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Dr. Olivia Colquitt
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Medieval literature, gender, bodies, narrative transmission | Postdoc on the Post-REALM Project @HHU Düsseldorf | Feminism, crafts, cats, hiking, dreaming of that witch's cottage in the woods | she/her
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goodenguy.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride Month!🏳️‍🌈 Today's #medievalart #illustration is inspired by 'Le Roman de Silence', a literary piece that depicts a girl raised a boy who name themselves 'Silence'. They are accosted by both Nature and Nurture (and Reason), who argue over whether Silence should remain a man. Find yourself!
June 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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sarahpeverley.bsky.social
The Staithes mermaid legend deserves more love... so today is officially a #MermaidMonday for the village and its rich history.

#mermaids #mermaid #folklore #britishfolklore #britishlegends #maritimelegends #staithes #yorkshirelegends
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June 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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goodenguy.bsky.social
Another #medievalart #illustration. This time, thinking about the time they dug up a corpse and put it on trial.😅
📜Pope Formosus was a pope that sided with a duke over the king of Italy, leading to the next pope to put his rotting corpse on trial! They mocked his silence and 'grinning' throughout📜
June 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
oliviacolquitt.bsky.social
The 2nd instalment of our Post-REALM ‘Travel & Transcriptions’ series is now live! Find out about Moritz’s visit to the British Library to see some Floris & Blancheflour manuscripts: postrealmproject.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/t...
@moritzdraschner.bsky.social
#medieval #medievalmanuscripts
Travel and Transcriptions
Floire et Blancheflor in its Dutch and English Manuscripts Part II: London The British Library’s St Pancras location in the English afternoon sun, with banners advertising the excellent Medieval Wo…
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June 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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aspencerhall.bsky.social
*so* excited about this aaaaargh

#MedievalSky #Skystorians 🗃️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈😇
ebermichael.bsky.social Michael Eber @ebermichael.bsky.social · Apr 29
Excited to finally share the program for "Trans Sainthood in Translation, ca. 400-1500" at @ghilondon.bsky.social on 22-23 May 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 If you are interested in trans saints anywhere from late antique Egypt to late medieval Iceland, join us on zoom! Registration at wwwghil.ac.uk/events/confe...
Poster for the conference "Trans Sainthood in Translation, ca. 400-1500", 22-23 May 2025 at German Historical Institute London. More information at www.ghil.ac.uk. In the background behin the title, there is a 13th century depiction of a child looking at a monk (Saint Marina/Marinus) from the manuscript Zwettl, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 13, with an added visual effect that makes it look like white light is coming from the child's eyes and being refracted into rainbow colors by the saint's halo. At the bottom, the logos of the sponsors of the conference: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, German Historical Institute London, the Hagiography Society, and the Past&Present Society. Program for Day 1 of the conference "Trans Sainthood in Translation": 22 May Welcome and Introduction: 9:00–9:30 Stephan Bruhn (German Historical Institute, London) Session 1: 9:30–11:00 Jenny Albani (Greek Ministry of Culture, Athens): The Holy Memory of a Transgender Saint in the Christian East: The Cult and Image of Pelagia the Penitent Julie Van Pelt (Universiteit Gent): Trans Sainthood and Metaphrasis: Re-writing Gender in the Metaphrastic Life of Theodora/-us of Alexandria (BHG 1730) Charles Kuper (University of Tennessee, Knoxville): Translating the Lives of Trans Saints. Crossing Time and Space in