Myriah Williams
@myriahwilliams.bsky.social
Celticist and erstwhile cake baker
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Turnips - roots of Halloween 🎃
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Turnips - roots of Halloween 🎃
When you’ve been staring at the same guy for 600 years and suddenly he sprouts a horn.
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When you’ve been staring at the same guy for 600 years and suddenly he sprouts a horn.
the “dark” ages vs the “information age”
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
the “dark” ages vs the “information age”
A uo penn bit pont
“He who is a leader, let him be a bridge”
If you see this post a bridge
“He who is a leader, let him be a bridge”
If you see this post a bridge
September 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A uo penn bit pont
“He who is a leader, let him be a bridge”
If you see this post a bridge
“He who is a leader, let him be a bridge”
If you see this post a bridge
Fall Semester, 2025
September 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Fall Semester, 2025
Is a dragon plaguing your land? A fix from medieval Wales:
1. Dig a hole, fill it w/mead, & cover w/a sheet.
2. Wait for the dragon to tire itself out & turn into a pig.
3. Let the pig fall in the hole, get wrapped in the sheet & drink all the mead.
4. Capture the drunk pig in a chest & bury it.
1. Dig a hole, fill it w/mead, & cover w/a sheet.
2. Wait for the dragon to tire itself out & turn into a pig.
3. Let the pig fall in the hole, get wrapped in the sheet & drink all the mead.
4. Capture the drunk pig in a chest & bury it.
September 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Is a dragon plaguing your land? A fix from medieval Wales:
1. Dig a hole, fill it w/mead, & cover w/a sheet.
2. Wait for the dragon to tire itself out & turn into a pig.
3. Let the pig fall in the hole, get wrapped in the sheet & drink all the mead.
4. Capture the drunk pig in a chest & bury it.
1. Dig a hole, fill it w/mead, & cover w/a sheet.
2. Wait for the dragon to tire itself out & turn into a pig.
3. Let the pig fall in the hole, get wrapped in the sheet & drink all the mead.
4. Capture the drunk pig in a chest & bury it.
Nailed it! But as the only w in five quires from this scribe… was it a mistake?
July 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nailed it! But as the only w in five quires from this scribe… was it a mistake?
In a poem composed not long after Columba’s death in 597, the saint is celebrated as “learning’s pillar in every stronghold” (II.5). His knowledge and skill as a teacher are points of praise that recur throughout the elegy:
“The teacher wove the word.
By his wisdom he made glosses clear.” (V.2-3)
“The teacher wove the word.
By his wisdom he made glosses clear.” (V.2-3)
July 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In a poem composed not long after Columba’s death in 597, the saint is celebrated as “learning’s pillar in every stronghold” (II.5). His knowledge and skill as a teacher are points of praise that recur throughout the elegy:
“The teacher wove the word.
By his wisdom he made glosses clear.” (V.2-3)
“The teacher wove the word.
By his wisdom he made glosses clear.” (V.2-3)
Ieuan ap Sulien, likening the learning of his father to golden treasure in 11th century Wales:
“And staying [in Ireland] contentedly for ten years he accumulated a store (of knowledge), immense in its precious weight. Then, storing this treasure in his shrewd mind he thereafter came home, …
“And staying [in Ireland] contentedly for ten years he accumulated a store (of knowledge), immense in its precious weight. Then, storing this treasure in his shrewd mind he thereafter came home, …
July 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Ieuan ap Sulien, likening the learning of his father to golden treasure in 11th century Wales:
“And staying [in Ireland] contentedly for ten years he accumulated a store (of knowledge), immense in its precious weight. Then, storing this treasure in his shrewd mind he thereafter came home, …
“And staying [in Ireland] contentedly for ten years he accumulated a store (of knowledge), immense in its precious weight. Then, storing this treasure in his shrewd mind he thereafter came home, …
This guy doesn’t get as much love as other images in the Black Book, but he is a mood.
July 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This guy doesn’t get as much love as other images in the Black Book, but he is a mood.
Guae tidi hewid
pir doduid im bid.
