Daniela Graca (she/they)
@danielanicole.bsky.social
✨nunstorian/suorica✨
PhD candidate in musicology at Cambridge
(almost-)professional nerd about gender, music, bodies, mysticism, convent culture, and women’s community-building in 16th-century Italy
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PhD candidate in musicology at Cambridge
(almost-)professional nerd about gender, music, bodies, mysticism, convent culture, and women’s community-building in 16th-century Italy
🏳️🌈•🇦🇷🇨🇦
Im sick of hearing about “golden retriever” boyfriends. Seriously what about the bond between a female mystic and her golden retriever confessor
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Im sick of hearing about “golden retriever” boyfriends. Seriously what about the bond between a female mystic and her golden retriever confessor
Putting this pigeon in my thesis acknowledgements probably
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Putting this pigeon in my thesis acknowledgements probably
Savonarola with these stormy skies on my way home last night was just too funny not to post. His grumpy presence reaches far beyond the grave (or the arno)
October 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Savonarola with these stormy skies on my way home last night was just too funny not to post. His grumpy presence reaches far beyond the grave (or the arno)
i think i am looking at a late sixteenth-century copy transcribed by suor michelagniola of a manuscript originally written by a different suor michelagniola
i am losing track of all the suor michelagniolas in this monastery and so were the nuns labelling manuscripts. no one has any clue which michelagniola is which.
October 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
i think i am looking at a late sixteenth-century copy transcribed by suor michelagniola of a manuscript originally written by a different suor michelagniola
whoever spilled water on this manuscript hundreds of years ago is my mortal enemy.
October 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
whoever spilled water on this manuscript hundreds of years ago is my mortal enemy.
i am losing track of all the suor michelagniolas in this monastery and so were the nuns labelling manuscripts. no one has any clue which michelagniola is which.
October 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
i am losing track of all the suor michelagniolas in this monastery and so were the nuns labelling manuscripts. no one has any clue which michelagniola is which.
omgomgomg not only are souls eating words, sometimes we can hear the souls CHEWING as they eat
ilovemyresearchilovenyresearchilovenyresearch eeeeeee
ilovemyresearchilovenyresearchilovenyresearch eeeeeee
A week in the archives: we are tasting songs, our souls are eating words, we are telling men to shut up, and we are tasting flowers from the garden
thank you domenica da paradiso and ur beautifully in tact archive ily
thank you domenica da paradiso and ur beautifully in tact archive ily
October 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
omgomgomg not only are souls eating words, sometimes we can hear the souls CHEWING as they eat
ilovemyresearchilovenyresearchilovenyresearch eeeeeee
ilovemyresearchilovenyresearchilovenyresearch eeeeeee
A week in the archives: we are tasting songs, our souls are eating words, we are telling men to shut up, and we are tasting flowers from the garden
thank you domenica da paradiso and ur beautifully in tact archive ily
thank you domenica da paradiso and ur beautifully in tact archive ily
October 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A week in the archives: we are tasting songs, our souls are eating words, we are telling men to shut up, and we are tasting flowers from the garden
thank you domenica da paradiso and ur beautifully in tact archive ily
thank you domenica da paradiso and ur beautifully in tact archive ily
this is so exciting 😍😍😍😍😍
Up early to make sure I don’t miss the first airplay from our new album on #BBC #Radio3 breakfast. Thank you @leverhulme.ac.uk for making this particular dream come true! musicasecreta.org/product/rico...
Ricordanze - a record of love - Musica Secreta
Preorder the download album from our shop on Bandcamp.
musicasecreta.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
this is so exciting 😍😍😍😍😍
I’M MOVING TO ITALY TOMORROW so excited not to be mistaken for an american every time I speak (ie to not speak english)
oh, and my research… I’m excited for my research.
oh, and my research… I’m excited for my research.