the Greek, Latin, and Syriac Lives of Euphrosyne/Smaragdos Coffee Break: 11:00–11:30 Session 2: 11:30–12:30 Michael Eber (Universität zu Köln): Lost in Translation? Defusing the Lives of Trans Saints in Latin Translation Mariana Bodnaruk (Masarykova Univerzita, Brno): Pelagia*us’ Gender Performance in Church Slavonic Versions of the Life Lunch Break: 12:30–14:00 Session 3: 14:00–15:30 Gabrielle Bychowski (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland): Imago Transvesti: St. Marinos, the Images of a Transgender God Arietta Papaconstantinou (Aix-Marseille Université): Authorial authority. Who defines the gender of Marina/Marinos (and others)? Luis Josué Salés (Scripps College, Claremont): Exporting Greco-Roman Androprimacy? Perils of Translating Trans Saints Lives into Ethiopian and Syrian Contexts Coffee Break: 15:30–16:00 Keynote 1: 16:00–17:00 Roland Betancourt (University of California Irvine): Trans In/visibility in Byzantium: Resistance, Resilience, Refusal Conference Dinner: 19:00 Program for Day 2 of the conference "Trans Sainthood in Translation": 23 May Session 4: 09:00–10:30 Juliette Vuille (Université de Lausanne): “We are Family”: Familial Ties as Gender Correction in Old English Trans Lives Clovis Maillet (Villa Medici, Rome): Eugeni/e, Hiacynth and Prothus between Genders: Images and Texts in Latin, Greek and Old English James Davison (University of Liverpool): Ælfric, Eugenia*us, and Euphrosyne*Smaragdus: Trans saints in early Medieval England Coffee Break: 10:30–11:00 Session 5: 11:00–12:00 Robert Mills (University College London): Eugenia*us in Translation: Art, Liturgy, and Landscape in Iberia Leticia Ding (Université de Lausanne): Dieudonnée, Marine and Eufrosine: Three Shades of Gender Crossing Lunch Break: 12:00–13:00 Session 6: 13:00–14:00 Johannes Traulsen (Freie Universität Berlin): Age and Asceticism in the Medieval German Vitae of Trans Saints Natasha Bradley (Lincoln College, University of Oxford): Cross-Dressing Saints in Old Norse Translation: Marina the Monk and Pelagia the Penitent Keynote 2: 14:00–15:00 Alicia Spencer-Hall (University College London): Trans Monasticism and the Trans Hagiographic Impulse: Genders, Texts, Lives Concluding Remarks: 15:00–15:15 Michael Eber (Universität zu Köln)
April 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
oliviacolquitt.bsky.social
So many Floire & Blancheflor manuscripts, so little time…thankfully the Post-REALM team make use of Transkribus! Read about Elliot Worrall’s experiences with this fantastic tool in his work on 2 Swedish texts, plus his tips on using it for your project.
postrealmproject.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/u...
Using Transkribus
Editions and Transcriptions Since my first blog post, where I discussed the Scandinavian texts of the Floire and Blancheflor tradition, I have been looking more closely at the specific manuscript v…
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April 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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abistevensart.bsky.social
The anti-capitalist Bestiary is coming along nicely I think! 😎
#art #illustration #DisabledRights #TaxTheRich
A digital illustration of a griffin in green and yellow, in a style reminiscent of medieval bestiaries. It has a banner in its mouth that reads 'you are not a burden'. An illustration in the same style, of a pink sphinx scowling, sitting and holding a banner over her shoulder tha reads 'tax the rich'. Another illustration in the same style, of a green harpy woman with lilac hair and an angry expression. The banner she holds is pink and reads 'work does not equal worth'.
April 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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goodenguy.bsky.social
Just in time for an #easter #medievalart #illustration
"Lenten ys come with love to toune,
With blosmen & with briddes roune,
That al this blisse bryngeth;
Dayes eyes in this dales..."
- c1314-1349. MS Harl. 2253, f71v.
Maypole Rabbits celebrating Easter in medieval art style illustration by Jack Gooden
April 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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matthewcollins.bsky.social
🧵 Is this a Dire wolf... 🤔?

