Adam Bremer-McCollum
@acbm.bsky.social
Aramaics, Coptic, Gəʕəz, Arabic, Iran. langs, Turk. langs, Old Georgian, Old Armenian 🎸🌱🍄☕️
Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS
Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59
The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut
Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS
Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59
The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
I’ve known some ships made of dead trees outlast the lives of men made of the most vital stuff of vital fathers.
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I’ve known some ships made of dead trees outlast the lives of men made of the most vital stuff of vital fathers.
Parthian word of the day
/wāyōg/ hunter
as in Sundermann, MKG, 1899-1901 (p116)
/mard ēw wāyōg būd kē was murɣān ud dāmδādān grīft/
"there was a hunter who had captured lots of birds and animals"
/wāyōg/ hunter
as in Sundermann, MKG, 1899-1901 (p116)
/mard ēw wāyōg būd kē was murɣān ud dāmδādān grīft/
"there was a hunter who had captured lots of birds and animals"
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Parthian word of the day
/wāyōg/ hunter
as in Sundermann, MKG, 1899-1901 (p116)
/mard ēw wāyōg būd kē was murɣān ud dāmδādān grīft/
"there was a hunter who had captured lots of birds and animals"
/wāyōg/ hunter
as in Sundermann, MKG, 1899-1901 (p116)
/mard ēw wāyōg būd kē was murɣān ud dāmδādān grīft/
"there was a hunter who had captured lots of birds and animals"
Old Georgian word of the day
ჯურღმული (cf. Arm ջրհոր "well")
"pit, dungeon, well"
as in Barsab. Jer. (ed. van Esbroeck), 244.2-3
აღმოჴდა იოსებ ჯურღმულით
"Joseph came up from the pit"
ჯურღმული (cf. Arm ջրհոր "well")
"pit, dungeon, well"
as in Barsab. Jer. (ed. van Esbroeck), 244.2-3
აღმოჴდა იოსებ ჯურღმულით
"Joseph came up from the pit"
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Old Georgian word of the day
ჯურღმული (cf. Arm ջրհոր "well")
"pit, dungeon, well"
as in Barsab. Jer. (ed. van Esbroeck), 244.2-3
აღმოჴდა იოსებ ჯურღმულით
"Joseph came up from the pit"
ჯურღმული (cf. Arm ջրհոր "well")
"pit, dungeon, well"
as in Barsab. Jer. (ed. van Esbroeck), 244.2-3
აღმოჴდა იოსებ ჯურღმულით
"Joseph came up from the pit"
News story on the book launch for /The Pearlsong/ a few weeks ago
Celebrating 'The Pearlsong' through scholarship and song
A mystical poem recounting the tale of a Parthian prince sent to Egypt by his parents to recover a sacred pearl from the clutches of a monstrous serpent is the…
news.harvard.edu
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
News story on the book launch for /The Pearlsong/ a few weeks ago
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
woah plot twist
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
woah plot twist
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
manu, f.n: mane. (MA-nuh / ˈma-nʌ)
Image: Liber de natura rerum; France (Abbaye de Saint-Amand), 13th century; Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320, f. 61v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Liber de natura rerum; France (Abbaye de Saint-Amand), 13th century; Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320, f. 61v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
manu, f.n: mane. (MA-nuh / ˈma-nʌ)
Image: Liber de natura rerum; France (Abbaye de Saint-Amand), 13th century; Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320, f. 61v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Liber de natura rerum; France (Abbaye de Saint-Amand), 13th century; Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320, f. 61v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Coptic word of the day
ϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲥ
"spider"
as in Acta Paula (ed. Schmidt), 11.10-12
ⲧⲁⲕⲉϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲁⲥⲣ̅ⲑⲉ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲥ [ⲉⲥϩⲙⲁⲥⲧ̅ ϩⲓ]ϫ̣[ⲙ̅ ⲡ]ϣⲟⲩϣⲧ̅
"my daughter has become spider-like, too, sitting at the window"
ϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲥ
"spider"
as in Acta Paula (ed. Schmidt), 11.10-12
ⲧⲁⲕⲉϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲁⲥⲣ̅ⲑⲉ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲥ [ⲉⲥϩⲙⲁⲥⲧ̅ ϩⲓ]ϫ̣[ⲙ̅ ⲡ]ϣⲟⲩϣⲧ̅
"my daughter has become spider-like, too, sitting at the window"
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Coptic word of the day
ϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲥ
"spider"
as in Acta Paula (ed. Schmidt), 11.10-12
ⲧⲁⲕⲉϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲁⲥⲣ̅ⲑⲉ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲥ [ⲉⲥϩⲙⲁⲥⲧ̅ ϩⲓ]ϫ̣[ⲙ̅ ⲡ]ϣⲟⲩϣⲧ̅
"my daughter has become spider-like, too, sitting at the window"
ϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲥ
"spider"
as in Acta Paula (ed. Schmidt), 11.10-12
ⲧⲁⲕⲉϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲁⲥⲣ̅ⲑⲉ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲥ [ⲉⲥϩⲙⲁⲥⲧ̅ ϩⲓ]ϫ̣[ⲙ̅ ⲡ]ϣⲟⲩϣⲧ̅
"my daughter has become spider-like, too, sitting at the window"
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
