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
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Some New Year’s Resolution ideas courtesy of Bob Dylan —
More Blood
More Tracks
More Blood
More Tracks
Some New Year’s Resolution ideas courtesy of Richard Scarry —
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
January 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Some New Year’s Resolution ideas courtesy of Bob Dylan —
More Blood
More Tracks
More Blood
More Tracks
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I can’t believe I’ve now outlived MTV as music television.
December 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I can’t believe I’ve now outlived MTV as music television.
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Faith No More - Epic (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by UPROXX Indie Mixtape
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I saw "snot and spit" (المخاط والبزاق /al-muḫāṭ wa-l-buzāq/) in an Arabic text this morning, and I keep thinking about how they rhyme.
December 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I saw "snot and spit" (المخاط والبزاق /al-muḫāṭ wa-l-buzāq/) in an Arabic text this morning, and I keep thinking about how they rhyme.
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Health, Life, Joy, Peace, Good Cheer, Hope
Υγεία, Ζωή, Χαρά, Ειρήνη, Ευθυμία, Ελπίς
4th-century mosaic from Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum) at the British Museum
Υγεία, Ζωή, Χαρά, Ειρήνη, Ευθυμία, Ελπίς
4th-century mosaic from Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum) at the British Museum
December 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Health, Life, Joy, Peace, Good Cheer, Hope
Υγεία, Ζωή, Χαρά, Ειρήνη, Ευθυμία, Ελπίς
4th-century mosaic from Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum) at the British Museum
Υγεία, Ζωή, Χαρά, Ειρήνη, Ευθυμία, Ελπίς
4th-century mosaic from Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum) at the British Museum
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Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
OMG - f*ck AI for ruining the em-dash for writers. I use them all the time. Of course, what a shock that AI uses them since they were trained off my voice and other authors' voices.
I'm a writer who has specifically been directed *not* to use em-dashes because "they mean it was written by AI." I can detect AI writing, but it is not simply a matter of the punctuation used.
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
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Dish, lusterware
Made in Spain
1400–1450
(Met Museum)
Made in Spain
1400–1450
(Met Museum)
December 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Dish, lusterware
Made in Spain
1400–1450
(Met Museum)
Made in Spain
1400–1450
(Met Museum)
Parthian word of the day
/wiβandag/
"snare, trap"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1901-1902
/u-š was zanag dāmag ud wiβandag dird/
"he owned many different kinds of traps and snares"
/wiβandag/
"snare, trap"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1901-1902
/u-š was zanag dāmag ud wiβandag dird/
"he owned many different kinds of traps and snares"
December 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Parthian word of the day
/wiβandag/
"snare, trap"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1901-1902
/u-š was zanag dāmag ud wiβandag dird/
"he owned many different kinds of traps and snares"
/wiβandag/
"snare, trap"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1901-1902
/u-š was zanag dāmag ud wiβandag dird/
"he owned many different kinds of traps and snares"
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LUMEN 6 (1999)
Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 32"
Looking for the way to the light, a moment of discovery at last. 1/2
Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 32"
Looking for the way to the light, a moment of discovery at last. 1/2
December 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
LUMEN 6 (1999)
Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 32"
Looking for the way to the light, a moment of discovery at last. 1/2
Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 32"
Looking for the way to the light, a moment of discovery at last. 1/2
Parthian word of the day
/wigān/
"destruction, harm, injury"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1887-1889
/pad wisp […] ud wigān čē kēž kird pādišnōhr ud pātōg padɣīrwēd/
"for all the […] and harm which anyone causes, they receive recompense and punishment"
/wigān/
"destruction, harm, injury"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1887-1889
/pad wisp […] ud wigān čē kēž kird pādišnōhr ud pātōg padɣīrwēd/
"for all the […] and harm which anyone causes, they receive recompense and punishment"
December 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Parthian word of the day
/wigān/
"destruction, harm, injury"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1887-1889
/pad wisp […] ud wigān čē kēž kird pādišnōhr ud pātōg padɣīrwēd/
"for all the […] and harm which anyone causes, they receive recompense and punishment"
/wigān/
"destruction, harm, injury"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1887-1889
/pad wisp […] ud wigān čē kēž kird pādišnōhr ud pātōg padɣīrwēd/
"for all the […] and harm which anyone causes, they receive recompense and punishment"
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The application window closes tomorrow!
