from the past: writing words and doing calculations are crafts best done sitting at a desk wearing a fancy hat. #amwriting

The illuminated image is from 1414. #skystorians

A detail from Konrad von Ammenhausen's Schachzabelbuch: an illumination of a "Schriber" (1414), a writing man sitting at a table, holding a quill, writing on parchment or paper. Source: BSB München, BV037274467

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 20d

As you all know, the last few working days for this year are ahead of you. In other words: your 2025 deadlines are approaching fast. So have your slippers and a hat nearby, your bird and cat fed, and an hourglass ready to remind you taking a break. Just like St. Jerome in the 1490s. #academicchatter

A historical illustration featuring a bearded man with a halo, seated at a table with an hourglass and a book. A lion lies beside him, and a birdcage hangs on the wall. It is St. Jerome at a writing desk. The detail is from GW M0810720 (likely from the workshop of Laurentius de Morgianis in Florence, mid 1490s).

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 26d

Today, let's celebrate a drawn and illuminated crane that functions as a pointing gesture to a new paragraph (in a fourteenth century manuscript). It looks like he is walking into the text, right? #bookhistory

A detail from a manuscript page showing a crane-like animal with a long neck in between paragraphs. The crane is walking into the text, and his head is like a manicule: read here! (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ott.lat.1908), Source: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.lat.1908

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 26d

St Etheldreda (Æthelthryth), Northumbrian queen, and Abbess of Ely died on 23rd June 679 CE:

'Imago s[an]cte Atheldrythe abb[atisse] ac perpetue virigin[is]'.

BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold ; 963-984 CE; England, S; f.90v

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 27d

The Benedictine monk at the feet of Christ is believed to be the Ebersberg abbot Reginbald who commissioned the ms & became abbot of Lorsch & later the bishop of Speyer.

München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 7355; Eberhard-Psalter; 11th c; Bavaria; f.6r

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 27d

December is not a good time for some!
#MedievalCalendar
Bodleian Library MS. Add. A. 46; Calendar from a Psalter; 13th century, third quarter; f.6v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28d

The feast days of December with the martyrdom of Thomas Becket on 29th December now erased.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Harley MS 2332; Illustrated Almanac; 1411 CE-1412 CE; England; ff.12v-13r