Peacock in principio
Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 61; Gospel Lectionary (Benedictine Use); 1081 CE–1086 CE; Italy, Dalmatia, Zadar (Zara); f.10r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 61; Gospel Lectionary (Benedictine Use); 1081 CE–1086 CE; Italy, Dalmatia, Zadar (Zara); f.10r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Peacock in principio
Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 61; Gospel Lectionary (Benedictine Use); 1081 CE–1086 CE; Italy, Dalmatia, Zadar (Zara); f.10r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 61; Gospel Lectionary (Benedictine Use); 1081 CE–1086 CE; Italy, Dalmatia, Zadar (Zara); f.10r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
Among the topics in this morning's Armenian session was suppletive verbs, a favorite
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Among the topics in this morning's Armenian session was suppletive verbs, a favorite
"Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
look at this matter in other lights; weigh it in all sorts of scales
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
From my colleague Fabien Muller, whose translation of Porphyry's Letter to Anebo and Philosophy from Oracles will appear soon as the 2nd volume in the 4T series
A Phoenician Guide to Happy Protest | Center for the Study of World Religions
cswr.hds.harvard.edu
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
From my colleague Fabien Muller, whose translation of Porphyry's Letter to Anebo and Philosophy from Oracles will appear soon as the 2nd volume in the 4T series
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
A couple of weeks ago (10/20) at The Pearlsong book launch the amazing Jane Sheldon performed the piece she composed based on the text. She shares some of how it came to be here:
Singing The Pearlsong Sung | Center for the Study of World Religions
"In Tom Cheetham’s definition, Corbin’s visionary recital is “an initiation that can only be expressed in symbols and can only be told in the first person.” I mapped each text symbol to a sonic symbol...
cswr.hds.harvard.edu
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A couple of weeks ago (10/20) at The Pearlsong book launch the amazing Jane Sheldon performed the piece she composed based on the text. She shares some of how it came to be here:
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
Uriah Heep
💿 The Magician's Birthday (1972)
🏷️ Rock / Hard Rock / Prog Rock
Artwork:
Roger Dean (Design)
Fin Costello (Photography)
💿 The Magician's Birthday (1972)
🏷️ Rock / Hard Rock / Prog Rock
Artwork:
Roger Dean (Design)
Fin Costello (Photography)
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Uriah Heep
💿 The Magician's Birthday (1972)
🏷️ Rock / Hard Rock / Prog Rock
Artwork:
Roger Dean (Design)
Fin Costello (Photography)
💿 The Magician's Birthday (1972)
🏷️ Rock / Hard Rock / Prog Rock
Artwork:
Roger Dean (Design)
Fin Costello (Photography)
A couple of weeks ago (10/20) at The Pearlsong book launch the amazing Jane Sheldon performed the piece she composed based on the text. She shares some of how it came to be here:
Singing The Pearlsong Sung | Center for the Study of World Religions
"In Tom Cheetham’s definition, Corbin’s visionary recital is “an initiation that can only be expressed in symbols and can only be told in the first person.” I mapped each text symbol to a sonic symbol...
cswr.hds.harvard.edu
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A couple of weeks ago (10/20) at The Pearlsong book launch the amazing Jane Sheldon performed the piece she composed based on the text. She shares some of how it came to be here:
From my colleague Fabien Muller, whose translation of Porphyry's Letter to Anebo and Philosophy from Oracles will appear soon as the 2nd volume in the 4T series
A Phoenician Guide to Happy Protest | Center for the Study of World Religions
cswr.hds.harvard.edu
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
From my colleague Fabien Muller, whose translation of Porphyry's Letter to Anebo and Philosophy from Oracles will appear soon as the 2nd volume in the 4T series
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
Sanskrit/Tibetan/Tangut quote of the day:
Bodhicaryāvatāra 6.10
(ed. Solonin 2025 www.academia.edu/144598049/Bo...)
Bodhicaryāvatāra 6.10
(ed. Solonin 2025 www.academia.edu/144598049/Bo...)
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Sanskrit/Tibetan/Tangut quote of the day:
Bodhicaryāvatāra 6.10
(ed. Solonin 2025 www.academia.edu/144598049/Bo...)
Bodhicaryāvatāra 6.10
(ed. Solonin 2025 www.academia.edu/144598049/Bo...)
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
Pierre Dutour - "Deer Forest" [France, Electronic/Library] (1979) - Spacey, soft synth melody that goes into a dynamic, military-like beat.
https://redd.it/636a36
https://youtu.be/gu73EJuDPpI
https://redd.it/636a36
https://youtu.be/gu73EJuDPpI
Pierre Dutour - "Deer Forest" [France, Electronic/Library] (1979) - Spacey, soft synth melody that goes into a dynamic, military-like beat.
