Peter Tarras
@petertarras.bsky.social
Postdoc @jacculturelmu.bsky.social | Blog: http://medisi.hypotheses.org | Book History | Manuscript Studies | Provenance | MENA Intellectual History | SciCom | #FirstGen
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this bit of text on the wall of the Old New Synagogue in Prague (of golem fame) sent me down a rabbit hole involving gematria, Hebrew calendrics and Bohemian Yiddish. a thread
February 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
this bit of text on the wall of the Old New Synagogue in Prague (of golem fame) sent me down a rabbit hole involving gematria, Hebrew calendrics and Bohemian Yiddish. a thread
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Off the press 📘 Christianity in Egypt
In this accessible volume, Parker traces Egyptian Christianity from pre-Christian roots to the present, challenging common assumptions along the way.
Discover all about Egyptian Christianity here: brill.com/display/ti...
#ReligiousStudies #AcRel
In this accessible volume, Parker traces Egyptian Christianity from pre-Christian roots to the present, challenging common assumptions along the way.
Discover all about Egyptian Christianity here: brill.com/display/ti...
#ReligiousStudies #AcRel
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Off the press 📘 Christianity in Egypt
In this accessible volume, Parker traces Egyptian Christianity from pre-Christian roots to the present, challenging common assumptions along the way.
Discover all about Egyptian Christianity here: brill.com/display/ti...
#ReligiousStudies #AcRel
In this accessible volume, Parker traces Egyptian Christianity from pre-Christian roots to the present, challenging common assumptions along the way.
Discover all about Egyptian Christianity here: brill.com/display/ti...
#ReligiousStudies #AcRel
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Summer school course: Old Georgian, 4–14 August 2026, Summer School of Ancient Languages, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. For those interested, register here for more information: forms.gle/J6HZYbAZwgAx...
Old Georgian Summer Course in Belgium, 4-14 august 2026
forms.gle
January 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Summer school course: Old Georgian, 4–14 August 2026, Summer School of Ancient Languages, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. For those interested, register here for more information: forms.gle/J6HZYbAZwgAx...
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Kaffeenachgeschmackssehnsucht
What's the German word for the sadness you feel when you finish your coffee and there isn't any more coffee?
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Kaffeenachgeschmackssehnsucht
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A new world Chronicle from 713, via Mount Sinai; plus a massive collection online of microfilms of manuscripts from Jerusalem monasteries.
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
A new Syriac Chronicle! the Maronite Chronicle of 713; plus a collection of Jerusalem microfilms at the Library of Congress
A couple more interesting items have reached me.
The first is the discovery of a new Universal History of the early 8th century! This is being called "The Maronite Chronicle of 713".
It has reached us...
www.roger-pearse.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A new world Chronicle from 713, via Mount Sinai; plus a massive collection online of microfilms of manuscripts from Jerusalem monasteries.
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
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Over the years, Miyagawa So (University of Tsukuba), one of DO’s most prolific contributors, has written extensively on digital initiatives related to various ancient African languages and scripts, including Demotic, Egyptian Hieratic, Coptic, and Nubian.
Read more on our blog ⬇️
Read more on our blog ⬇️
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Over the years, Miyagawa So (University of Tsukuba), one of DO’s most prolific contributors, has written extensively on digital initiatives related to various ancient African languages and scripts, including Demotic, Egyptian Hieratic, Coptic, and Nubian.
Read more on our blog ⬇️
Read more on our blog ⬇️
Die Initiative ist an sich begrüßenswert, aber steht unter der falschen Prämisse von "KI" als fait accompli. Fragen, ob eine Integration überhaupt wünschenswert oder wissenschaftlich vertretbar ist, sind nicht stellbar. Dabei läge die Stärke kleiner Fächer im kritischen Potential gegenüber "KI".
🔎Überall KI - bis ins kleinste Fach: Gemeinsam mit der @adwmainz.bsky.social organisieren wir Ende diesen Jahres eine Lunch-to-Lunch-Tagung zum Thema „Künstliche Intelligenz und die Zukunft kleiner Fächer“ und freuen uns über Beitragsvorschläge
#kleinefaecher #KI
#kleinefaecher #KI
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Die Initiative ist an sich begrüßenswert, aber steht unter der falschen Prämisse von "KI" als fait accompli. Fragen, ob eine Integration überhaupt wünschenswert oder wissenschaftlich vertretbar ist, sind nicht stellbar. Dabei läge die Stärke kleiner Fächer im kritischen Potential gegenüber "KI".
