Roger Pearse
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Have you checked the digited microfilms at www.loc.gov/collections/...?
Manuscripts in the Libraries of the Greek and Armenian Patriarchates in Jerusalem | The Library of Congress
Search results 1 - 25 of 1009.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Have you checked the digited microfilms at www.loc.gov/collections/...?
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ATBL making our Bluesky debut to say: JOIN US March 9th and support @britishlibrary.bsky.social! #medievalmanuscripts, scholarly presentations, community, & more, @nysoclib.bsky.social. Tickets are $150 and will help digitize BL #medieval manuscripts. @bldigischol.bsky.social RSVP: tinyurl.com/44
February 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
ATBL making our Bluesky debut to say: JOIN US March 9th and support @britishlibrary.bsky.social! #medievalmanuscripts, scholarly presentations, community, & more, @nysoclib.bsky.social. Tickets are $150 and will help digitize BL #medieval manuscripts. @bldigischol.bsky.social RSVP: tinyurl.com/44
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Old Armenian word of the day
գահ
"throne, seat, chair" (cf. MP 𐫃𐫀𐫆, NP گاه
/gāh/ [> Arb جاه /ǧāh])
as in Ełišē, ed. Tēr-Minassian, 83.14-15
զոր ես ինձէն իսկ յիշեմ առ հարդն իմով, որ նստէր ի մեծ գահոյն յայսմ
"which I personally remember in the time of my father, when he sat on this great throne"
գահ
"throne, seat, chair" (cf. MP 𐫃𐫀𐫆, NP گاه
/gāh/ [> Arb جاه /ǧāh])
as in Ełišē, ed. Tēr-Minassian, 83.14-15
զոր ես ինձէն իսկ յիշեմ առ հարդն իմով, որ նստէր ի մեծ գահոյն յայսմ
"which I personally remember in the time of my father, when he sat on this great throne"
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Old Armenian word of the day
գահ
"throne, seat, chair" (cf. MP 𐫃𐫀𐫆, NP گاه
/gāh/ [> Arb جاه /ǧāh])
as in Ełišē, ed. Tēr-Minassian, 83.14-15
զոր ես ինձէն իսկ յիշեմ առ հարդն իմով, որ նստէր ի մեծ գահոյն յայսմ
"which I personally remember in the time of my father, when he sat on this great throne"
գահ
"throne, seat, chair" (cf. MP 𐫃𐫀𐫆, NP گاه
/gāh/ [> Arb جاه /ǧāh])
as in Ełišē, ed. Tēr-Minassian, 83.14-15
զոր ես ինձէն իսկ յիշեմ առ հարդն իմով, որ նստէր ի մեծ գահոյն յայսմ
"which I personally remember in the time of my father, when he sat on this great throne"
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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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Initial 'P'(er) with stowaway
Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 347(975); Eusebius Caesariensis, Historia ecclesiastica; 8th/9th century; Rätien; p.447
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 347(975); Eusebius Caesariensis, Historia ecclesiastica; 8th/9th century; Rätien; p.447
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Initial 'P'(er) with stowaway
Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 347(975); Eusebius Caesariensis, Historia ecclesiastica; 8th/9th century; Rätien; p.447
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 347(975); Eusebius Caesariensis, Historia ecclesiastica; 8th/9th century; Rätien; p.447
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
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Hi, I am trying to access a manuscript held at the (Greek Orthodox) Jerusalem Patriarchal library. I wrote and received no response. Does anyone have experience with this library or know someone I can contact, please?
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Hi, I am trying to access a manuscript held at the (Greek Orthodox) Jerusalem Patriarchal library. I wrote and received no response. Does anyone have experience with this library or know someone I can contact, please?
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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…
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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":
A wonderful find of a new Syriac Chronicle covering the 7th century and much more. Arabic has treasures to share. All we have to do is go and look.
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
A wonderful find of a new Syriac Chronicle covering the 7th century and much more. Arabic has treasures to share. All we have to do is go and look.
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Today, is the feast of St Agnes of Rome. She lived during Diocletian's reign, & was one of the first virgin martyrs to be widely venerated as a saint, largely due to the promotion of her cult by Ambrose of Milan. According to her legend, she refused to marry. (1/n)
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Today, is the feast of St Agnes of Rome. She lived during Diocletian's reign, & was one of the first virgin martyrs to be widely venerated as a saint, largely due to the promotion of her cult by Ambrose of Milan. According to her legend, she refused to marry. (1/n)
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The Internet Archive (@archive.org) has digitized 42 volumes of the Medioevo Latino annotated bibliography, an important reference and research tool for medieval studies. #medievalsky archive.org/details/pub_...