Onid imwaredit.
or druc digonit.
Woe to you also
that you have come into the world,
unless you do not deliver yourself
from the evil that you are doing.
“The Dispute between the Body and the Soul”, NLW Peniarth MS 1 (The Black Book of Carmarthen), c. 1250
pir doduid im bid.
Onid imwaredit.
or druc digonit.
Woe to you also
that you have come into the world,
unless you do not deliver yourself
from the evil that you are doing.
“The Dispute between the Body and the Soul”, NLW Peniarth MS 1 (The Black Book of Carmarthen), c. 1250
July 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Guae tidi hewid
pir doduid im bid.
Onid imwaredit.
or druc digonit.
Woe to you also
that you have come into the world,
unless you do not deliver yourself
from the evil that you are doing.
“The Dispute between the Body and the Soul”, NLW Peniarth MS 1 (The Black Book of Carmarthen), c. 1250
pir doduid im bid.
Onid imwaredit.
or druc digonit.
Woe to you also
that you have come into the world,
unless you do not deliver yourself
from the evil that you are doing.
“The Dispute between the Body and the Soul”, NLW Peniarth MS 1 (The Black Book of Carmarthen), c. 1250
… No, not like that!
June 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
… No, not like that!
To make a w, simply add a third stroke to a v. …
June 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
To make a w, simply add a third stroke to a v. …
… Or maybe they should be stacked?
June 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
… Or maybe they should be stacked?
What if two v’s held hands? …
June 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
What if two v’s held hands? …
It’s giving spider.
June 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It’s giving spider.
Tell me you’ve never seen a w without telling me.
June 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tell me you’ve never seen a w without telling me.
This little guy looks so much like a dachshund he needed to be shared on International Dachshund Day (the longest day of the year, get it?)
June 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This little guy looks so much like a dachshund he needed to be shared on International Dachshund Day (the longest day of the year, get it?)
“According to the experts, [the dragon graffiti] could provide evidence of the spread of the Arthurian legend in Normandy, thanks to the Plantagenet dynasty…” 🐉
www.connaissancedesarts.com/monuments-pa...
www.connaissancedesarts.com/monuments-pa...
June 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“According to the experts, [the dragon graffiti] could provide evidence of the spread of the Arthurian legend in Normandy, thanks to the Plantagenet dynasty…” 🐉
www.connaissancedesarts.com/monuments-pa...
www.connaissancedesarts.com/monuments-pa...
A Landévennec evangelist is worth 1000 words.
Bodleian MS Auct. D. 2. 16, fol. 71v
Bodleian MS Auct. D. 2. 16, fol. 71v
June 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A Landévennec evangelist is worth 1000 words.
Bodleian MS Auct. D. 2. 16, fol. 71v
Bodleian MS Auct. D. 2. 16, fol. 71v
The Black Book of Cake, baked on this day 11 years and a lifetime ago for a party at @department-asnc.bsky.social.
Inspired by The Black Book of Carmarthen (NLW Peniarth MS 1), with text from the other Black Book - of Chirk - (NLW Peniarth MS 29), both at the @librarywales.bsky.social. 🎂📖
Inspired by The Black Book of Carmarthen (NLW Peniarth MS 1), with text from the other Black Book - of Chirk - (NLW Peniarth MS 29), both at the @librarywales.bsky.social. 🎂📖
May 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Black Book of Cake, baked on this day 11 years and a lifetime ago for a party at @department-asnc.bsky.social.
Inspired by The Black Book of Carmarthen (NLW Peniarth MS 1), with text from the other Black Book - of Chirk - (NLW Peniarth MS 29), both at the @librarywales.bsky.social. 🎂📖
Inspired by The Black Book of Carmarthen (NLW Peniarth MS 1), with text from the other Black Book - of Chirk - (NLW Peniarth MS 29), both at the @librarywales.bsky.social. 🎂📖
Ogma’s ogham workshop, cutting edge since c. 700
May 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ogma’s ogham workshop, cutting edge since c. 700