Calling all #MastersDegree and #PhD students in subjects related to our press. Remember to submit your applications for our annual book grant before the end of the year. You could win $500-worth of our titles to help your studies. Full details here. www.gorgiaspress.com/gorgias-book... #grants
a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
ALT: a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
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December 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The application window closes tomorrow!
Parthian word of the day
/pawāg/ (cf. NP پاك pāk; Skt/Pali pāvaka)
"pure, holy"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1879-1881
/awāɣōn bāmistūn ispurrīg mard, čē pad hawīn panǰ padmōžan pawāgān padmōxt ištēd/
"Such is the Column of Glory, the Complete Person, who has been clothed in the five pure garments"
/pawāg/ (cf. NP پاك pāk; Skt/Pali pāvaka)
"pure, holy"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1879-1881
/awāɣōn bāmistūn ispurrīg mard, čē pad hawīn panǰ padmōžan pawāgān padmōxt ištēd/
"Such is the Column of Glory, the Complete Person, who has been clothed in the five pure garments"
December 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Parthian word of the day
/pawāg/ (cf. NP پاك pāk; Skt/Pali pāvaka)
"pure, holy"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1879-1881
/awāɣōn bāmistūn ispurrīg mard, čē pad hawīn panǰ padmōžan pawāgān padmōxt ištēd/
"Such is the Column of Glory, the Complete Person, who has been clothed in the five pure garments"
/pawāg/ (cf. NP پاك pāk; Skt/Pali pāvaka)
"pure, holy"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1879-1881
/awāɣōn bāmistūn ispurrīg mard, čē pad hawīn panǰ padmōžan pawāgān padmōxt ištēd/
"Such is the Column of Glory, the Complete Person, who has been clothed in the five pure garments"
"Don't bogart that joint, my friend"
December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Don't bogart that joint, my friend"
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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
December 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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
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Manuscripts and Archives: Comparative Views on Record-Keeping ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/manu...
Manuscripts and Archives: Comparative Views on Record-Keeping
Manuscripts and Archives: Comparative Views on Record-Keeping Edited by: Alessandro Bausi ...
ancientworldonline.blogspot.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Manuscripts and Archives: Comparative Views on Record-Keeping ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/manu...
Syriac word of the day
ܫܪܝܬܐ
/šåriṯå/
"joint"
as in Mart. Mar Pinḥas, ed. McCollum, § 11.10-12
ܗ̇ܘ ܓܒܪܐ ܕܟܢܫ ܐܢܘܢ ܠܗܠܝܢ ܡܢܘ̈ܬܐ܃ … ܘܗܐ ܫܩܠ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܚܕܐ ܫܪܝܬܐ ܡܢ ܐܝܕܗ ܕܝܡܝܢܐ܃ ܘܣܡܗ̇ ܒܡܐܢܘ̈ܗܝ
"The man who collected the relics … actually took a joint from the martyr's right hand and put it among his things"
ܫܪܝܬܐ
/šåriṯå/
"joint"
as in Mart. Mar Pinḥas, ed. McCollum, § 11.10-12
ܗ̇ܘ ܓܒܪܐ ܕܟܢܫ ܐܢܘܢ ܠܗܠܝܢ ܡܢܘ̈ܬܐ܃ … ܘܗܐ ܫܩܠ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܚܕܐ ܫܪܝܬܐ ܡܢ ܐܝܕܗ ܕܝܡܝܢܐ܃ ܘܣܡܗ̇ ܒܡܐܢܘ̈ܗܝ
"The man who collected the relics … actually took a joint from the martyr's right hand and put it among his things"
The Cult of the Saints was real, but did relics ever get stolen? Yes. Marco Papasidero has a new, open access book discussing relic theft in Italy from late antiquity to the Middle Ages (300-1150 CE): www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon... Furta Sacra ⛪️There is Patrick Geary’s work but this earlier!