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February 23 is the deadline to apply for Intermediate Classical Armenian, a language and paleography course held from July 5–25, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. All course fees, meals, and lodging are sponsored by @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social.
Apply: hmml.org/programs/intermediate-armenian
Apply: hmml.org/programs/intermediate-armenian
February 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
February 23 is the deadline to apply for Intermediate Classical Armenian, a language and paleography course held from July 5–25, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. All course fees, meals, and lodging are sponsored by @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social.
Apply: hmml.org/programs/intermediate-armenian
Apply: hmml.org/programs/intermediate-armenian
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Die Plattform X hat Preisgelder vergeben - an rechte Influencer und Rassisten.
„$2 million [..] largely flowed to users ranging from popular right-wing influencers to anonymous accounts whose content mirrored the policy positions and grievances Musk has amplified“
www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
„$2 million [..] largely flowed to users ranging from popular right-wing influencers to anonymous accounts whose content mirrored the policy positions and grievances Musk has amplified“
www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
X awards $1 million prize to creator with history of racist posts
X said it would give $1 million to a user who had previously shared racist posts, including one supporting Hitler.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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I watched it, so you don't have to. The Carpenter's Son, an adaptation (of sorts) of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. www.apocryphicity.ca/2026/02/07/m...
Movie Review: The Carpenter’s Son (2025)
When I heard about The Carpenter’s Son, a film said to be based on the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, I was excited. This was going to be the culmination of my lif
www.apocryphicity.ca
February 7, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I watched it, so you don't have to. The Carpenter's Son, an adaptation (of sorts) of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. www.apocryphicity.ca/2026/02/07/m...
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#CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"Arabische Grammatik und Chrestomathie" by Johann David Michaelis
[Göttingen: Vandenhoek und Ruprecht, 1817]
dx.doi.org/10.25673/100...
#arabic #german #grammar #chrestomathy
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"Arabische Grammatik und Chrestomathie" by Johann David Michaelis
[Göttingen: Vandenhoek und Ruprecht, 1817]
dx.doi.org/10.25673/100...
#arabic #german #grammar #chrestomathy
February 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
#CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"Arabische Grammatik und Chrestomathie" by Johann David Michaelis
[Göttingen: Vandenhoek und Ruprecht, 1817]
dx.doi.org/10.25673/100...
#arabic #german #grammar #chrestomathy
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"Arabische Grammatik und Chrestomathie" by Johann David Michaelis
[Göttingen: Vandenhoek und Ruprecht, 1817]
dx.doi.org/10.25673/100...
#arabic #german #grammar #chrestomathy
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Dr. Ani Shahinian, cataloger of #Armenian manuscripts at HMML, generously answered five questions to share insights into her experiences working with Armenian manuscript collections.
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/meet-dr-ani-shahinian
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/meet-dr-ani-shahinian
February 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Dr. Ani Shahinian, cataloger of #Armenian manuscripts at HMML, generously answered five questions to share insights into her experiences working with Armenian manuscript collections.
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/meet-dr-ani-shahinian
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/meet-dr-ani-shahinian
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A self-driving car
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A self-driving car
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Alright, one more blog post. Hot off the press.
The perils of paleographic dating: a few Aramaic examples from Arabia
My last post included a quote by Michael Macdonald that concluded: This text shows that different forms of the same letter within the Aramaic alphabet could be held in the memories of scribes, and …
bnuyaminim.wordpress.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Alright, one more blog post. Hot off the press.
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Here are a few medieval quotes that exemplify the narratives of Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic paleography: 🧵
February 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Here are a few medieval quotes that exemplify the narratives of Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic paleography: 🧵
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Latin: Whether it's New Roman Cursive or Visigothic or Gothic Quadrata or Aquinas' own handwriting, we start with the same fundamental question: "WTAF?" [this is Aquinas, in case you were wondering]
February 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Latin: Whether it's New Roman Cursive or Visigothic or Gothic Quadrata or Aquinas' own handwriting, we start with the same fundamental question: "WTAF?" [this is Aquinas, in case you were wondering]
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This is important on so many fronts but I just wanted to highlight one: we do find new texts from late antiquity even if rarely!
