Kee-Lou Ooyman
@boukellarios.bsky.social
Now Graduate History student, hopefully academic in the making. Rome/Byzantium, currently working on Istanbul's water heritage.
Radboud University/ALAN.
https://radboud.academia.edu/KeeLouOoyman
Radboud University/ALAN.
https://radboud.academia.edu/KeeLouOoyman
@drdragases.bsky.social vandaag bij Blackwell's in Oxford langsgeweest 😊
July 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
@drdragases.bsky.social vandaag bij Blackwell's in Oxford langsgeweest 😊
Update from the church in question this afternoon.
February 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Update from the church in question this afternoon.
It appears there are two SS Peter and Pauls here, with only the one on the European side having a linkable Wikipedia page. This is not particularly ‘near in the area’ of Rouphinianai on the Anatolian side. But: Karaköy and Kadıköy are easy to confuse! End.
February 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It appears there are two SS Peter and Pauls here, with only the one on the European side having a linkable Wikipedia page. This is not particularly ‘near in the area’ of Rouphinianai on the Anatolian side. But: Karaköy and Kadıköy are easy to confuse! End.
If we look closer into the location of Rouphinianai, it brings us to Caddebostan (Kadıköy). According to the Oxford Dictionary, Rufinus built an ‘Apostoleion’ dedicated to Peter and Paul here. That definitely is a different church.
February 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If we look closer into the location of Rouphinianai, it brings us to Caddebostan (Kadıköy). According to the Oxford Dictionary, Rufinus built an ‘Apostoleion’ dedicated to Peter and Paul here. That definitely is a different church.
The page for the SS Peter and Paul church in question in Karaköy (Beyoğlu) makes no mention of any late antique events, save for the French page. This brings us to another debate if this 6th century church could be identified with Arap Camii.
February 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The page for the SS Peter and Paul church in question in Karaköy (Beyoğlu) makes no mention of any late antique events, save for the French page. This brings us to another debate if this 6th century church could be identified with Arap Camii.
First, the part that claims that ‘he was buried in a church nearby, perhaps SS Peter and Paul’ has no reference (blasphemy!).
February 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
First, the part that claims that ‘he was buried in a church nearby, perhaps SS Peter and Paul’ has no reference (blasphemy!).
Something curious: Belisarius’ Wikipedia page says he probably died on his estates in Rouphinianai (Rufinianae) on the Anatolian side (Kadıköy). And his place of burial gets linked to a church in Beyoğlu? Let’s sort this out 🧵
February 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Something curious: Belisarius’ Wikipedia page says he probably died on his estates in Rouphinianai (Rufinianae) on the Anatolian side (Kadıköy). And his place of burial gets linked to a church in Beyoğlu? Let’s sort this out 🧵
Shoot, you're right!
February 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Shoot, you're right!
Eleni is asking real questions. Huge if true.
February 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Eleni is asking real questions. Huge if true.
Working on water heritage in Istanbul and mapping water infrastructure sometimes comes awfully close to Το αποχετευτικό σύστημα στο Βυζάντιο. Katakouzina would be proud. Also, I did find a book on dream interpretation in Byzantium in the library here.
February 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Working on water heritage in Istanbul and mapping water infrastructure sometimes comes awfully close to Το αποχετευτικό σύστημα στο Βυζάντιο. Katakouzina would be proud. Also, I did find a book on dream interpretation in Byzantium in the library here.
Putting me in a building with a bookshop was a great idea. @metalclassicist.bsky.social I also bought the edited volume from which I read your chapter on metal and Byzantium!
February 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Putting me in a building with a bookshop was a great idea. @metalclassicist.bsky.social I also bought the edited volume from which I read your chapter on metal and Byzantium!
Go from Istanbul to Ravenna? Worldcat suggests it's Renovatio Imperii time.
February 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Go from Istanbul to Ravenna? Worldcat suggests it's Renovatio Imperii time.
This is where I'm writing from next month... Istanbul is a city where you go for a walk to buy tomatosauce but end up at the Galata tower while buying books on the go
January 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is where I'm writing from next month... Istanbul is a city where you go for a walk to buy tomatosauce but end up at the Galata tower while buying books on the go
Time for a swim across the Channel?
January 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Time for a swim across the Channel?
Last Friday, as part of the annual Byzantine Studies Netherlands meeting, we were able to catch a unique glimpse of two manuscripts housed in the Allard Pierson Museum: an 11th century Menologion and a later edition of the Oracles of Leo (15th century?)
December 15, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Last Friday, as part of the annual Byzantine Studies Netherlands meeting, we were able to catch a unique glimpse of two manuscripts housed in the Allard Pierson Museum: an 11th century Menologion and a later edition of the Oracles of Leo (15th century?)
Tomorrow! I'll be presenting as well. www.nit-istanbul.org/event/nit-da...
December 5, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Tomorrow! I'll be presenting as well. www.nit-istanbul.org/event/nit-da...
Looks interesting 👀
About relations between Italy and the Eastern Roman Empire, from the end of the Theodosian dynasty to the Gothic War.
www.lerma.it/libro/978889...
About relations between Italy and the Eastern Roman Empire, from the end of the Theodosian dynasty to the Gothic War.
www.lerma.it/libro/978889...
November 24, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Looks interesting 👀
About relations between Italy and the Eastern Roman Empire, from the end of the Theodosian dynasty to the Gothic War.
www.lerma.it/libro/978889...
About relations between Italy and the Eastern Roman Empire, from the end of the Theodosian dynasty to the Gothic War.
www.lerma.it/libro/978889...
In the theme of Gladiator II: two denarii of Geta and Caracalla.
November 24, 2024 at 12:53 PM
In the theme of Gladiator II: two denarii of Geta and Caracalla.
Hello Bluesky! Some of you may know me from Twitter. I'm Kee-Lou, almost grad History student, and I love all things Roman/Byzantine.
November 16, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Hello Bluesky! Some of you may know me from Twitter. I'm Kee-Lou, almost grad History student, and I love all things Roman/Byzantine.