Ennius
@enniusredloeb.bsky.social
Independent scholar: research interests in hermeneutics, textual criticism, and the classical tradition; aurum in stercore
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And Jesus was not separated from his parents and put into a cage. Joseph didn't get sent into an el-salvadorian death camp. Mary didn't get beat up by an immigration agent. How is this part of Christ's life story not shaking certain people to their core?
January 7, 2026 at 9:36 PM
And Jesus was not separated from his parents and put into a cage. Joseph didn't get sent into an el-salvadorian death camp. Mary didn't get beat up by an immigration agent. How is this part of Christ's life story not shaking certain people to their core?
The Flight into Egypt;
BL Cotton MS Nero C IV; 'Winchester Psalter'; f.14r
BL Cotton MS Nero C IV; 'Winchester Psalter'; f.14r
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The Flight into Egypt;
BL Cotton MS Nero C IV; 'Winchester Psalter'; f.14r
BL Cotton MS Nero C IV; 'Winchester Psalter'; f.14r
'Da mihi sub pedibus posse iacere tuis.'
BnF MS Latin 12033; Amalarius Metensis, Liber officialis; Corbie, France; 12th c; f.Av @gallicabnf.bsky.social
B.16.3; Rabanus,De Laude Crucis; 10th c; f.30v
@trincolllibcam.bsky.social
MS Arundel 155; 'The Eadui Psalter';11th c; f.133r
BnF MS Latin 12033; Amalarius Metensis, Liber officialis; Corbie, France; 12th c; f.Av @gallicabnf.bsky.social
B.16.3; Rabanus,De Laude Crucis; 10th c; f.30v
@trincolllibcam.bsky.social
MS Arundel 155; 'The Eadui Psalter';11th c; f.133r
January 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
'Da mihi sub pedibus posse iacere tuis.'
BnF MS Latin 12033; Amalarius Metensis, Liber officialis; Corbie, France; 12th c; f.Av @gallicabnf.bsky.social
B.16.3; Rabanus,De Laude Crucis; 10th c; f.30v
@trincolllibcam.bsky.social
MS Arundel 155; 'The Eadui Psalter';11th c; f.133r
BnF MS Latin 12033; Amalarius Metensis, Liber officialis; Corbie, France; 12th c; f.Av @gallicabnf.bsky.social
B.16.3; Rabanus,De Laude Crucis; 10th c; f.30v
@trincolllibcam.bsky.social
MS Arundel 155; 'The Eadui Psalter';11th c; f.133r
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Seven more detections of BA.3.2 from US wastewater.
It's fanning out, this week it includes detections in CA, UT, and NYC.
It's fanning out, this week it includes detections in CA, UT, and NYC.
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Seven more detections of BA.3.2 from US wastewater.
It's fanning out, this week it includes detections in CA, UT, and NYC.
It's fanning out, this week it includes detections in CA, UT, and NYC.
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It’s worth a 5 minute walk west of the village car park in #Corbridge to see the Roman bridge stones which carried Dere Street over the river Tyne. The stones have been moved from their excavation site to better protect and display then.
#HadriansWall #archaeology
#HadriansWall #archaeology
January 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It’s worth a 5 minute walk west of the village car park in #Corbridge to see the Roman bridge stones which carried Dere Street over the river Tyne. The stones have been moved from their excavation site to better protect and display then.
#HadriansWall #archaeology
#HadriansWall #archaeology
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Paleography peeps: I'm collecting examples of premodern descriptive or evaluative (sc. judgy) language about script. E.g. Boniface requesting a book "claris et absolutis litteris scripti" because he can't read "minutas litteras ac connexas" anymore. #medievalsky 🧵
January 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Paleography peeps: I'm collecting examples of premodern descriptive or evaluative (sc. judgy) language about script. E.g. Boniface requesting a book "claris et absolutis litteris scripti" because he can't read "minutas litteras ac connexas" anymore. #medievalsky 🧵
The orange beast is certainly making his presence felt in the world.
BnF Français 958; Frère Laurent d'Orléans, Le Livre des vices et des vertus ou Somme le Roi; 1464; France (Bretagne); f.6v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF Français 958; Frère Laurent d'Orléans, Le Livre des vices et des vertus ou Somme le Roi; 1464; France (Bretagne); f.6v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The orange beast is certainly making his presence felt in the world.
BnF Français 958; Frère Laurent d'Orléans, Le Livre des vices et des vertus ou Somme le Roi; 1464; France (Bretagne); f.6v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF Français 958; Frère Laurent d'Orléans, Le Livre des vices et des vertus ou Somme le Roi; 1464; France (Bretagne); f.6v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
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You can see it coming...
Trump will want Greenland as the price for Ukraine security
It's time for the UK & Europe to really step up.
Europe can be a superpower too, but for good.
Never mind 3% or 5% defence spending, we need 10% & people need to be told why.
We should never depend on America again.
Trump will want Greenland as the price for Ukraine security
It's time for the UK & Europe to really step up.
Europe can be a superpower too, but for good.
Never mind 3% or 5% defence spending, we need 10% & people need to be told why.
We should never depend on America again.
January 7, 2026 at 10:06 AM
You can see it coming...
Trump will want Greenland as the price for Ukraine security
It's time for the UK & Europe to really step up.
Europe can be a superpower too, but for good.
Never mind 3% or 5% defence spending, we need 10% & people need to be told why.
We should never depend on America again.
Trump will want Greenland as the price for Ukraine security
It's time for the UK & Europe to really step up.
Europe can be a superpower too, but for good.
Never mind 3% or 5% defence spending, we need 10% & people need to be told why.
We should never depend on America again.
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I spent Christmas thinking about Greco-Bactrian kings and Greek texts in Nubia, and now you can too!
If you'd welcome some distraction from Armageddon, here's my January mega-post, all about the Greek language's life beyond Europe.
dannybate.com/2026/01/06/g...
If you'd welcome some distraction from Armageddon, here's my January mega-post, all about the Greek language's life beyond Europe.
dannybate.com/2026/01/06/g...
Greek, the Asian and African Language
Just as the borders of Europe are geographically, politically and socially fuzzy, so too are its linguistic edges. Whatever lines of demarcation we care to draw, the many flavours of speech to be h…
dannybate.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 AM
I spent Christmas thinking about Greco-Bactrian kings and Greek texts in Nubia, and now you can too!
If you'd welcome some distraction from Armageddon, here's my January mega-post, all about the Greek language's life beyond Europe.
dannybate.com/2026/01/06/g...
If you'd welcome some distraction from Armageddon, here's my January mega-post, all about the Greek language's life beyond Europe.
dannybate.com/2026/01/06/g...
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We’re in an era of back-yardism. Trump’s takeover of Venezuela & maybe Greenland means he can’t logically object to Putin’s desire to take back Ukraine in Russia’s back-yard, or Xi grabbing Taiwan. The US, once the world’s moral super-power, shrinks to policeman for the Americas.
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 AM
We’re in an era of back-yardism. Trump’s takeover of Venezuela & maybe Greenland means he can’t logically object to Putin’s desire to take back Ukraine in Russia’s back-yard, or Xi grabbing Taiwan. The US, once the world’s moral super-power, shrinks to policeman for the Americas.
Good night all! 😴
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 004: The Dover Bible, Volume 2; 12th century; f.277r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 004: The Dover Bible, Volume 2; 12th century; f.277r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Good night all! 😴
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 004: The Dover Bible, Volume 2; 12th century; f.277r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 004: The Dover Bible, Volume 2; 12th century; f.277r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
St Francis receiving a vision of the city of Assisi threatened by a dragon
BL Add 15710; St Bonaventure, Legenda Sancti Francisci, illuminated by Sister Sibilla von Bondorf; Germany, S.W.; 15th century; f.30v
BL Add 15710; St Bonaventure, Legenda Sancti Francisci, illuminated by Sister Sibilla von Bondorf; Germany, S.W.; 15th century; f.30v
January 6, 2026 at 10:19 PM
St Francis receiving a vision of the city of Assisi threatened by a dragon
BL Add 15710; St Bonaventure, Legenda Sancti Francisci, illuminated by Sister Sibilla von Bondorf; Germany, S.W.; 15th century; f.30v
BL Add 15710; St Bonaventure, Legenda Sancti Francisci, illuminated by Sister Sibilla von Bondorf; Germany, S.W.; 15th century; f.30v
Vision of Ezekiel
BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324; France,N; f.354v
BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324; France,N; f.354v
January 6, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Vision of Ezekiel
BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324; France,N; f.354v
BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324; France,N; f.354v
The Tiburtine Sybil revealing to Caesar Augustus a vision of the Virgin and Child
BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, L'Épître Othéa; c.1410 CE-c.1414 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.141r
BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, L'Épître Othéa; c.1410 CE-c.1414 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.141r
January 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
The Tiburtine Sybil revealing to Caesar Augustus a vision of the Virgin and Child
BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, L'Épître Othéa; c.1410 CE-c.1414 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.141r
BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, L'Épître Othéa; c.1410 CE-c.1414 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.141r
Daniel's vision of the angel over the River Tigris
BL Add 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109CE; Spain, N; f.252r
BL Add 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109CE; Spain, N; f.252r
January 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Daniel's vision of the angel over the River Tigris
BL Add 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109CE; Spain, N; f.252r
BL Add 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109CE; Spain, N; f.252r
Bocaccio in his study, with his vision of Fortune as a crowned lady with many arms
BL Royal 20 C IV; Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium translated into French by Laurent de Premierfait (Des Cas des nobles hommes et femmes) 15th c; France; f.198r
BL Royal 20 C IV; Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium translated into French by Laurent de Premierfait (Des Cas des nobles hommes et femmes) 15th c; France; f.198r
January 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Bocaccio in his study, with his vision of Fortune as a crowned lady with many arms
BL Royal 20 C IV; Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium translated into French by Laurent de Premierfait (Des Cas des nobles hommes et femmes) 15th c; France; f.198r
BL Royal 20 C IV; Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium translated into French by Laurent de Premierfait (Des Cas des nobles hommes et femmes) 15th c; France; f.198r
Gabriel explaining the vision to Daniel
BL Add 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N; f.245r
BL Add 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N; f.245r
January 6, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Gabriel explaining the vision to Daniel
BL Add 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N; f.245r
BL Add 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109 CE; Spain, N; f.245r
Miniature of the Veil of Veronica
BL Arundel MS 157; Psalter of the Virgin Mary; 1200-1210; f.2r
BL Arundel MS 157; Psalter of the Virgin Mary; 1200-1210; f.2r
January 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Miniature of the Veil of Veronica
BL Arundel MS 157; Psalter of the Virgin Mary; 1200-1210; f.2r
BL Arundel MS 157; Psalter of the Virgin Mary; 1200-1210; f.2r
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January 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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6th January is the feast of the Epiphany
#Epiphany
BL Add MS 49598; 963 CE-984 CE; The Benedictional of St Æthelwold; England, S.; f.24v
#Epiphany
BL Add MS 49598; 963 CE-984 CE; The Benedictional of St Æthelwold; England, S.; f.24v
January 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM
6th January is the feast of the Epiphany
#Epiphany
BL Add MS 49598; 963 CE-984 CE; The Benedictional of St Æthelwold; England, S.; f.24v
#Epiphany
BL Add MS 49598; 963 CE-984 CE; The Benedictional of St Æthelwold; England, S.; f.24v
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6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Here is depicted the epiphany of the divine in the three gifts of the Magi, and the transformation of water into wine at Cana.
#Epiphany
Bamberg State Library Msc.Lit. 1; Sacramentary; early 11th century; Fulda; f.30r
#Epiphany
Bamberg State Library Msc.Lit. 1; Sacramentary; early 11th century; Fulda; f.30r
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 AM
6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Here is depicted the epiphany of the divine in the three gifts of the Magi, and the transformation of water into wine at Cana.
#Epiphany
Bamberg State Library Msc.Lit. 1; Sacramentary; early 11th century; Fulda; f.30r
#Epiphany
Bamberg State Library Msc.Lit. 1; Sacramentary; early 11th century; Fulda; f.30r
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Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan by John the Baptist, surrounded by angels and with a golden dove of the Holy Spirit descending, preceding the benediction for Epiphany (6 January)
#Epiphany
BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963-984 CE; England S; ff.25r-25v
#Epiphany
BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963-984 CE; England S; ff.25r-25v
January 3, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan by John the Baptist, surrounded by angels and with a golden dove of the Holy Spirit descending, preceding the benediction for Epiphany (6 January)
#Epiphany
BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963-984 CE; England S; ff.25r-25v
#Epiphany
BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963-984 CE; England S; ff.25r-25v
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6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Here is depicted the Adoration of the Magi and the departure of the Magi.
#Epiphany
BL Egerton 1139; The 'Melisende Psalter'; 12th century; Eastern Mediterranean (Jerusalem); f.2v
#Epiphany
BL Egerton 1139; The 'Melisende Psalter'; 12th century; Eastern Mediterranean (Jerusalem); f.2v
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 AM
6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Here is depicted the Adoration of the Magi and the departure of the Magi.
#Epiphany
BL Egerton 1139; The 'Melisende Psalter'; 12th century; Eastern Mediterranean (Jerusalem); f.2v
#Epiphany
BL Egerton 1139; The 'Melisende Psalter'; 12th century; Eastern Mediterranean (Jerusalem); f.2v
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6th January is the feast of the Epiphany.
#Epiphany
BL Or. 481; Octateuch, Gospels, & Ecclesiastical Works; 17th century; Ethiopia; f.101r
#Epiphany
BL Or. 481; Octateuch, Gospels, & Ecclesiastical Works; 17th century; Ethiopia; f.101r
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 AM
6th January is the feast of the Epiphany.
#Epiphany
BL Or. 481; Octateuch, Gospels, & Ecclesiastical Works; 17th century; Ethiopia; f.101r
#Epiphany
BL Or. 481; Octateuch, Gospels, & Ecclesiastical Works; 17th century; Ethiopia; f.101r
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6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Just look at the expressions of the Magi.
#Epiphany
MS Thott 143 2º; 'The Copenhagen Psalter'; Det Kongelige Bibliotek; 12th century, f. 11r
#Epiphany
MS Thott 143 2º; 'The Copenhagen Psalter'; Det Kongelige Bibliotek; 12th century, f. 11r
January 3, 2026 at 9:15 AM
6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. Just look at the expressions of the Magi.
#Epiphany
MS Thott 143 2º; 'The Copenhagen Psalter'; Det Kongelige Bibliotek; 12th century, f. 11r
#Epiphany
MS Thott 143 2º; 'The Copenhagen Psalter'; Det Kongelige Bibliotek; 12th century, f. 11r