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Pierre Dutour - "Deer Forest" [France, Electronic/Library] (1979) - Spacey, soft synth melody that goes into a dynamic, military-like beat.
https://redd.it/636a36
https://youtu.be/gu73EJuDPpI
https://redd.it/636a36
https://youtu.be/gu73EJuDPpI
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
Why I still read the comments. (Also, imagine posting sympathy of DICK CHENEY’S family on the day a Democratic Socialist wins a high-profile election.)
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Why I still read the comments. (Also, imagine posting sympathy of DICK CHENEY’S family on the day a Democratic Socialist wins a high-profile election.)
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
International Dunhuang Project website launched a new "learning" resource with a variety of collected materials.
idp.bl.uk/learning/dun...
idp.bl.uk/learning/dun...
Dunhuang – International Dunhuang Programme
IDP
idp.bl.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
International Dunhuang Project website launched a new "learning" resource with a variety of collected materials.
idp.bl.uk/learning/dun...
idp.bl.uk/learning/dun...
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If there's anything more exciting than seeing a book you work on in an exhibition, it's surely being invited to talk about it. Very excited for this event next month!
📷 Lancelot Browne's annotated copy of Avicenna in Arabic at the @rcpmuseum.bsky.social exhibition, 'A body of knowledge'.
📷 Lancelot Browne's annotated copy of Avicenna in Arabic at the @rcpmuseum.bsky.social exhibition, 'A body of knowledge'.
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
If there's anything more exciting than seeing a book you work on in an exhibition, it's surely being invited to talk about it. Very excited for this event next month!
📷 Lancelot Browne's annotated copy of Avicenna in Arabic at the @rcpmuseum.bsky.social exhibition, 'A body of knowledge'.
📷 Lancelot Browne's annotated copy of Avicenna in Arabic at the @rcpmuseum.bsky.social exhibition, 'A body of knowledge'.
/beṣlē w-ḥardlå/
ܒܨ̈ܠܐ ܘܚܪܕܠܐ
"onions & mustard"
ܒܨ̈ܠܐ ܘܚܪܕܠܐ
"onions & mustard"
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
/beṣlē w-ḥardlå/
ܒܨ̈ܠܐ ܘܚܪܕܠܐ
"onions & mustard"
ܒܨ̈ܠܐ ܘܚܪܕܠܐ
"onions & mustard"
Including a translation of Donna's "Sunrise" into Syriac
Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay (1947-2025) | fringe philology
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November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Including a translation of Donna's "Sunrise" into Syriac
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
Episode no. 51 is out 🤩
Martin Haspelmath (@haspelmath.bsky.social) talks about how he got started in linguistics, the rise of large-scale areal typology in the 1990s, language description vs language comparison, and the current state of the field.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/01/p...
#Histlx
Martin Haspelmath (@haspelmath.bsky.social) talks about how he got started in linguistics, the rise of large-scale areal typology in the 1990s, language description vs language comparison, and the current state of the field.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/01/p...
#Histlx
Podcast episode 51: Martin Haspelmath
In this interview, Martin Haspelmath talks about how he got started in linguistics, the rise of large-scale areal typology in the 1990s, language description vs language comparison, and the current…
hiphilangsci.net
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Episode no. 51 is out 🤩
Martin Haspelmath (@haspelmath.bsky.social) talks about how he got started in linguistics, the rise of large-scale areal typology in the 1990s, language description vs language comparison, and the current state of the field.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/01/p...
#Histlx
Martin Haspelmath (@haspelmath.bsky.social) talks about how he got started in linguistics, the rise of large-scale areal typology in the 1990s, language description vs language comparison, and the current state of the field.
🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/01/p...
#Histlx
Reposted by Adam Bremer-McCollum
At least two Chinese loanwords show up elsewhere in this text:
/keŋ/ wide, extended (< 廣 guǎng)
/kunčuy/ lady, queen, princess (< 公主 gōng zhǔ); /hatun/, another word for "lady, queen, woman," is also a loanword, this time from Sogdian (<x'twn>)
/keŋ/ wide, extended (< 廣 guǎng)
/kunčuy/ lady, queen, princess (< 公主 gōng zhǔ); /hatun/, another word for "lady, queen, woman," is also a loanword, this time from Sogdian (<x'twn>)
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
At least two Chinese loanwords show up elsewhere in this text:
/keŋ/ wide, extended (< 廣 guǎng)
/kunčuy/ lady, queen, princess (< 公主 gōng zhǔ); /hatun/, another word for "lady, queen, woman," is also a loanword, this time from Sogdian (<x'twn>)
/keŋ/ wide, extended (< 廣 guǎng)
/kunčuy/ lady, queen, princess (< 公主 gōng zhǔ); /hatun/, another word for "lady, queen, woman," is also a loanword, this time from Sogdian (<x'twn>)