No...

Our @erc.europa.eu Beasts to Craft team led by Élodie Lévêque uncovered the true identity of mysterious hairy covers on #medieval #Cistercian #manuscripts - they're ...
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Image fo a seal - by someone that has not seen one - from Valenciennes, ms 0320, Thomas de Cantimpré, Albert le Grand. Liber de natura rerum, vers 1280, 230 × 156 mm. Folio 116, Image : IRHT https://patrimoine-numerique.ville-valenciennes.fr/ark:/29755/B_596066101_ms_0320 (http://initiale.irht.cnrs.fr/codex/7876). The original colour of the skin (before it degraded) - but what is it? (image Elodie Leveque) Mock-up of the original book binding by Elodie Leveque. Note that the fur is too dark in this mockup (image Elodie Leveque). In 2016, the team in 2016 first confronted the collection at Troyes - but what are the bindings made of? Image of five people, one sitting, discussing a large bound medieval text held by supports in a modern library.
April 9, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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goodenguy.bsky.social
Happy #AprilFools ! Another #illustration in #medievalart style. With #signalgate being both hilarious and terrifying, I struggled to find a medieval equivalent. Stanczyk was a purported jester known for his wit and philosophic views. So, I imagined him being accidentally invited to a war debate! 😂
medieval illustration style of Stanczyk at a meeting
April 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
oliviacolquitt.bsky.social
How cool is this?! Super lucky to have my very own historiated initial, courtesy of @goodenguy.bsky.social. I know I’m a bit biased, but damn he’s good 👀✍️
#medievalart #historylovers #medievalmanuscripts
March 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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goodenguy.bsky.social
With my recent exploration into #medievalart I thought it only appropriate to #illustrate my own profile picture in a medieval manuscript initial replication! 😊
#historylovers #medievalists #illustration #manuscript
March 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Floire and Blancheflor is everywhere so we are too! @moritzdraschner.bsky.social was recently in Leiden to see the Dutch manuscripts. 📖🇳🇱Check out his blog post (and find out more about the Post-REALM project while you’re there): tinyurl.com/Post-REALM-t...
#medieval #medievalmanuscripts
Travels and Transcriptions
Floire et Blancheflor in its Dutch and English Manuscripts Part I: Leiden As a doctoral student and research assistant on the Post-REALM project team, it has been one of my main tasks to make avail…
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March 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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medievalists.bsky.social
Over 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts May Have Been Copied by Women www.medievalists.net/2025/03/1100... #medieval #medievalmanuscripts #medievalwomen
Over 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts May Have Been Copied by Women - Medievalists.net
A new study reveals medieval women copied over 110,000 manuscripts—far more than once believed.
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March 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry to Be Displayed in a Rare Landmark Exhibition www.medievalists.net/2025/01/tres... #MedievalManuscripts
Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry to Be Displayed in a Rare Landmark Exhibition - Medievalists.net
The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, one of the great illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages, will take centre stage in a landmark exhibition at the Château de Chantilly, just north of Paris.
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March 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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lindaaburnett.bsky.social
My department at Uppsala university has just announced two open PhD positions: one in history of science and the other in history of ideas. We research, for example, colonial history of science, history of medicine, and intellectual history. Deadline: 8 April
March 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Are you a recent recipient of a doctorate? Come work with us! This post is designed to provide experience in teaching and teaching-related administration in a world class university environment. The post is tenable for one year only from September 2025.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD111/a...
Alan Frederick Price Memorial - Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow in English Literature - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
Apply now for the Alan Frederick Price Memorial - Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow in English Literature - Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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dennisgoris.bsky.social
Don’t forget your papers #immigrationenforcement
January 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
AI struggles to interpret human history www.earth.com/news/ai-stru...
AI struggles to understand human history and fails miserably when tested
The study, which is the first of its kind, evaluates the historical knowledge of leading AI models such as ChatGPT-4, Llama, and Gemini.
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January 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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ies-sas.bsky.social
📣 One week until the deadline for this FULLY FUNDED PHD OPPORTUNITY 📣

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to pursue a collaborative doctoral award working with the IES & British Jesuit Archives with the excellent @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social, @lucyvinten.bsky.social, & @laurajcleaver.bsky.social
ies-sas.bsky.social Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · Dec 6
📣FUNDED PHD OPPORTUNITY 📣

Recruiting for a PhD student, working in collaboration with the British Jesuit Archives, @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social, @laurajcleaver.bsky.social, & @lucyvinten.bsky.social.

Application deadline: 31 January 2025

👇 Find out more here 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news/funded-...
Funded PhD project with British Jesuit Archive
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January 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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aspencerhall.bsky.social
More also: the book is super expensive, but if you sign up for the launch next Weds you'll be entered into a raffle for a free copy www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... & I'm working on/with the press to get the 60% off discount code to ppl who register, even if only for a short time
IAS Book Launch: Medieval Twitter
Join us for the launch of Medieval Twitter by Alicia Spencer-Hall.
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January 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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lisafdavis.bsky.social
This is wonderful! What an incredibly useful resource for hagiographic research!
irht-cnrs.bsky.social IRHT-CNRS @irht-cnrs.bsky.social · Jan 17
[Nouveauté base de données] “Légendiers latins” : répertoire des témoins manuscrits, médiévaux et modernes, des textes hagiographiques latins identifiés par “Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina” (BHL) et son “Supplément”.

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January 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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drdavidrundle.bsky.social
It is an exciting time for @lostmss.bsky.social - a software upgrade, iiif-compatible, and more exciting news to come this year...
lostmss.bsky.social Lost Manuscripts @lostmss.bsky.social · Jan 13
Fragments suited and rebooted! We are thrilled to launch our brand new website with our growing database of medieval fragments and host volumes, IIIF images and project highlight pages. Check it out at the link below and follow for more updates! 📜🚀🎉

lostmss.org.uk/project
January 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
oliviacolquitt.bsky.social
Happy to see two more articles published for @litencyc.bsky.social. Accessible entries into the complex history of ME prose romance and Chaucer’s Man of Law’s Tale. Pitched to students so useful teaching resources.
1. www.litencyc.com/php/stopics....
2. www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.p...
Middle English Prose Romance
Introduction Middle English prose romance emerged relatively late in...
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January 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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jamescummings.bsky.social
Nominate now!
If you don't see your type of #Digital #Humanities reflected in DH Awards, then nominate more of it!
dhawards.bsky.social DH Awards @dhawards.bsky.social · Jan 12
Don't forget to nominate #DigitalHumanities resources for #DH Awards 2024 before 2025-01-26!

Do it now!

Self-nominations also welcome.

See
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If you don't nominate them, they don't get on the ballot!
DH Awards 2024 – Call For Nominations | Digital Humanities Awards
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January 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM