Chris Celenza
@chriscelenza.bsky.social
Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, author of *The Italian Renaissance and the Origins of the Modern Humanities*
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Only 5 new #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Consists of a Ge'ez Book of Hours, a commentary on Aristotle, Nonius Marcellus' De compendiosa doctrina (his only surviving work), Seneca's Tragedies and a vol of Papal stuff
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Consists of a Ge'ez Book of Hours, a commentary on Aristotle, Nonius Marcellus' De compendiosa doctrina (his only surviving work), Seneca's Tragedies and a vol of Papal stuff
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 40 of 2025
An extremely quiet week, with only five manuscripts digitized. Of these four are from the Ott.lat collection, and the final one is from Comb.
To the right is f.3r from Ott.lat.1713, a 14th C manusc...
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October 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Only 5 new #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Consists of a Ge'ez Book of Hours, a commentary on Aristotle, Nonius Marcellus' De compendiosa doctrina (his only surviving work), Seneca's Tragedies and a vol of Papal stuff
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Consists of a Ge'ez Book of Hours, a commentary on Aristotle, Nonius Marcellus' De compendiosa doctrina (his only surviving work), Seneca's Tragedies and a vol of Papal stuff
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
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47 new #Manuscripts from the #Vatican were digitized this week www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes another Sanvito-rubricated work, Beneventan fragments, Diaries, Classics, Philosophy, Strozzi's _Eroticon_, and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes another Sanvito-rubricated work, Beneventan fragments, Diaries, Classics, Philosophy, Strozzi's _Eroticon_, and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 38 of 2025
A total of forty-seven manuscripts were digitized in the past week, which is slightly above average when comparing to recent weeks. Also in-line with the patterns of recent weeks, the most manuscripts...
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September 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
47 new #Manuscripts from the #Vatican were digitized this week www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes another Sanvito-rubricated work, Beneventan fragments, Diaries, Classics, Philosophy, Strozzi's _Eroticon_, and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes another Sanvito-rubricated work, Beneventan fragments, Diaries, Classics, Philosophy, Strozzi's _Eroticon_, and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
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another week, another 29 #Manuscripts digitized by the #vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Including plays by Sebastiano Baldin, Euclid, Ethiopic liturgy, dated and glossed Seneca, patristics, papal history, and Peñafort... oh my!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Including plays by Sebastiano Baldin, Euclid, Ethiopic liturgy, dated and glossed Seneca, patristics, papal history, and Peñafort... oh my!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 30 of 2025
Another week of digitizing concludes with twenty-nine new manuscripts, which seems to be the current pace. The largest collection continues to be Barb.lat, with eleven added. Following that was Ott....
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July 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
another week, another 29 #Manuscripts digitized by the #vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Including plays by Sebastiano Baldin, Euclid, Ethiopic liturgy, dated and glossed Seneca, patristics, papal history, and Peñafort... oh my!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Including plays by Sebastiano Baldin, Euclid, Ethiopic liturgy, dated and glossed Seneca, patristics, papal history, and Peñafort... oh my!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
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♥️Ausonius♥️! Here is the MS in question: digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_S.M... The Cento nuptialis starts at the bottom of 42r. Also, I love this scribe's Ss.
49 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week
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Including a ton more from the Cappella Sistina, both archival and diaries, a vol of 10th C sermons, Ausonius (including the wedding cento!), a map of the roman forum and more
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
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Including a ton more from the Cappella Sistina, both archival and diaries, a vol of 10th C sermons, Ausonius (including the wedding cento!), a map of the roman forum and more
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 26 of 2025
For the first full week of summer, forty-nine manuscripts were digitized. As one might have expected, the largest contributors were Capp.Sist, adding twenty-three, and it's subcollection Capp.Sist.Di...
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June 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
♥️Ausonius♥️! Here is the MS in question: digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_S.M... The Cento nuptialis starts at the bottom of 42r. Also, I love this scribe's Ss.
Natural Philosophy at Hopkins! Wonderful event; #ProudOfOurColleagues magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2025/06/five...
Five Takeaways on Natural Philosophy - Arts & Sciences Magazine
Illustration by Grace Toscano Last month, about 150 philosophers, scientists, and other thinkers gathered at a Baltimore hotel to discuss topics ranging
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June 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Natural Philosophy at Hopkins! Wonderful event; #ProudOfOurColleagues magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2025/06/five...
Go Prof. Choi! #ProudOfOurProfs: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/b...
Susan Choi: ‘I Feel I’ve Read Nothing but Great Books Recently’
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June 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Go Prof. Choi! #ProudOfOurProfs: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/b...
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48 more #Manuscripts digitized by the #Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a ton of Cappella Pontificia documents, some even about the Puntatore diaries in Capp.Sist.Diari, more Bussulas, Augustine on music, Ge'ez works and, topically, a Rule of St. Augustine
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a ton of Cappella Pontificia documents, some even about the Puntatore diaries in Capp.Sist.Diari, more Bussulas, Augustine on music, Ge'ez works and, topically, a Rule of St. Augustine
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 20 of 2025
Mostly coming on Friday, a total of forty-eight manuscripts were added this week. More than half of these, twenty-six in total, came from the Capp.Sist archives, with ten more from Barb.lat. The res...
