Dr Keri Thomas
@drkerithomas.bsky.social
Manuscript theorist & wannabe booklicker. Medieval/digital/materiality/resurrection. Joyful spite. ‘Memory & the Digital Manuscript: Resurrection, Divinity & New Materiality’ Routledge (2025 maybe) https://kerilthomas.wordpress.com
One week away from a *slightly* adjusted submission deadline for the book. Just as I start to see light at the end of the tunnel, I’ve started to think about what I’ll be writing about next. What’s wrong with me? #MedievalSky #DigitalSky
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
One week away from a *slightly* adjusted submission deadline for the book. Just as I start to see light at the end of the tunnel, I’ve started to think about what I’ll be writing about next. What’s wrong with me? #MedievalSky #DigitalSky
I’ve just killed 3,000 words. Went off on the most enormous tangent about polytheism & I don’t think it even works in this chapter. Saved them to a separate page, but. Fuck. Plus side, I found Matthew lurking on f66r of the St Francis Missal, & thought him worth sharing.
#MedievalSky
#MedievalSky
August 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I’ve just killed 3,000 words. Went off on the most enormous tangent about polytheism & I don’t think it even works in this chapter. Saved them to a separate page, but. Fuck. Plus side, I found Matthew lurking on f66r of the St Francis Missal, & thought him worth sharing.
#MedievalSky
#MedievalSky
Small & I have had the BEST summer together. It can frequently get intense, as it’s mostly just the two of us, & alone time is virtually non-existent. But my goodness, when the sun is shining & we’ve got the giggles, there’s not much finer in life.
August 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Small & I have had the BEST summer together. It can frequently get intense, as it’s mostly just the two of us, & alone time is virtually non-existent. But my goodness, when the sun is shining & we’ve got the giggles, there’s not much finer in life.
Small & I got to see the amazing Tudor bibles on display at @librarywales.bsky.social today.
@suzpaul.bsky.social Small was #TeamHenry!
3rd 📸: title page of the Great Bible, from a @theconversation.com article by Eyal Poleg & Paolo Ricciardi.
theconversation.com/how-thomas-c...
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@suzpaul.bsky.social Small was #TeamHenry!
3rd 📸: title page of the Great Bible, from a @theconversation.com article by Eyal Poleg & Paolo Ricciardi.
theconversation.com/how-thomas-c...
#MedievalSky
August 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Small & I got to see the amazing Tudor bibles on display at @librarywales.bsky.social today.
@suzpaul.bsky.social Small was #TeamHenry!
3rd 📸: title page of the Great Bible, from a @theconversation.com article by Eyal Poleg & Paolo Ricciardi.
theconversation.com/how-thomas-c...
#MedievalSky
@suzpaul.bsky.social Small was #TeamHenry!
3rd 📸: title page of the Great Bible, from a @theconversation.com article by Eyal Poleg & Paolo Ricciardi.
theconversation.com/how-thomas-c...
#MedievalSky
Me again! If anybody has access to ‘Wonder, Image & Cosmos in Medieval Islam’ by Persis Berlekamp I would reward you with great riches in the form of a picture of the kitten. Ignore the creased curtains, that’s just how we roll in this gaff. #MedievalSky
August 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Me again! If anybody has access to ‘Wonder, Image & Cosmos in Medieval Islam’ by Persis Berlekamp I would reward you with great riches in the form of a picture of the kitten. Ignore the creased curtains, that’s just how we roll in this gaff. #MedievalSky
I’ve got nearly 5 hours of child-free writing time today, a travel mug of coffee & a litre of water. Let’s do this. #MedievalSky
August 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I’ve got nearly 5 hours of child-free writing time today, a travel mug of coffee & a litre of water. Let’s do this. #MedievalSky
The holidays so far. Bike rides, swimming, cinema, galleries & gardens; & the cat, of course, because every independent academic needs a colleague who’ll lollop in your lap & distract you from writing. I have got a lot to do & not a lot of time to do it. But I’m nearly there.
August 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The holidays so far. Bike rides, swimming, cinema, galleries & gardens; & the cat, of course, because every independent academic needs a colleague who’ll lollop in your lap & distract you from writing. I have got a lot to do & not a lot of time to do it. But I’m nearly there.
A morning ramble followed by a garden picnic. Small’s now Minecrafting whilst I nurse a coffee. I’m dangerously close to a nap. Hope you’re all having a similarly lazy Sunday afternoon.
August 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A morning ramble followed by a garden picnic. Small’s now Minecrafting whilst I nurse a coffee. I’m dangerously close to a nap. Hope you’re all having a similarly lazy Sunday afternoon.
Ey up pals, as it’s Saturday night & I’m such a party animal these days, does anyone have access to Kathryn A Smith’s “The Monk Who Crucified Himself” in Thresholds of Medieval Visual Culture: Liminal Spaces, edt Elina Gresham & Jill Stevenson? Cat pic for tax! #AmWriting #MedievalSky
August 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Ey up pals, as it’s Saturday night & I’m such a party animal these days, does anyone have access to Kathryn A Smith’s “The Monk Who Crucified Himself” in Thresholds of Medieval Visual Culture: Liminal Spaces, edt Elina Gresham & Jill Stevenson? Cat pic for tax! #AmWriting #MedievalSky
We’ve been adventuring (though as ever, I really should be writing). Today we’ve managed to get as far as the local McDonald’s for trash food, & now I’m about to tackle some gardening. We’ve taken temporary custody of half an acre, & I’m really enjoying just messing about out there.
August 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We’ve been adventuring (though as ever, I really should be writing). Today we’ve managed to get as far as the local McDonald’s for trash food, & now I’m about to tackle some gardening. We’ve taken temporary custody of half an acre, & I’m really enjoying just messing about out there.
My last day at #IMC2025 & I get to spend the morning with @leoba.bsky.social, @book-historia.bsky.social & Bill Endres, who all have papers in the final Johanna Green memorial session. Every year I say no more conferences, & every year I somehow end up in Leeds. It’s magic I think. #MedievalSky
July 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
My last day at #IMC2025 & I get to spend the morning with @leoba.bsky.social, @book-historia.bsky.social & Bill Endres, who all have papers in the final Johanna Green memorial session. Every year I say no more conferences, & every year I somehow end up in Leeds. It’s magic I think. #MedievalSky
Well, that’ll do for now. One more panel tomorrow then it’s the long 🚂 home. I don’t think I covered myself in glory with my paper but I’m glad I was part of remembering Johanna, & I got to meet some of my amazing online pals IRL. So, in the words of the inestimable Dr Green: motherfuckers.
July 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Well, that’ll do for now. One more panel tomorrow then it’s the long 🚂 home. I don’t think I covered myself in glory with my paper but I’m glad I was part of remembering Johanna, & I got to meet some of my amazing online pals IRL. So, in the words of the inestimable Dr Green: motherfuckers.
The second of Johanna’s memorial panels is happening NOW: some amazing papers & panellists from Georgie Anderson, Susana Torres Prieto & @cbvoth.bsky.social. You can tune in online. 823 | In Memoriam Johanna Green, II: Marginalised Voices in Medieval Manuscripts. #MedievalSky #IMC2025
July 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The second of Johanna’s memorial panels is happening NOW: some amazing papers & panellists from Georgie Anderson, Susana Torres Prieto & @cbvoth.bsky.social. You can tune in online. 823 | In Memoriam Johanna Green, II: Marginalised Voices in Medieval Manuscripts. #MedievalSky #IMC2025
🚨 Today! Session: 723 | In Memoriam Johanna Green, I: Old English Medieval Manuscripts.
I’ll be presenting ‘Strange New Worlds: The Grave & New Materiality’ in the Maurice Keyworth Building. Come one, come all! #IMC2025 #MedievalSky
I’ll be presenting ‘Strange New Worlds: The Grave & New Materiality’ in the Maurice Keyworth Building. Come one, come all! #IMC2025 #MedievalSky
July 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🚨 Today! Session: 723 | In Memoriam Johanna Green, I: Old English Medieval Manuscripts.
I’ll be presenting ‘Strange New Worlds: The Grave & New Materiality’ in the Maurice Keyworth Building. Come one, come all! #IMC2025 #MedievalSky
I’ll be presenting ‘Strange New Worlds: The Grave & New Materiality’ in the Maurice Keyworth Building. Come one, come all! #IMC2025 #MedievalSky
On a train with a finished paper but no presentation & 4 hours sleep in my back pocket. But the epic journey has begun! #IMC2025 #MedievalSky
July 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
On a train with a finished paper but no presentation & 4 hours sleep in my back pocket. But the epic journey has begun! #IMC2025 #MedievalSky
I’m almost at the end of my first year of the BSc. Juggling it, the book, the child, & the new kitten, has been a complete fucking trip, but in 5 weeks’ time I’ve got a whole month off & I’m going to spend my time appreciating every fresh morning in this broken world.
June 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’m almost at the end of my first year of the BSc. Juggling it, the book, the child, & the new kitten, has been a complete fucking trip, but in 5 weeks’ time I’ve got a whole month off & I’m going to spend my time appreciating every fresh morning in this broken world.
Bigger Small is out for the day, New Small is sleeping next to me on the sofa, & I’m listening to Jamz Supernova’s picks on 6 Music & doom scrolling with a cup of coffee. I bloody love days like this.
June 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Bigger Small is out for the day, New Small is sleeping next to me on the sofa, & I’m listening to Jamz Supernova’s picks on 6 Music & doom scrolling with a cup of coffee. I bloody love days like this.
Each season I indulge in a #TinyJoy. So, autumn brings black tights & lace-up boots, winter my long coat & rainbow gloves; spring launches my black trench with the belt pulled tight. But summer? Summer is all about the aviators. When I’m wearing them I’m (conservative estimate) at least 80% cooler.
June 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Each season I indulge in a #TinyJoy. So, autumn brings black tights & lace-up boots, winter my long coat & rainbow gloves; spring launches my black trench with the belt pulled tight. But summer? Summer is all about the aviators. When I’m wearing them I’m (conservative estimate) at least 80% cooler.
Bore da pawb! Chapter 4’s nearly done & then I can get into the next. REALLY looking forward to writing these next ones. May Titivillus be kind to me!
But first, coffee.
Titivillus, the demon bedevilling medieval scribes, from Diego de la Cruz's Virgin of Mercy, c1485.
#MedievalSky
But first, coffee.
Titivillus, the demon bedevilling medieval scribes, from Diego de la Cruz's Virgin of Mercy, c1485.
#MedievalSky
June 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Bore da pawb! Chapter 4’s nearly done & then I can get into the next. REALLY looking forward to writing these next ones. May Titivillus be kind to me!
But first, coffee.
Titivillus, the demon bedevilling medieval scribes, from Diego de la Cruz's Virgin of Mercy, c1485.
#MedievalSky
But first, coffee.
Titivillus, the demon bedevilling medieval scribes, from Diego de la Cruz's Virgin of Mercy, c1485.
#MedievalSky
Have some greenery to cleanse your timeline.
June 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Have some greenery to cleanse your timeline.
A lovely weekend. We’ve ticked off ballet, a host of chores, cookie baking, seed planting & kitten silliness.
Not only did I start my essay, I also tackled the giant laundry pile. What a victory! Tired now, & full of roast potatoes.
The 🖼️ is by Victoria Kazymova & is entitled ‘The Rescued”.
Not only did I start my essay, I also tackled the giant laundry pile. What a victory! Tired now, & full of roast potatoes.
The 🖼️ is by Victoria Kazymova & is entitled ‘The Rescued”.
June 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A lovely weekend. We’ve ticked off ballet, a host of chores, cookie baking, seed planting & kitten silliness.
Not only did I start my essay, I also tackled the giant laundry pile. What a victory! Tired now, & full of roast potatoes.
The 🖼️ is by Victoria Kazymova & is entitled ‘The Rescued”.
Not only did I start my essay, I also tackled the giant laundry pile. What a victory! Tired now, & full of roast potatoes.
The 🖼️ is by Victoria Kazymova & is entitled ‘The Rescued”.
Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol….
June 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol….
The Man of Matthew from the Book of Durrow, TCD MS 57 f21v, Trinity College Dublin. The Book of Durrow is the oldest surviving illuminated Insular gospel book, & predates the Book of Kells by at least 100 years. #MedievalSky
June 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The Man of Matthew from the Book of Durrow, TCD MS 57 f21v, Trinity College Dublin. The Book of Durrow is the oldest surviving illuminated Insular gospel book, & predates the Book of Kells by at least 100 years. #MedievalSky
We are new to this corner of the village but so far Small has made friends with the students on one side & helped with their garden tidying, & two doors up have just gifted me a bay tree & some cherry tomato plants from their greenhouse. Manifesting a house deposit so we can stay here forever.
June 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We are new to this corner of the village but so far Small has made friends with the students on one side & helped with their garden tidying, & two doors up have just gifted me a bay tree & some cherry tomato plants from their greenhouse. Manifesting a house deposit so we can stay here forever.