January 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The Internet Archive (@archive.org) has digitized 42 volumes of the Medioevo Latino annotated bibliography, an important reference and research tool for medieval studies. #medievalsky archive.org/details/pub_...
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🎉 publication day! 🎉
editions & translations of the correspondence btw Umar b. Abd al-Aziz and Leo the Isaurian in medieval Latin, Christian Arabic, Muslim Arabic, Aljamiado, Armenian & early modern Latin. plus the intro to explain how they're all related!
open access & available here:
editions & translations of the correspondence btw Umar b. Abd al-Aziz and Leo the Isaurian in medieval Latin, Christian Arabic, Muslim Arabic, Aljamiado, Armenian & early modern Latin. plus the intro to explain how they're all related!
open access & available here:
January 23, 2026 at 8:37 PM
🎉 publication day! 🎉
editions & translations of the correspondence btw Umar b. Abd al-Aziz and Leo the Isaurian in medieval Latin, Christian Arabic, Muslim Arabic, Aljamiado, Armenian & early modern Latin. plus the intro to explain how they're all related!
open access & available here:
editions & translations of the correspondence btw Umar b. Abd al-Aziz and Leo the Isaurian in medieval Latin, Christian Arabic, Muslim Arabic, Aljamiado, Armenian & early modern Latin. plus the intro to explain how they're all related!
open access & available here:
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So my translations of al-Dani's Taysir is out! So what is this text about?
It is a description of seven canonical reading traditions of the Quran authored by the Andalusi polymath ʾAbū ʿAmr ʿUṯmān b. Saʿīd al-Dānī (371/981–444/1053).
It is a description of seven canonical reading traditions of the Quran authored by the Andalusi polymath ʾAbū ʿAmr ʿUṯmān b. Saʿīd al-Dānī (371/981–444/1053).
February 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
So my translations of al-Dani's Taysir is out! So what is this text about?
It is a description of seven canonical reading traditions of the Quran authored by the Andalusi polymath ʾAbū ʿAmr ʿUṯmān b. Saʿīd al-Dānī (371/981–444/1053).
It is a description of seven canonical reading traditions of the Quran authored by the Andalusi polymath ʾAbū ʿAmr ʿUṯmān b. Saʿīd al-Dānī (371/981–444/1053).
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February 4, 134 CE: A collective of nine scribes 🖋️ —named Diogenes, Euporos, Mystes, Marion, Sarapion, Sabinus, Herakleides, Harpokration, and Heliodoros—in Ptolemais Euergetis (Roman Egypt) sign a contract to copy gvmt tax & census lists (P. Mich 11 603): papyri-prod.lib.duke.edu/ddbdp/p.mich...
![HGV: P.Mich. 11 603 [source] [xml]
Title Hire of Scribes
Publications P.Mich. 11 603 More in series P.Mich.More in series P.Mich., vol. 11
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries VIII 216; XI 132
Translations Migliardi, Vita privata e vita pubblica (1992), 14
Origin Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites) More from Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)
Material Papyrus
Date 4. Febr. 134 More from the period between 134 CE and 135 CE
Commentary Zur Datierung vgl. BL VIII, S. 216. Vgl. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber, S. 786f.
Mentioned Dates
Z. 15:132 - 133
Print Illustrations Plate I
Subjects Vertrag; Schreiber; Kopieren von Laographialisten; zwei Kopien
Images http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1422...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:byohyhodi6iknxngf3oypcge/bafkreihezowxa23c2rbmh4r7fl7j3cqz45dvetxzjxha63ozrotzujtgpu@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM
February 4, 134 CE: A collective of nine scribes 🖋️ —named Diogenes, Euporos, Mystes, Marion, Sarapion, Sabinus, Herakleides, Harpokration, and Heliodoros—in Ptolemais Euergetis (Roman Egypt) sign a contract to copy gvmt tax & census lists (P. Mich 11 603): papyri-prod.lib.duke.edu/ddbdp/p.mich...
Can we do anything to get British Library manuscripts online? The absence is such a nuisance!
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Can we do anything to get British Library manuscripts back online?
I'm still working away at producing an English translation of the "letter 149" attributed falsely to St Jerome, De Solemnitatibus Paschae, which probably dates to the 6-7th century.
This evening I ran...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Can we do anything to get British Library manuscripts online? The absence is such a nuisance!
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
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Update on our archaeological excavations on St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall and the first direct evidence linking the island to the Bronze Age tin trade.