Thefts of Relics in Italy | From Late Antiquity to the Central Middle
With the birth of the cult of the saints, their relics became valuables whose possession would guarantee prestige, protection, and spiritual benefits to a town,
www.taylorfrancis.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Syriac word of the day
ܫܪܝܬܐ
/šåriṯå/
"joint"
as in Mart. Mar Pinḥas, ed. McCollum, § 11.10-12
ܗ̇ܘ ܓܒܪܐ ܕܟܢܫ ܐܢܘܢ ܠܗܠܝܢ ܡܢܘ̈ܬܐ܃ … ܘܗܐ ܫܩܠ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܚܕܐ ܫܪܝܬܐ ܡܢ ܐܝܕܗ ܕܝܡܝܢܐ܃ ܘܣܡܗ̇ ܒܡܐܢܘ̈ܗܝ
"The man who collected the relics … actually took a joint from the martyr's right hand and put it among his things"
ܫܪܝܬܐ
/šåriṯå/
"joint"
as in Mart. Mar Pinḥas, ed. McCollum, § 11.10-12
ܗ̇ܘ ܓܒܪܐ ܕܟܢܫ ܐܢܘܢ ܠܗܠܝܢ ܡܢܘ̈ܬܐ܃ … ܘܗܐ ܫܩܠ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܚܕܐ ܫܪܝܬܐ ܡܢ ܐܝܕܗ ܕܝܡܝܢܐ܃ ܘܣܡܗ̇ ܒܡܐܢܘ̈ܗܝ
"The man who collected the relics … actually took a joint from the martyr's right hand and put it among his things"
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The second book I mentioned earlier, the Pearl Song by @acbm.bsky.social. Where Debié's book is concerned with tracing the longue durée of Alexander's heritage, Bremer-McCollum allows us to read the Pearl Song in its interpretive context of the time - putting out a wealth of historical sources /5
December 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The second book I mentioned earlier, the Pearl Song by @acbm.bsky.social. Where Debié's book is concerned with tracing the longue durée of Alexander's heritage, Bremer-McCollum allows us to read the Pearl Song in its interpretive context of the time - putting out a wealth of historical sources /5
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Over the past months I was reading three recent Syriac Studies books (two from 2025, one from 2024): completely different in topic and approach, but what an inspiration! Whether you're in Syriac Studies already or not (yet) - these studies makes a great start! A brief thread 1/
December 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Over the past months I was reading three recent Syriac Studies books (two from 2025, one from 2024): completely different in topic and approach, but what an inspiration! Whether you're in Syriac Studies already or not (yet) - these studies makes a great start! A brief thread 1/
Parthian word of the day
/frawēn-, frawēnād/
"foresee, prophesy"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1835-1837
/manohmed rōšn frawēnag ast ud harw čē-š zānēd ud frawadēd/
"the light-nous is clairvoyant, and knows and understands everything"
/frawēn-, frawēnād/
"foresee, prophesy"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1835-1837
/manohmed rōšn frawēnag ast ud harw čē-š zānēd ud frawadēd/
"the light-nous is clairvoyant, and knows and understands everything"
December 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Parthian word of the day
/frawēn-, frawēnād/
"foresee, prophesy"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1835-1837
/manohmed rōšn frawēnag ast ud harw čē-š zānēd ud frawadēd/
"the light-nous is clairvoyant, and knows and understands everything"
/frawēn-, frawēnād/
"foresee, prophesy"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1835-1837
/manohmed rōšn frawēnag ast ud harw čē-š zānēd ud frawadēd/
"the light-nous is clairvoyant, and knows and understands everything"
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December 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Coptic word of the day
ϣ(ⲉ)ⲡ-ⲡ⸗-ϩⲙⲁⲧ
"thank, be grateful"
as in P. Kell. Copt. 53 81.18-20 (ed. Gardner, Kell. Lit. 2)
ⲛⲑⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲓ̈ϣⲡ⳿ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲙⲁⲧ⳿ ϣⲡ⳿ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲙⲁⲧ⳿ ϩⲱⲕ⳿
"So be grateful to them yourself, just like I've been grateful to them"
ϣ(ⲉ)ⲡ-ⲡ⸗-ϩⲙⲁⲧ
"thank, be grateful"
as in P. Kell. Copt. 53 81.18-20 (ed. Gardner, Kell. Lit. 2)
ⲛⲑⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲓ̈ϣⲡ⳿ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲙⲁⲧ⳿ ϣⲡ⳿ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲙⲁⲧ⳿ ϩⲱⲕ⳿
