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Malena Ratzke
@malenaratzke.bsky.social
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German literature & manuscript culture up until 1650. Likely libraries.
@uni-jena.de
http://linktr.ee/malenaratzke
Banner image: København [Copenhagen], Det Kongelige Bibliotek, GKS 79 2º, fol. 011r (detail). https://t1p.de/speculum-humanae-salvationis
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malenaratzke.bsky.social
Honoring the old in the new @unileipzig.bsky.social
#medievalsky
A white, postmodernist / neo-neo-gothic church ceiling with illuminated pillars
January 19, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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annepopkema.bsky.social
#BookHistory Help needed! I have trouble identifying this incunable page (back pastedown in a 1491 Cologne legal treatise, ISTC is00496000). Starting at "Non solum" seems to be a paraphrase and commentary on Decret., Lib. II, Tit. XV, cap. VII. Early provenance: Italy, c.1500.
Sharing=😘, solving=😍
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 AM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
Have a laid back, joyful new year everyone
A red tomato with a nose-like aberration and spiky green 'hair' leans against a grey and white wall, giving off an immensely relaxed impression
January 1, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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thiliel.bsky.social
I'm thinking about this article a lot these days. #39c3 marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache - Kleingarten-Edition 😍🌱🪏

www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/runde-14-umf...
Fragebogen – Runde 14 « atlas-alltagssprache
www.atlas-alltagssprache.de
December 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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dbellingradt.bsky.social
A widely used #Christmas time special of the European past was to buy and wear a paper crown.

A paper crown, #skystorians? Yes, a printed paper crown. And the tiny street seller highlighted in this #earlymodern painting is selling them.

Let's have a festive 🧵
A painting from Joos de Momper the Younger, a Flemish painter active in Antwerp between the late 16th century and the early 17th century, in which a street seller is selling paper crowns.
December 18, 2024 at 2:45 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
Recommendations for our students' new Insta format: "Just one?!" - "Just one".
So here's the shortlist I considered apart from the one (= Patti Smith: M Train).

Wrapped by @felixlorenz.bsky.social: Uwe Johnson: Jahrestage.

#unijena
#germanstudies #literature
A knotty pine desk with four German books in colorful covers: Leo Perutz: Nachts unter der steinernen Brücke. Tomer Gardi: Eine runde Sache. Christian Geißler: Anfrage. Uwe Johnson: Jahrestage.
December 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
The metaphorical lottery of third-party funding taken for real. This idea has been around for a while - fascinating to see these results!
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
Laubbläser auf dem Balkon einsetzen? Natürlich. Alles ist steigerbar.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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gettymuseum.bsky.social
We're celebrating 12 Days of #MedievalIlluminations. Today, 9 medieval moons.

Tag yourself, we're the tiny blue one. 🌚
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
"Das Motto 'Unter den Talaren – Muff von 1000 Jahren' war weit mehr als ein provokanter Slogan. Es stand für die grundsätzliche Kritik einer jungen Generation, die Demokratie und Offenheit an den Hochschulen einforderte."

Erinnern @uni-hamburg.de

www.forschung-und-lehre.de/zeitfragen/u...
"Unter den Talaren – Muff von 1000 Jahren": Universität Hamburg gedenkt Protestaktion
Mit einer Gedenktafel erinnert die Uni Hamburg an eine der bekanntesten Protestaktionen der Studentenbewegung. Diese jährt sich am 9. November.
www.forschung-und-lehre.de
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
How many floors are there in hell?

Join me for an online presentation on the visualization of hell in the 'Speculum humanae salvationis': Seminar Religion and Writing @ Columbia University. Tue Nov 18, 12pm EST (Europe: 6pm CET).
RSVP via t1p.de/hell-11-18 by Fri, Nov 14
#medievalsky #bookhistory
A tinted outline-drawing from a medieval manuscript: Three rows with busts of anguished people, burning flames at the bottom. German writing between the rows: "di helle di do heiset daz vegevuer", "diz ist der helle die ane toufe sterben", "die helle der vertumpten vnd der [...]" ('Hell that is called purgatory', 'hell for those who died unbaptized', 'hell of the damned').
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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tamarajatkin.bsky.social
Has anyone come across sellers’ marks like this before?
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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prayticipate.bsky.social
A marvellous series of online lectures organised by Dr Carolin Gluchowski of our Prayticipate Action - details and links here: prayticipate.eu/activities/o... #prayticipate
Poster with list of online talks - all info available at the link which is more accessible
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
Don't go astray: Pilgrim's way above the river Neckar.

This week in Heidelberg, German medievalists met for a conference on 'Heimat' - home & belonging.
(2) Cpg 148 @ub-heidelberg.bsky.social.
(3) Selling Heimat.