September 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I’M MOVING TO ITALY TOMORROW so excited not to be mistaken for an american every time I speak (ie to not speak english)
oh, and my research… I’m excited for my research.
oh, and my research… I’m excited for my research.
every draft I’ve ever written in my life has started with the sentence “[insert nun/convent here] was badass and super slay” and remains as such until at least draft 3.
August 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
every draft I’ve ever written in my life has started with the sentence “[insert nun/convent here] was badass and super slay” and remains as such until at least draft 3.
being a canadian abroad means being sent emails labelled “sos” from your government when all that’s happened is a flight company strike
August 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
being a canadian abroad means being sent emails labelled “sos” from your government when all that’s happened is a flight company strike
oh latin definitely won
I am in a fight to the death with the latin language and so far latin is winning lol oh no
July 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
oh latin definitely won
Reposted by Daniela Graca (she/they)
July 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Reposted by Daniela Graca (she/they)
In the first program of the 1974 @winnipegfolkfest.bsky.social, organizers wrote: “Folk Fest is not just a place to come and listen, although listening is an important part. It is a place to learn, to become involved, to share the many living traditions that will be here this weekend.” #FolkFest50
July 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In the first program of the 1974 @winnipegfolkfest.bsky.social, organizers wrote: “Folk Fest is not just a place to come and listen, although listening is an important part. It is a place to learn, to become involved, to share the many living traditions that will be here this weekend.” #FolkFest50
Reposted by Daniela Graca (she/they)
Self-portrait playing the lute by Artemisia Gentileschi., 1615. 22 years old then. 432 years old now. Hasn't aged a bit! It’s her birthday today.
July 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Self-portrait playing the lute by Artemisia Gentileschi., 1615. 22 years old then. 432 years old now. Hasn't aged a bit! It’s her birthday today.
I am in a fight to the death with the latin language and so far latin is winning lol oh no
July 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I am in a fight to the death with the latin language and so far latin is winning lol oh no
Seen in Cambridge (UK): a pile of Harvard-branded shirts and hoodies in the bin
June 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Seen in Cambridge (UK): a pile of Harvard-branded shirts and hoodies in the bin
I’m FREEEEEE (from urgently pressing work and professional situations in which I fear looking too cool and slay) time to dye my hair green again !!!!!!!! 💚🌿🍃🌱🦖🫒✨✨
June 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I’m FREEEEEE (from urgently pressing work and professional situations in which I fear looking too cool and slay) time to dye my hair green again !!!!!!!! 💚🌿🍃🌱🦖🫒✨✨
academia is great sometimes bc u can make ur own schedule but then sometimes u have a deadline while ur entire home province catches on fire so then u edit the silly little commas in a bibliography or something while ppl at home evacuate + go through near-death experiences and that’s, uh, less cool🤡
June 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
academia is great sometimes bc u can make ur own schedule but then sometimes u have a deadline while ur entire home province catches on fire so then u edit the silly little commas in a bibliography or something while ppl at home evacuate + go through near-death experiences and that’s, uh, less cool🤡
I know I’ve made very very good friends here because after everyone submits their big end-of-year projects we have made plans to go on a milonga (tango) crawl.
June 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I know I’ve made very very good friends here because after everyone submits their big end-of-year projects we have made plans to go on a milonga (tango) crawl.
new banner photo alert ‼️ ✨
“and I don’t want anything else from San Marco because I’ve had too much”
S Marco friars strike again
“and I don’t want anything else from San Marco because I’ve had too much”
S Marco friars strike again
May 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
new banner photo alert ‼️ ✨
“and I don’t want anything else from San Marco because I’ve had too much”
S Marco friars strike again
“and I don’t want anything else from San Marco because I’ve had too much”
S Marco friars strike again
16th c bodily fluids and their connections with sound slowly taking over my PhD thesis 👹👹👹 uh oh
May 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
16th c bodily fluids and their connections with sound slowly taking over my PhD thesis 👹👹👹 uh oh