"A truly sensational find" made by my friend and colleague Adrian C. Pirtea 👀👇
#Syriac
#ChristianArabic
#ChristianEast
#Syriac
#ChristianArabic
#ChristianEast
medieval worlds • no. 23 • 2025
A truly sensational find is presented in volume 23 of Medieval Worlds: a newly discovered Christian world chronicle in Arabic, which Adrian C. Pirtea examines in a preliminary case study. We furthermo...
medievalworlds.net
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This is important on so many fronts but I just wanted to highlight one: we do find new texts from late antiquity even if rarely!
Old Georgian #WOTD:
უფსკრული (up'skruli)
"abyss"
from უ- (u-) "without" + ფსკერი (p'skeri) "bottom" + -ული (-uli) (adj.)
as in Gen. 1:2:
და ბნელი ზედა უფსკრულთა
(da bneli zeda up'skrulta)
"and darkness was over the abyss(es)"
უფსკრული (up'skruli)
"abyss"
from უ- (u-) "without" + ფსკერი (p'skeri) "bottom" + -ული (-uli) (adj.)
as in Gen. 1:2:
და ბნელი ზედა უფსკრულთა
(da bneli zeda up'skrulta)
"and darkness was over the abyss(es)"
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Old Georgian #WOTD:
უფსკრული (up'skruli)
"abyss"
from უ- (u-) "without" + ფსკერი (p'skeri) "bottom" + -ული (-uli) (adj.)
as in Gen. 1:2:
და ბნელი ზედა უფსკრულთა
(da bneli zeda up'skrulta)
"and darkness was over the abyss(es)"
უფსკრული (up'skruli)
"abyss"
from უ- (u-) "without" + ფსკერი (p'skeri) "bottom" + -ული (-uli) (adj.)
as in Gen. 1:2:
და ბნელი ზედა უფსკრულთა
(da bneli zeda up'skrulta)
"and darkness was over the abyss(es)"
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In this thrilling bonus episode, Sophie talks to @richove.bsky.social about how the Oxford’s Bodleian came to own the manuscript of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. To see the manuscript, go to the Digital Bodleian: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/53fd...
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Frankenstein
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Frankenstein
February 6, 2026 at 8:02 AM
In this thrilling bonus episode, Sophie talks to @richove.bsky.social about how the Oxford’s Bodleian came to own the manuscript of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. To see the manuscript, go to the Digital Bodleian: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/53fd...
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Frankenstein
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Frankenstein
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"A truly sensational find" made by my friend and colleague Adrian C. Pirtea 👀👇
#Syriac
#ChristianArabic
#ChristianEast
#Syriac
#ChristianArabic
#ChristianEast
medieval worlds • no. 23 • 2025
A truly sensational find is presented in volume 23 of Medieval Worlds: a newly discovered Christian world chronicle in Arabic, which Adrian C. Pirtea examines in a preliminary case study. We furthermo...
medievalworlds.net
February 5, 2026 at 10:33 AM
"A truly sensational find" made by my friend and colleague Adrian C. Pirtea 👀👇
#Syriac
#ChristianArabic
#ChristianEast
#Syriac
#ChristianArabic
#ChristianEast
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My friend Vevian Zaki @vevianzaki.bsky.social has started a blog called "Margins speak: Hidden voices from Christian Arabic manuscripts". Big bonus: Posts are in both English and Arabic. Check out Vevian's fascinating first post on a "thief blessing":
Reversing a Curse, Blessing a Thief
Ownership Notes in MS Sinai Arabic 441 In the library of Saint Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai, Egypt rests a manuscript known as MS Sinai Arabic 441, which contains a collection of saints’ lives, h…
vevianzaki.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
My friend Vevian Zaki @vevianzaki.bsky.social has started a blog called "Margins speak: Hidden voices from Christian Arabic manuscripts". Big bonus: Posts are in both English and Arabic. Check out Vevian's fascinating first post on a "thief blessing":
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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There are many resources out there, for example:
olivia.science/ai from @olivia.science
docs.google.com/document/d/1... from @poisonivy47.bsky.social
and this thread bsky.app/profile/pete... by @petertarras.bsky.social
olivia.science/ai from @olivia.science
docs.google.com/document/d/1... from @poisonivy47.bsky.social
and this thread bsky.app/profile/pete... by @petertarras.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 11:42 AM
There are many resources out there, for example:
olivia.science/ai from @olivia.science
docs.google.com/document/d/1... from @poisonivy47.bsky.social
and this thread bsky.app/profile/pete... by @petertarras.bsky.social
olivia.science/ai from @olivia.science
docs.google.com/document/d/1... from @poisonivy47.bsky.social
and this thread bsky.app/profile/pete... by @petertarras.bsky.social