Jesse Keskiaho
@jkeskiah.bsky.social
Early medieval historian and manuscript scholar, docent @helsinki.fi. Researching ideas about the soul, annotations to Augustine, dreams. He/him.
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Jesse Keskiaho
@jkeskiah.bsky.social
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Dreams and Visions in the Early Middle Ages
Cambridge Core - Theology - Dreams and Visions in the Early Middle Ages
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Hello new followers! I study late antique and early medieval intellectual history. Currently I am working on a book on ideas about the nature and origin of the soul. I am the author of tinyurl.com/bdf7zczj I have also studied how some of the major works of Augustine of Hippo were read in the period.
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This is the feast–in all the churches!–of Willibrord, Apostle to the Frisians, d. 739. 🕯️ First up: the Calendar of Willibrord, BNF lat 10837, an early-8c manuscript written on the Continent, probably at Echternach, mainly in Insular majuscule. #medievalsky 🧵
portail.biblissima.fr/en/ark:/4309...
portail.biblissima.fr/en/ark:/4309...
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is the feast–in all the churches!–of Willibrord, Apostle to the Frisians, d. 739. 🕯️ First up: the Calendar of Willibrord, BNF lat 10837, an early-8c manuscript written on the Continent, probably at Echternach, mainly in Insular majuscule. #medievalsky 🧵
portail.biblissima.fr/en/ark:/4309...
portail.biblissima.fr/en/ark:/4309...
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‘For every genuine relic-bearing cleric, however, there was a peddler of fake goods. What were authorities to do in cases where crowds seemed to legitimise miscreants?’
Pablo Scheffer on the early medieval crowd regime:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Pablo Scheffer on the early medieval crowd regime:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Pablo Scheffer · Among the Rabble: Early Medieval Crowds
Along with their terminology, the Romans had passed down to early medieval Europe the belief that crowds were an...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
‘For every genuine relic-bearing cleric, however, there was a peddler of fake goods. What were authorities to do in cases where crowds seemed to legitimise miscreants?’
Pablo Scheffer on the early medieval crowd regime:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Pablo Scheffer on the early medieval crowd regime:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Happy to report that our book 'Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050' has been published! It is Open Access, so you can read (or download) it here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Happy to report that our book 'Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050' has been published! It is Open Access, so you can read (or download) it here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social
Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
Cambridge Core - European Studies - Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social
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Congrats to @laurysarti.bsky.social on her new book on Merovingian Francia and the Roman Empire, open access and downloadable here (scroll to bottom of page) brill.com/display/titl...
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Congrats to @laurysarti.bsky.social on her new book on Merovingian Francia and the Roman Empire, open access and downloadable here (scroll to bottom of page) brill.com/display/titl...
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Do colleagues have favourite readings to give graduate students to help them think about the problems as well as possibilties of doing inter-disciplinary work in medieval studies? I'd be grateful for suggestions please.
October 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Do colleagues have favourite readings to give graduate students to help them think about the problems as well as possibilties of doing inter-disciplinary work in medieval studies? I'd be grateful for suggestions please.
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New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Keepin' it Old School this time
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Keepin' it Old School this time
October 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Keepin' it Old School this time
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Keepin' it Old School this time
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Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing? If yes, then you may be interested in this f...
jobs.kent.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Tämä ei ole hyvän mielen postaus, mutta ehkä syksyn tärkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: käsitelkää törkyriskejä ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitä etukäteen yhdessä.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
September 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Tämä ei ole hyvän mielen postaus, mutta ehkä syksyn tärkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: käsitelkää törkyriskejä ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitä etukäteen yhdessä.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
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This is the feast of Theodore of Tarsus, d. 690, Archbishop of Canterbury. 🕯️ Let's look at a few early manuscripts of works that have been attributed to him. 🧵
The most securely-attributed work is the Laterculus Malalianus, seen here in the earlier of 2 surviving MSS, BAV Pal. lat. 277, 8c.
The most securely-attributed work is the Laterculus Malalianus, seen here in the earlier of 2 surviving MSS, BAV Pal. lat. 277, 8c.
September 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is the feast of Theodore of Tarsus, d. 690, Archbishop of Canterbury. 🕯️ Let's look at a few early manuscripts of works that have been attributed to him. 🧵
The most securely-attributed work is the Laterculus Malalianus, seen here in the earlier of 2 surviving MSS, BAV Pal. lat. 277, 8c.
The most securely-attributed work is the Laterculus Malalianus, seen here in the earlier of 2 surviving MSS, BAV Pal. lat. 277, 8c.
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'sickos' vocitantur, de eo quod per fenestram ridentes, 'ha ha ha... sic!' clamant -Isidorus Hispalensis
September 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
'sickos' vocitantur, de eo quod per fenestram ridentes, 'ha ha ha... sic!' clamant -Isidorus Hispalensis
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2046: the american empire lies in ruins. in the east, the trump dynasty holds sway over the remains, united in the orthodoxy that charlie kirk is of one substance with the Father; in the west, barbarian successor kingdoms have recently converted to a heresy that holds him to be of similar substance
September 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
2046: the american empire lies in ruins. in the east, the trump dynasty holds sway over the remains, united in the orthodoxy that charlie kirk is of one substance with the Father; in the west, barbarian successor kingdoms have recently converted to a heresy that holds him to be of similar substance
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A two-line verse dedication:
"Non rodant mures, non ausint tollere fures
Librum, qui domino datus est a patre Frowino."
Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 76; Expositio S. Hieronymi duodecim prophetarum; 1143-1178; Engelberg; f.1r
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
"Non rodant mures, non ausint tollere fures
Librum, qui domino datus est a patre Frowino."
Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 76; Expositio S. Hieronymi duodecim prophetarum; 1143-1178; Engelberg; f.1r
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
September 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A two-line verse dedication:
"Non rodant mures, non ausint tollere fures
Librum, qui domino datus est a patre Frowino."
Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 76; Expositio S. Hieronymi duodecim prophetarum; 1143-1178; Engelberg; f.1r
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
"Non rodant mures, non ausint tollere fures
Librum, qui domino datus est a patre Frowino."
Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 76; Expositio S. Hieronymi duodecim prophetarum; 1143-1178; Engelberg; f.1r
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
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Well, BretPal is coming to a swift end as of 30 September. Between now and then, I'll be posting my favourite Breton manuscripts, starting with the iconic horse Mark from the Boulougne Gospels (Boulogne sur Mer, MS 8).
August 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Well, BretPal is coming to a swift end as of 30 September. Between now and then, I'll be posting my favourite Breton manuscripts, starting with the iconic horse Mark from the Boulougne Gospels (Boulogne sur Mer, MS 8).
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The last page of the first part of Gratian's Decretum, ending with D.101 d.p.c.1 in a manuscript from the 1190s, written in Bologna. The second gloss layer in the bottom contains a version of the apparatus "Ecce vicit leo" on C.1 authored before 1210 by Petrus Brito, professor in Paris. 1/
August 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The last page of the first part of Gratian's Decretum, ending with D.101 d.p.c.1 in a manuscript from the 1190s, written in Bologna. The second gloss layer in the bottom contains a version of the apparatus "Ecce vicit leo" on C.1 authored before 1210 by Petrus Brito, professor in Paris. 1/
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This is a tale of two castles
One of those buildings is fully original, an almost model example of its style; the other one is fake, built on the ruins of a medieval castle with a fully modern interior. 1/
One of those buildings is fully original, an almost model example of its style; the other one is fake, built on the ruins of a medieval castle with a fully modern interior. 1/
August 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This is a tale of two castles
One of those buildings is fully original, an almost model example of its style; the other one is fake, built on the ruins of a medieval castle with a fully modern interior. 1/
One of those buildings is fully original, an almost model example of its style; the other one is fake, built on the ruins of a medieval castle with a fully modern interior. 1/
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social has gone through EME’s back catalogue to create this timely virtual special issue on tariffs and tolls in early medieval Europe gathering five contributions originally published between 1992 and 2025. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Tariffs and Tolls in Early Medieval Europe: Early Medieval Europe
Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social has gone through EME’s back catalogue to create this timely virtual special issue on tariffs and tolls in early medieval Europe gathering five contributions originally published between 1992 and 2025. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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'In nomine Domini, Clemens Uuillibrordus anno sexcentessimo nonagessimo ab incarnatione Christi ueniebat ultra mare in Francea.'
A collection of all my posts related to my research on #Willibrord & early medieval #Echternach in one thread. #MedievalSky
A collection of all my posts related to my research on #Willibrord & early medieval #Echternach in one thread. #MedievalSky
August 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
'In nomine Domini, Clemens Uuillibrordus anno sexcentessimo nonagessimo ab incarnatione Christi ueniebat ultra mare in Francea.'
A collection of all my posts related to my research on #Willibrord & early medieval #Echternach in one thread. #MedievalSky
A collection of all my posts related to my research on #Willibrord & early medieval #Echternach in one thread. #MedievalSky
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Vase, reputed to be the one used by Saint Martin to collect the blood of the martyred Theban Legion - according to legend, it was brought to him by an angel for that very purpose.
In reality it's a Roman sardonyx vessel from around the year 0, set in a gold cloissoné mount from around the year 500.
In reality it's a Roman sardonyx vessel from around the year 0, set in a gold cloissoné mount from around the year 500.
August 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Vase, reputed to be the one used by Saint Martin to collect the blood of the martyred Theban Legion - according to legend, it was brought to him by an angel for that very purpose.
In reality it's a Roman sardonyx vessel from around the year 0, set in a gold cloissoné mount from around the year 500.
In reality it's a Roman sardonyx vessel from around the year 0, set in a gold cloissoné mount from around the year 500.
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We need a Star Trek episode about how the invention of the universal translator caused people to stop valuing actually learning languages, while they fatally overestimated the UT's accuracy and the resulting misunderstandings led to a massive war that tore the quadrant apart
August 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We need a Star Trek episode about how the invention of the universal translator caused people to stop valuing actually learning languages, while they fatally overestimated the UT's accuracy and the resulting misunderstandings led to a massive war that tore the quadrant apart
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I aced my early medieval palaeography exam in 2013. Can confirm.
July 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I aced my early medieval palaeography exam in 2013. Can confirm.
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Just described the Carolingians to a student as "boring glory" and I think I'm gonna stick with that.
July 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Just described the Carolingians to a student as "boring glory" and I think I'm gonna stick with that.
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Apparently I need to spend money to make my dissertation Open Access on Proquest, so I've instead hosted it on my blog. If you want to read "From Usurper to Emperor: Political Practice and Dynastic Tradition in the Reign of Arnulf of Carinthia, 887-899" just follow this link:
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
Who I am
I have always been passionate about history, but it was not my first choice. Originally I went to American University to study Political Science, before switching (first) to Computer Science and then ...
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June 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Apparently I need to spend money to make my dissertation Open Access on Proquest, so I've instead hosted it on my blog. If you want to read "From Usurper to Emperor: Political Practice and Dynastic Tradition in the Reign of Arnulf of Carinthia, 887-899" just follow this link:
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
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Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine getting some attention today in the Times!
If you missed it last week our handlist of "new" pre-1000 medical manuscripts can be found here cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/handlist/
#medievalsky
If you missed it last week our handlist of "new" pre-1000 medical manuscripts can be found here cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/handlist/
#medievalsky
June 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine getting some attention today in the Times!
If you missed it last week our handlist of "new" pre-1000 medical manuscripts can be found here cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/handlist/
#medievalsky
If you missed it last week our handlist of "new" pre-1000 medical manuscripts can be found here cemlm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/handlist/
#medievalsky
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