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Excavating the British tin trade that shaped the Bronze Age « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
In 2025, we published an article in Antiquity, demonstrating through chemical and isotopic analyses that, c. 1300 BC, tin ingots made from tin ores in southwest Britain are found on shipwrecks off the...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Update on our archaeological excavations on St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall and the first direct evidence linking the island to the Bronze Age tin trade.
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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An online translation of Oecumenius, Commentary on the Apocalypse; plus Rob Bradshaw's tutorial on scanning books using a mobile phone!
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
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A new translation of Oecumenius' Commentary on Revelation, plus an article on using your phone to scan articles
A couple of interesting items have reached me this week.
Firstly, John Litteral has prepared and published a translation of Oecumenius, "Commentary on the Apocalypse" (CPG 7470). It's based on the ed...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
An online translation of Oecumenius, Commentary on the Apocalypse; plus Rob Bradshaw's tutorial on scanning books using a mobile phone!
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
A new project at Oxford to edit and translate the Commentary on the Psalms by 11th century Baghdad Christian writer Ibn al-Tayyib. And maybe more Palestinian or other Christian Arabic texts!
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
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New project on Ibn al-Ṭayyib's commentary on the Psalms
Some fantastic news from Oxford! It seems that Steven Firmin is working with a team of cool dudes to create a critical edition with English translation of Ibn al-Tayyib's "Commentary on the Psalms"! ...
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February 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
A new project at Oxford to edit and translate the Commentary on the Psalms by 11th century Baghdad Christian writer Ibn al-Tayyib. And maybe more Palestinian or other Christian Arabic texts!
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
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Ladybird cover stories.
The four seasons books.
Artist: C F Tunnicliffe
The four seasons books.
Artist: C F Tunnicliffe
February 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Ladybird cover stories.
The four seasons books.
Artist: C F Tunnicliffe
The four seasons books.
Artist: C F Tunnicliffe
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Reading about an English Poor Clare who spent the French Revolution in Rouen with 4 loaded pistols hidden under her habit at all times
February 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Reading about an English Poor Clare who spent the French Revolution in Rouen with 4 loaded pistols hidden under her habit at all times
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Old Georgian word of the day
ტკბილი
sweet, pleasant
as in Stephen of Thebes, Ascet., ed. Garitte, no. 91
იყავ ტკბილ ყოველთა მიმართ კაცთა
"Be pleasant toward everybody"
ტკბილი
sweet, pleasant
as in Stephen of Thebes, Ascet., ed. Garitte, no. 91
იყავ ტკბილ ყოველთა მიმართ კაცთა
"Be pleasant toward everybody"
February 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Old Georgian word of the day
ტკბილი
sweet, pleasant
as in Stephen of Thebes, Ascet., ed. Garitte, no. 91
იყავ ტკბილ ყოველთა მიმართ კაცთა
"Be pleasant toward everybody"
ტკბილი
sweet, pleasant
as in Stephen of Thebes, Ascet., ed. Garitte, no. 91
იყავ ტკბილ ყოველთა მიმართ კაცთა
"Be pleasant toward everybody"
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I'm giving a talk in DC (CUA) this Friday on Old Uyghur. Check it out, if you're around and interested!
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January 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I'm giving a talk in DC (CUA) this Friday on Old Uyghur. Check it out, if you're around and interested!
RSVP here forms.gle/WhMQfr2UqbbU...
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Happiness is an empty inbox.
February 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Happiness is an empty inbox.
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New Mithras project at the University of Szeged in Hungary, led by Csaba Szabo, to research all the material culture of the cult of Mithras on the middle and lower Danube, and get it digitised.
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New: The MTA–SZTE Momentum Mithras Research Group
An email reached me about a new initiative in Mithras studies. This is led by Dr. Csaba Szabo, who has just created a new research group in Hungary, at the university of Szeged. This will undertake ...
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January 31, 2026 at 4:09 PM
New Mithras project at the University of Szeged in Hungary, led by Csaba Szabo, to research all the material culture of the cult of Mithras on the middle and lower Danube, and get it digitised.
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
New: The MTA–SZTE Momentum Mithras Research Group
An email reached me about a new initiative in Mithras studies. This is led by Dr. Csaba Szabo, who has just created a new research group in Hungary, at the university of Szeged. This will undertake ...
www.roger-pearse.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:06 PM
New Mithras project at the University of Szeged in Hungary, led by Csaba Szabo, to research all the material culture of the cult of Mithras on the middle and lower Danube, and get it digitised.
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...