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May 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
48 more #Manuscripts digitized by the #Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a ton of Cappella Pontificia documents, some even about the Puntatore diaries in Capp.Sist.Diari, more Bussulas, Augustine on music, Ge'ez works and, topically, a Rule of St. Augustine
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a ton of Cappella Pontificia documents, some even about the Puntatore diaries in Capp.Sist.Diari, more Bussulas, Augustine on music, Ge'ez works and, topically, a Rule of St. Augustine
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
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Uninvolved in the #conclave, the #Vatican libraries digitized 58 #manuscripts
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Including a counterfeit 14th C Dante, a ton of 19th C music, more Sistine Diaries, occult tests, travel guides, glossed classics, Persian poetry and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
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Including a counterfeit 14th C Dante, a ton of 19th C music, more Sistine Diaries, occult tests, travel guides, glossed classics, Persian poetry and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 19 of 2025
A total of fifty-eight manuscripts were digitized for the conclave/elevation week. Leading the pack this week was Capp.Sist with nineteen manuscripts, many being single volumes of multi-volume musica...
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May 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Uninvolved in the #conclave, the #Vatican libraries digitized 58 #manuscripts
www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Including a counterfeit 14th C Dante, a ton of 19th C music, more Sistine Diaries, occult tests, travel guides, glossed classics, Persian poetry and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Including a counterfeit 14th C Dante, a ton of 19th C music, more Sistine Diaries, occult tests, travel guides, glossed classics, Persian poetry and more!
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
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Come and join us at @livesandletters.bsky.social to talk about #EarlyModern libraries! Two weeks to get your abstracts in! Check the website for full details, incl. how PhDs and ECRs can apply for funding to attend…
CfP ‘Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library’
Submit by 16th May
This 2-day symposium (9-10 Sept at UCL) will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Submit by 16th May
This 2-day symposium (9-10 Sept at UCL) will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
May 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Come and join us at @livesandletters.bsky.social to talk about #EarlyModern libraries! Two weeks to get your abstracts in! Check the website for full details, incl. how PhDs and ECRs can apply for funding to attend…
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So proud to have co-written this newly published book w/my brilliant friend Anne E. Lester; I just remembered the book came into being largely b/c of an #NEH grant Anne received in 2020-2021, allowing us to follow up on our pandemic zoom calls together.
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April 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So proud to have co-written this newly published book w/my brilliant friend Anne E. Lester; I just remembered the book came into being largely b/c of an #NEH grant Anne received in 2020-2021, allowing us to follow up on our pandemic zoom calls together.
cornellpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/a-c...
cornellpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/a-c...
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The Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy awards an annual prize of $500 for the best paper on medieval or renaissance philosophy by a younger scholar.
Details here:
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Details here:
smrpblog.wordpress.com/founders-awa...
Founders’ Prize Submission Instructions
The Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy awards an annual prize of $500 for the best paper on medieval or renaissance philosophy by a younger scholar. Eligibility is restricted to …
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April 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy awards an annual prize of $500 for the best paper on medieval or renaissance philosophy by a younger scholar.
Details here:
smrpblog.wordpress.com/founders-awa...
Details here:
smrpblog.wordpress.com/founders-awa...
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Bold ideas are born from real-world problems. Research turns them into solutions that change lives. At Johns Hopkins, biomedical engineer Sri Sarma’s NIH-funded research is improving how doctors understand and treat common neurological conditions. hub.jhu.edu/.../27/nih-f...
April 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Bold ideas are born from real-world problems. Research turns them into solutions that change lives. At Johns Hopkins, biomedical engineer Sri Sarma’s NIH-funded research is improving how doctors understand and treat common neurological conditions. hub.jhu.edu/.../27/nih-f...
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Congratulations to political scientist @teele.bsky.social on being named a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, the @carnegiecorp.bsky.social Fellowship will support her research on the gender gap and polarization. hub.jhu.edu/2025/04/16/d...
Johns Hopkins political scientist Dawn Teele receives Carnegie Fellowship
SNF Agora Institute scholar will use the award to explore whether the gender gap is a driver of U.S. political polarization
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April 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Thanks to everyone who has kept me at the work and shared my vision about our purpose, now more than ever. Thanks especially to @guggfellows for seeing us!
April 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thanks to everyone who has kept me at the work and shared my vision about our purpose, now more than ever. Thanks especially to @guggfellows for seeing us!
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Congratulations to @marthasjones.bsky.social and David Yezzi on being named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows, @guggfellows.bsky.social. www.gf.org/stories/anno...
Announcing the 2025 Guggenheim Fellows — Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists
Since 1925, the Guggenheim Foundation has given Fellowships to exceptional artists, writers, scholars, and scientists, empowering them to pursue meaningful work under the freest possible conditions.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Congratulations to @marthasjones.bsky.social and David Yezzi on being named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows, @guggfellows.bsky.social. www.gf.org/stories/anno...
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Mars once had a magnetic field like Earth’s, but a new study co-authored by planetary scientist @planetsabine.bsky.social shows its molten core cooled unevenly, leaving the planet magnetically unstable. 🧲 hub.jhu.edu/2025/04/15/m...
