Dan Batovici
@danbatovici.bsky.social
FWF START Award 2024 at Uni Vienna 2024: GenAut.univie.ac.at | Co-host of @tetraseminar.bsky.social TeTra.univie.ac.at | Co-editor RBECS.org | Bits and bobs, manuscript studies, and the reception of EC literature.
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A much more exciting week brought 76 #Manuscripts online at the #Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 45 of 2025
A total of seventy-six manuscripts were digitized this past week. Barb.lat, with twenty-nine, and Ott.lat with twenty-eight, contributed the majority of the volumes, following recent patterns. A full ...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A much more exciting week brought 76 #Manuscripts online at the #Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
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Later this month we are hosting a new Book in the Spotlight. On Mon 24 Nov at 4PM CET Peter Van Nuffelen (Ghent) will present The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius, which he recently published with Lieve Van Hoof. Discussant will be @monica-berti.bsky.social (Leipzig)!
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Later this month we are hosting a new Book in the Spotlight. On Mon 24 Nov at 4PM CET Peter Van Nuffelen (Ghent) will present The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius, which he recently published with Lieve Van Hoof. Discussant will be @monica-berti.bsky.social (Leipzig)!
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More exciting #NewBook news to end the week. Save 40% on the print edition and 50% on the eBook in our annual sale. www.gorgiaspress.com/brouria-has-... #History #RomanChristianity #LateAntiquity #EasternChristianity
'Brouria has Spoken Wisely'
In this volume, Brouria Has Spoken Wisely, specialists in the history of late Roman Christianity come together to honor their dear colleague, friend, and mentor Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony, the Martin Bu...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
More exciting #NewBook news to end the week. Save 40% on the print edition and 50% on the eBook in our annual sale. www.gorgiaspress.com/brouria-has-... #History #RomanChristianity #LateAntiquity #EasternChristianity
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The Text and Transmission Research Seminar hosts a Youtube channel, so you can see past lectures---
here's me from yesterday, talking through a condensed version of a chapter in Things Unseen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
here's me from yesterday, talking through a condensed version of a chapter in Things Unseen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
TeTra | Ellen Muehlberger "Character Building: Tracing the Voice of Mary of Egypt"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
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November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Text and Transmission Research Seminar hosts a Youtube channel, so you can see past lectures---
here's me from yesterday, talking through a condensed version of a chapter in Things Unseen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
here's me from yesterday, talking through a condensed version of a chapter in Things Unseen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
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3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
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Great talk and great conversation yesterday.
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
TeTra | Ellen Muehlberger "Character Building: Tracing the Voice of Mary of Egypt"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Great talk and great conversation yesterday.
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
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Come hang out next year! #medievalsky
The Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2026-2027.
The closing date for applications is Monday 1 December 2025.
The closing date for applications is Monday 1 December 2025.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Come hang out next year! #medievalsky
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Ausschreibung der Stelle einer Universitätsprofessur für Bibelwissenschaft des Neuen Testaments. Am Institut für Bibelwissenschaften und Historische Theologie der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Innsbruck ist eine
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November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Ausschreibung der Stelle einer Universitätsprofessur für Bibelwissenschaft des Neuen Testaments. Am Institut für Bibelwissenschaften und Historische Theologie der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Innsbruck ist eine
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University of Vienna - Professorship in Jewish literary, cultural, and religious history (from 1040):
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University of Vienna - Professorship in Jewish literary, cultural, and religious history (from 1040) | MEMOs
University of Vienna, Tenure Track Professorship in Jewish literary, cultural, and religious history (from 1040)
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November 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
University of Vienna - Professorship in Jewish literary, cultural, and religious history (from 1040):
memorients.com/news/univers...
memorients.com/news/univers...
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Tomorrow!
There is still time to register.
There is still time to register.
In the next TeTra seminar which will take place next Thursday 6 November at 4PM CET Ellen Muehlberger (Michigan) will speak about the voice of Mary of Egypt.
If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Tomorrow!
There is still time to register.
There is still time to register.
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Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.
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Latin Female Cognomina. A Study on the Personal Names of Roman Women ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/lati...
Latin Female Cognomina. A Study on the Personal Names of Roman Women
Latin Female Cognomina. A Study on the Personal Names of Roman Women Tuomo Nuorluoto This book is about cognomina, more specifically t...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Latin Female Cognomina. A Study on the Personal Names of Roman Women ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/lati...
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Grateful for getting Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the mail today!
I’m looking forward to having more time to read through the other contributors’ chapters on the centrality of slavery to Roman literary culture
I’m looking forward to having more time to read through the other contributors’ chapters on the centrality of slavery to Roman literary culture
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Grateful for getting Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the mail today!
I’m looking forward to having more time to read through the other contributors’ chapters on the centrality of slavery to Roman literary culture
I’m looking forward to having more time to read through the other contributors’ chapters on the centrality of slavery to Roman literary culture
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In the next TeTra seminar which will take place next Thursday 6 November at 4PM CET Ellen Muehlberger (Michigan) will speak about the voice of Mary of Egypt.
If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
In the next TeTra seminar which will take place next Thursday 6 November at 4PM CET Ellen Muehlberger (Michigan) will speak about the voice of Mary of Egypt.
If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register with @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
GenAut seminar recording | Chance Bonar •Onesimus: Apostle and Martyr in Eastern Mediterranean Literature•
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmnUReJ23W8
The program: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmnUReJ23W8
The program: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
GenAut | Chance Bonar "Onesimus: Apostle and Martyr in Eastern Mediterranean Literature"
YouTube video by The GenAut Project
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October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
GenAut seminar recording | Chance Bonar •Onesimus: Apostle and Martyr in Eastern Mediterranean Literature•
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmnUReJ23W8
The program: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmnUReJ23W8
The program: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
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The Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Vienna has a vacancy for a professor of Practical Theology. Whatever your specific area of expertise, we look forward to receiving your application by December 17.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Vienna has a vacancy for a professor of Practical Theology. Whatever your specific area of expertise, we look forward to receiving your application by December 17.
berufungsservice.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us...
berufungsservice.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us...
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An information session for those interested in learning about Rare Book School’s 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 will be held via Zoom at 6 p.m. ET on 29 October. Register at rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang
October 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
An information session for those interested in learning about Rare Book School’s 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 will be held via Zoom at 6 p.m. ET on 29 October. Register at rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang
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Trick or Treat?
#Halloween
BL Add MS 36684; Book of hours (Saint-Omer or Thérouanne); 14th century; f.72v
#Halloween
BL Add MS 36684; Book of hours (Saint-Omer or Thérouanne); 14th century; f.72v
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Trick or Treat?
#Halloween
BL Add MS 36684; Book of hours (Saint-Omer or Thérouanne); 14th century; f.72v
#Halloween
BL Add MS 36684; Book of hours (Saint-Omer or Thérouanne); 14th century; f.72v
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One more push: please help spread the word about my crowdfunding effort to support Arabic-language access to ancient Gazan literature & financial support for a Gazan translator!
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I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc
I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc
Click here to support Chance Bonar's story *AncientGazanLitTranslation
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October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
One more push: please help spread the word about my crowdfunding effort to support Arabic-language access to ancient Gazan literature & financial support for a Gazan translator!
Later today (at 1pm CET): Chance Bonar (Virginia),
"Onesimus: Apostle and Martyr in Eastern Mediterranean Literature"
"Onesimus: Apostle and Martyr in Eastern Mediterranean Literature"
The online seminar of the GenAut Project is now live – open to all.
With @dekayra.bsky.social @angelnarro.bsky.social @chancebonar.bsky.social @janetspittler.bsky.social off Bsky, and others.
Do get in touch if you'd like to be added to our email list.
genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671
With @dekayra.bsky.social @angelnarro.bsky.social @chancebonar.bsky.social @janetspittler.bsky.social off Bsky, and others.
Do get in touch if you'd like to be added to our email list.
genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Later today (at 1pm CET): Chance Bonar (Virginia),
"Onesimus: Apostle and Martyr in Eastern Mediterranean Literature"
"Onesimus: Apostle and Martyr in Eastern Mediterranean Literature"
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If you missed yesterday's paper, here is the recording, a great introduction into the tōnapatchaṛ!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIx...
TeTra | Anna Ohanjanyan "The Armenian Collection Tōnapatchaṛ: the Haghpat recension"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
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October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
If you missed yesterday's paper, here is the recording, a great introduction into the tōnapatchaṛ!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIx...
Got my contributor's copy of the volume. Many thanks to the editors for a really nice volume!
ToC here: brill.com/display/titl...
ToC here: brill.com/display/titl...
October 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Got my contributor's copy of the volume. Many thanks to the editors for a really nice volume!
ToC here: brill.com/display/titl...
ToC here: brill.com/display/titl...
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📚 Great news for patristics scholars!
The proceedings of the International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford, 2011 & 2015) are now available in Gold Open Access.
That’s 42 volumes of cutting-edge research—now free to read on our website!
🔗 www.peeters-leuven.be/search_resul...
The proceedings of the International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford, 2011 & 2015) are now available in Gold Open Access.
That’s 42 volumes of cutting-edge research—now free to read on our website!
🔗 www.peeters-leuven.be/search_resul...
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
📚 Great news for patristics scholars!
The proceedings of the International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford, 2011 & 2015) are now available in Gold Open Access.
That’s 42 volumes of cutting-edge research—now free to read on our website!
🔗 www.peeters-leuven.be/search_resul...
The proceedings of the International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford, 2011 & 2015) are now available in Gold Open Access.
That’s 42 volumes of cutting-edge research—now free to read on our website!
🔗 www.peeters-leuven.be/search_resul...
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There's an exciting new 4-year postdoc in New Testament at Oxford/Keble College. The deadline for applications is 28 November. I'm happy to try to answer questions/offer encouragement for those considering an application. www.keble.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/
Vacancies - Keble College
Explore the available vacancies at Keble College, University of Oxford.
www.keble.ox.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
There's an exciting new 4-year postdoc in New Testament at Oxford/Keble College. The deadline for applications is 28 November. I'm happy to try to answer questions/offer encouragement for those considering an application. www.keble.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/
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I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc
I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc
Click here to support Chance Bonar's story *AncientGazanLitTranslation
*spotfund is the easiest place to create beautiful and free online fundraisers. It takes just minutes to start raising money today.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🗣️ PLEASE SHARE 🗣️
I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc
I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc