Kate Franklin
@melucene.bsky.social
medievalist-archaeologist, landscape, nature, memory and materiality in Armenia and the Silk Road world
Arthur H Dadian and Ara Otztemel Assoc Prof in Armenian Art and Architecture at Tufts; southern transplant and frito-pie-enjoyer.
Arthur H Dadian and Ara Otztemel Assoc Prof in Armenian Art and Architecture at Tufts; southern transplant and frito-pie-enjoyer.
obsessed with the woodblock cut illuminated letters from the first Armenian printed bible, 1668, of which the NAASR Mardigian library miraculously has a copy
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
obsessed with the woodblock cut illuminated letters from the first Armenian printed bible, 1668, of which the NAASR Mardigian library miraculously has a copy
TIL that the grapes of wrath are a figure from Revelations 14:10, here are some angels checkin that vintage (MS Douce 180 fol 41v), honestly an image i am vibing with today, hashtag nec habent requiem die ac nocte, qui adoraverunt bestiam
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
TIL that the grapes of wrath are a figure from Revelations 14:10, here are some angels checkin that vintage (MS Douce 180 fol 41v), honestly an image i am vibing with today, hashtag nec habent requiem die ac nocte, qui adoraverunt bestiam
weird little guys on an arm reliquary MetMus 47.101.33
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
weird little guys on an arm reliquary MetMus 47.101.33
i have never clicked so fast, what a nightmare
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
i have never clicked so fast, what a nightmare
obsessed with this little peek of block print fabric in the early modern binding of the 14th c Gladzor gospel
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
obsessed with this little peek of block print fabric in the early modern binding of the 14th c Gladzor gospel
smiles, retitles syllabus topic heading from "anchoresses and anchorholds" to "Living Dead Girls"
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
smiles, retitles syllabus topic heading from "anchoresses and anchorholds" to "Living Dead Girls"
ugh, a new favorite panel by Vayots Dzortsi T'oros Sarkawag -- famous for putting himself into his paintings, this one of the Dormition, with a little T'oros sweetly censing in the foreground
October 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
ugh, a new favorite panel by Vayots Dzortsi T'oros Sarkawag -- famous for putting himself into his paintings, this one of the Dormition, with a little T'oros sweetly censing in the foreground
i just love that i accidentally matched my outfit to the landscape
October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
i just love that i accidentally matched my outfit to the landscape
looking for lecture slide pics and finding only a tiny version of myself, taking dusk selfies at the arena of Siena
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
looking for lecture slide pics and finding only a tiny version of myself, taking dusk selfies at the arena of Siena
despite walking by this monument a million times, I learned today that it commemorates the saving of the Mush Homiliary by two unknown women, who cut the massive manuscript in half and carried it on their backs out of the genocide from Arakelots to Yerevan
October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
despite walking by this monument a million times, I learned today that it commemorates the saving of the Mush Homiliary by two unknown women, who cut the massive manuscript in half and carried it on their backs out of the genocide from Arakelots to Yerevan
the tapestries in situ before the sale
October 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
the tapestries in situ before the sale
tracked down the news article covering the SCANDALOUS purchase of the unicorn tapestries by Rockefeller
Tues Feb 27, 1923
Tues Feb 27, 1923
October 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
tracked down the news article covering the SCANDALOUS purchase of the unicorn tapestries by Rockefeller
Tues Feb 27, 1923
Tues Feb 27, 1923
a beautiful thing that didnt make it into the lecture today: a paradise carpet, 17th c Isfahan
September 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
a beautiful thing that didnt make it into the lecture today: a paradise carpet, 17th c Isfahan
back on my bullshit (reading Hafez at work)
September 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
back on my bullshit (reading Hafez at work)
these critters and their dandy, frame-breaking tails!
September 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
these critters and their dandy, frame-breaking tails!
new favorite Layla/Majnun illustration: Walters 611 Khamsah of the 13th c, f92b
September 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
new favorite Layla/Majnun illustration: Walters 611 Khamsah of the 13th c, f92b
as it steadily rains all day, i am loving the watery gurgling wash of marbling in the margins of this perfect painting of nightingale and rose, lover and beloved ('Abdullah Bukhari, Ottoman Istanbul, 18th c, metmuseum 2023.217)
September 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
as it steadily rains all day, i am loving the watery gurgling wash of marbling in the margins of this perfect painting of nightingale and rose, lover and beloved ('Abdullah Bukhari, Ottoman Istanbul, 18th c, metmuseum 2023.217)
little wierdos everywhere
September 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
little wierdos everywhere
michaelangelo, amazing
September 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
michaelangelo, amazing
needless to say, WLGs in Hieronymus Bosch
September 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
needless to say, WLGs in Hieronymus Bosch