"So be grateful to them yourself, just like I've been grateful to them"
December 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Coptic word of the day
ϣ(ⲉ)ⲡ-ⲡ⸗-ϩⲙⲁⲧ
"thank, be grateful"
as in P. Kell. Copt. 53 81.18-20 (ed. Gardner, Kell. Lit. 2)
ⲛⲑⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲓ̈ϣⲡ⳿ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲙⲁⲧ⳿ ϣⲡ⳿ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲙⲁⲧ⳿ ϩⲱⲕ⳿
"So be grateful to them yourself, just like I've been grateful to them"
ϣ(ⲉ)ⲡ-ⲡ⸗-ϩⲙⲁⲧ
"thank, be grateful"
as in P. Kell. Copt. 53 81.18-20 (ed. Gardner, Kell. Lit. 2)
ⲛⲑⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲓ̈ϣⲡ⳿ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲙⲁⲧ⳿ ϣⲡ⳿ ⲡⲟⲩϩⲙⲁⲧ⳿ ϩⲱⲕ⳿
"So be grateful to them yourself, just like I've been grateful to them"
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27th December is the feast of St John the Apostle and Evangelist:
"More volans aquilae verbum petit astra Iohannes"
#StJohn
BnF MS Latin 266; Evangelia quattuor (Gospels of Lothar); 9th century (849 CE-851 CE); Abbey of Saint-Martin of Tours; f.171v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
"More volans aquilae verbum petit astra Iohannes"
#StJohn
BnF MS Latin 266; Evangelia quattuor (Gospels of Lothar); 9th century (849 CE-851 CE); Abbey of Saint-Martin of Tours; f.171v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
27th December is the feast of St John the Apostle and Evangelist:
"More volans aquilae verbum petit astra Iohannes"
#StJohn
BnF MS Latin 266; Evangelia quattuor (Gospels of Lothar); 9th century (849 CE-851 CE); Abbey of Saint-Martin of Tours; f.171v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
"More volans aquilae verbum petit astra Iohannes"
#StJohn
BnF MS Latin 266; Evangelia quattuor (Gospels of Lothar); 9th century (849 CE-851 CE); Abbey of Saint-Martin of Tours; f.171v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
ܗܦܟܘ ܠܥܒܐ ܘܚܪܘ ܒܫܒ̈ܝܠܐ ܚܫܘ̈ܟܐ
/hp̄aḵ l-ʕåḇå w-ḥår ba-šḇilē ḥeššoḵē/
/hp̄aḵ l-ʕåḇå w-ḥår ba-šḇilē ḥeššoḵē/
They went back to the woods and looked on the dark paths.
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
ܗܦܟܘ ܠܥܒܐ ܘܚܪܘ ܒܫܒ̈ܝܠܐ ܚܫܘ̈ܟܐ
/hp̄aḵ l-ʕåḇå w-ḥår ba-šḇilē ḥeššoḵē/
/hp̄aḵ l-ʕåḇå w-ḥår ba-šḇilē ḥeššoḵē/
Happy St. Stephen's Day 🥀
"Saint Stephen will remain
All he's lost he shall regain
Seashore washed by the suds and the foam
Been here so long he's got to calling it home
Fortune comes a-crawling, Calliope woman
Spinning that curious sense of your own
…"
"Saint Stephen will remain
All he's lost he shall regain
Seashore washed by the suds and the foam
Been here so long he's got to calling it home
Fortune comes a-crawling, Calliope woman
Spinning that curious sense of your own
…"
St. Stephen (Live at Fillmore East, February 11, 1969)
YouTube video by Grateful Dead - Topic
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Happy St. Stephen's Day 🥀
"Saint Stephen will remain
All he's lost he shall regain
Seashore washed by the suds and the foam
Been here so long he's got to calling it home
Fortune comes a-crawling, Calliope woman
Spinning that curious sense of your own
…"
"Saint Stephen will remain
All he's lost he shall regain
Seashore washed by the suds and the foam
Been here so long he's got to calling it home
Fortune comes a-crawling, Calliope woman
Spinning that curious sense of your own
…"
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This is so cool -- the 1715 catalogue of Dillingen-based printer & publisher Johann Caspar Bencard (1649-1720), providing the titlepage for each book, sorted by language (Latin > German) and format (folio > quarto > etc.)! 😻
Are there more examples like this? 🧐
< books.google.de/books?id=NYV...
Are there more examples like this? 🧐
< books.google.de/books?id=NYV...
December 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is so cool -- the 1715 catalogue of Dillingen-based printer & publisher Johann Caspar Bencard (1649-1720), providing the titlepage for each book, sorted by language (Latin > German) and format (folio > quarto > etc.)! 😻
Are there more examples like this? 🧐
< books.google.de/books?id=NYV...
Are there more examples like this? 🧐
< books.google.de/books?id=NYV...