#academicnomad #bibliapauperum
#medieval #pilgrimage #academiccommunity
A yellow pilgrim's scallop on a tree trunk overlooking a town in a river valley. Grey clouds with a spot of light above. The 15th-century manuscript of codex palatinus germanicus 148. The left verso page has a fairly standard two-column layout, whereas the recto page on the right utilizes the convention of 'pagina cum textu incluso': A colorful arrangement of rectangular miniatures in the center is surrounded by text that fills up most of the page. Visible in the center are scenes related to Judas' betrayal of Christ, along with four prophets. (3) An advertisement showing a container of seasoning for deer or game, from a shop called 'Heimat' - home.
October 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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fbgotha.bsky.social
Hochspannende Ergebnisse und Überlegungen sowie intensive Diskussionen - Eindrücke von der Tagung "Didaktik und Augenlust" - die Biblia pauperum-Handschriften in Gotha und Jena"

@unierfurt.bsky.social
Diskussion vor den Tagungs-Handschriften Gruppenfoto vor dem Ostturm von Schloss Friedenstein
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
Verleser des Tages: Gott beschützt die Auserwählten vor den weltlichen Schnecken 🌱🐌 Déformation jardinière?
September 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
Catching up with the #NineWorthies of #Braunschweig: Hector of Troy, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, King David, Judah Maccabee

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t1p.de/di-35-83

t1p.de/9-h-comp-her...

#germanistiktag #germanistentag #germanstudies #prophets #typology #nineworthies #medieval 🗂️
Three basins of a medieval market square fountain. Visible on the edge of the lower basin are seated prophets with scrolls. On the next level above: Coats of arms with inscriptions: "brunswik · ector · allexa(n)d(er) · yulius · r(ex) david · yodas ·"
September 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
Unerwartet Pferdekoppel

#germanistiktag #braunschweig #germanistentag
A dark horse on a green meadow with white clouds in the sky, in the foreground a wooden fence
September 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
You don't expect this scenery on a conference coffee break

#germanistiktag #braunschweig #germanistentag #germanstudies
A dark horse on a green meadow with white clouds in the sky, in the foreground a wooden fence
September 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
"The Garden Biodiversity Index is designed so that even laypeople can carry it out independently, without specialist knowledge — they just need to visually inspect their own garden."

For the time being, the test is only in German, but the English paper lists all garden features

🌱
uni-jena.de Universität Jena @uni-jena.de · Aug 21
In collaboration with @sgn.one and @idiv-research.bsky.social, a research team from our Institute for Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution has developed a simple self-test for garden owners to check how species-friendly their garden is.

👉 www.uni-jena.de/en/343288/wi...
A dry stone wall can be used as a border for a bed Mountain sandbell in the front garden A perennial bed with a border of deadwood Deadwood with a birdbath
August 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
'Der Bratwurst-Frieden ist wieder gestört': Hat Erfurt den ältesten Beleg für eine mittelalterliche Bratküche? Auch Robert Gramsch-Stehfest von der @uni-jena.de kommt zu Wort

#medieval #history #mittelalter #geschichte #thueringen

www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
Streit um ältesten Bratwurstgrill in Erfurt: Warum jetzt auch Nürnberg mitmischt | MDR.DE
Der Zufallsfund einer mittelalterlichen Urkunde sorgt seit Tagen für Wirbel. Stand der älteste Bratwurstgrill der Welt in Erfurt? Eine Kampfansage aus Nürnberg zeigt: Es geht um die Wurst-Ehre.
www.mdr.de
August 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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csmc-hamburg.bsky.social
Do your PhD in Manuscript Cultures with us!

Our Grad School invites applications for full PhD scholarships (3 years, 1300 EUR/month + allowances) in the Scholarship Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service @daadworldwide.bsky.social

Apply by 30 Sep!
More info here👉 uhh.de/csmc-scholar...
August 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
In pleasant news: Our book 'Graffiti Scratched, Scrawled, Sprayed' is now available in paperback.

Have a look, it's even got pictures!

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

#graffiti📁 #art #anthropology #archaeology #epigraphy #medievalsky
A green and beige bookcover, reading 'Graffiti Scratched, Scrawled, Sprayed. Towards a Cross-Cultural Understanding. Edited by Ondřej Škrabal , Leah Mascia , Ann Lauren Osthof and Malena Ratzke'
July 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
malenaratzke.bsky.social
"Wir alle jonglieren mit zu vielen Bällen, und einige davon überstehen es nicht, wenn sie zu oft herunterfallen."

So ein gutes Bild dafür.

@amreibahr.bsky.social über Erfahrungen als Postdoc und Juniorprofessorin

substack.com/@arbeitinder...

#wissenschaft #postdoc #ichbinhanna
Was ich gern früher gewusst hätte: Persönliche Zwischenevaluation seit meinem Ruf und #IchBinHanna-Beginn
Sechs Einsichten einer wissenschaftspolitisch (hyper-)aktiven Juniorprofessorin ohne Tenure Track kurz vor ihrer Zwischenevaluation!
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July 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM