Erin Sebo
@erinsebo.bsky.social
A/Prof Medieval Literature, Flinders | Visiting Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford | Lead CI ARC DP23: First English Speakers | DP23: Finding Friendship in Old English Literature | PhD TCD | FSA | Beowulf monograph ManchesterUP '25
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"We found a large number of books in these characters and, as they contained nothing in which were not to be seen as superstition and lies of the devil, we burned them all, which they regretted to an amazing degree, and which caused them much affliction."
--- Bishop Diego de Landa (1524– 1579)
--- Bishop Diego de Landa (1524– 1579)
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"We found a large number of books in these characters and, as they contained nothing in which were not to be seen as superstition and lies of the devil, we burned them all, which they regretted to an amazing degree, and which caused them much affliction."
--- Bishop Diego de Landa (1524– 1579)
--- Bishop Diego de Landa (1524– 1579)
Yes, I get them all the time! Mainly the emails are very obviously written by AI. Most disconcertingly of all, the person (or their bot) *often* follow up, with a slightly aggrieved sense of old world formality.
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Yes, I get them all the time! Mainly the emails are very obviously written by AI. Most disconcertingly of all, the person (or their bot) *often* follow up, with a slightly aggrieved sense of old world formality.
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The business meeting marks the official launch of the @alusuralwusta.bsky.social: journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/al....
A huge thanks to @zaydeantrim.bsky.social, @medievalqabq.bsky.social and the editorial board for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.
A huge thanks to @zaydeantrim.bsky.social, @medievalqabq.bsky.social and the editorial board for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.
Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined r...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The business meeting marks the official launch of the @alusuralwusta.bsky.social: journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/al....
A huge thanks to @zaydeantrim.bsky.social, @medievalqabq.bsky.social and the editorial board for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.
A huge thanks to @zaydeantrim.bsky.social, @medievalqabq.bsky.social and the editorial board for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.
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MEM book prize goes to @rachelschine.bsky.social for her 'Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race'!
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
MEM book prize goes to @rachelschine.bsky.social for her 'Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race'!
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Here's Rosamond McKitterick saying, the manuscript was probably produced in the North-Rhine region turn of 9th century.
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£1m Auction Estimate for 10th Century Gospel Written by German Canonesses
A 1,000-year-old Latin Gospel manuscript believed to have been written by a community of women at Essen Abbey in Germany around the year 900 will come to auction next month at Christie's. The manuscri...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Here's Rosamond McKitterick saying, the manuscript was probably produced in the North-Rhine region turn of 9th century.
www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...
www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...