Molten martian core could explain red planet's magnetic quirks
The planet's once-strong magnetic field appears to have been limited to its southern hemisphere, the apparent result of a fully liquid inner core that differs from that of Earth
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April 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Mars once had a magnetic field like Earth’s, but a new study co-authored by planetary scientist @planetsabine.bsky.social shows its molten core cooled unevenly, leaving the planet magnetically unstable. 🧲 hub.jhu.edu/2025/04/15/m...
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A quietish week, only 36 #Manuscripts from the Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a 13th C NT, 11th C Menologium, more 17th C papal stuff, Sistine Diaries and Ethiopic liturgy. Several humanistic texts, including one by one Raniero Fioravanti, unknown to me
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a 13th C NT, 11th C Menologium, more 17th C papal stuff, Sistine Diaries and Ethiopic liturgy. Several humanistic texts, including one by one Raniero Fioravanti, unknown to me
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 15 of 2025
Another somewhat quiet week with a total of thirty-six manuscripts digitized. Unexpectedly Ott.lat contributed the largest fraction with twelve, followed by Barb.lat with ten and Capp.Sist.Diari with...
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April 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A quietish week, only 36 #Manuscripts from the Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a 13th C NT, 11th C Menologium, more 17th C papal stuff, Sistine Diaries and Ethiopic liturgy. Several humanistic texts, including one by one Raniero Fioravanti, unknown to me
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a 13th C NT, 11th C Menologium, more 17th C papal stuff, Sistine Diaries and Ethiopic liturgy. Several humanistic texts, including one by one Raniero Fioravanti, unknown to me
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
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Congratulations to biophysics professor @karenfleming.bsky.social on being elected a 2024 @aaas.org fellow for her work in molecular biophysics. 🎉 hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/27/2...
Three Johns Hopkins researchers named AAAS fellows
James Berger, Karen Fleming, and Gregory Kirk join an esteemed group of scientists, engineers, and innovators who have been recognized for their achievements across disciplines
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March 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Congratulations to biophysics professor @karenfleming.bsky.social on being elected a 2024 @aaas.org fellow for her work in molecular biophysics. 🎉 hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/27/2...
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“Don’t rest on things that you believe—look in the world, listen to the data, listen to real, empirical sources of information,” says Jenann Ismael. 🎙️
The late Daniel Dennett was born on this date in 1942. After his passing last spring, we put together a special retrospective episode with his friend and admirer, Jenann Ismael from @jhuartssciences.bsky.social: www.philosophytalk.org/shows/daniel... #PhilSky #philosophy
March 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Don’t rest on things that you believe—look in the world, listen to the data, listen to real, empirical sources of information,” says Jenann Ismael. 🎙️
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"Looking at a tiny part of the brain in a mouse, we can understand how the brain learns, and we can make predictions about how the human brain might work," says @kishoreneuro.bsky.social. hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/19/b...
Brain imaging reveals surprises about learning
By revealing for the first time what happens in the brain when an animal makes a mistake, JHU researchers shed light on the holy grail of neuroscience: the mechanics of how we learn
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March 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Looking at a tiny part of the brain in a mouse, we can understand how the brain learns, and we can make predictions about how the human brain might work," says @kishoreneuro.bsky.social. hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/19/b...
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Great conversation about dark energy!
“ It might be that we don't understand how gravity operates on the largest scale,” says Adam Riess from @jhuartssciences.bsky.social. He and Dr. Andrei Cuceu from @berkeleylab.lbl.gov join us to discuss the possibility that dark energy has changed over time.
DESI Data Strengthens Evidence Of Change In Dark Energy
Researchers built the largest 3D map of our universe yet. What they found supports the idea that dark energy could have evolved over time.
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March 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Great conversation about dark energy!
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🎧 Listen to a podcast w/ scholar of #Renaissance #history Chris Celenza on relevant historical antecedents to responsibly deal w/ information, today's risks of manipulating public opinion and more.
➡️ ideasroadshow.com/christopher-...
🗃️ #skystorians @chriscelenza.bsky.social 🏺 #Academicsky #Edusky
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🗃️ #skystorians @chriscelenza.bsky.social 🏺 #Academicsky #Edusky
March 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🎧 Listen to a podcast w/ scholar of #Renaissance #history Chris Celenza on relevant historical antecedents to responsibly deal w/ information, today's risks of manipulating public opinion and more.
➡️ ideasroadshow.com/christopher-...
🗃️ #skystorians @chriscelenza.bsky.social 🏺 #Academicsky #Edusky
➡️ ideasroadshow.com/christopher-...
🗃️ #skystorians @chriscelenza.bsky.social 🏺 #Academicsky #Edusky
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TONIGHT! www.loc.gov/item/event-4...
Live! At the Library: Book Talk with Martha S. Jones
Join prizewinning scholar of Black history, Martha S. Jones, as she delves into her family’s past for answers. Journeying across centuries, from rural Kentucky and small-town North Carolina to New Yor...
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March 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
TONIGHT! www.loc.gov/item/event-4...