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TV show pitch: ‘Tome Team’, where a group of rare books librarians and book historians are sent to investigate an uncatalogued library for interesting incunabula, marginalia and provenances - and they have just three days to do it.
February 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
TV show pitch: ‘Tome Team’, where a group of rare books librarians and book historians are sent to investigate an uncatalogued library for interesting incunabula, marginalia and provenances - and they have just three days to do it.
Did you know? If you visit the Pontifical Oriental Institute you can purchase their publications.
These have long been on my wishlist.
These have long been on my wishlist.
February 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Did you know? If you visit the Pontifical Oriental Institute you can purchase their publications.
These have long been on my wishlist.
These have long been on my wishlist.
Thanks to @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social I'm noticing Lithuania popping up everywhere.
February 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Thanks to @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social I'm noticing Lithuania popping up everywhere.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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This was my high school yearbook quote.
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This was my high school yearbook quote.
Learned about this in school, once saw a copy in a library. Now I have my own edition of «Maha vira», the Ukrainian neo-pagan sacred text, with author's signature too! (1/2)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_...
September 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Learned about this in school, once saw a copy in a library. Now I have my own edition of «Maha vira», the Ukrainian neo-pagan sacred text, with author's signature too! (1/2)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_...
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In June 1909, Court Edwards left San Francisco on a cross-country unicycle ride, with cornet. He arrived in New York a year later - on a motorcycle. He claimed riding the 30-pound unicycle was too much work.
August 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In June 1909, Court Edwards left San Francisco on a cross-country unicycle ride, with cornet. He arrived in New York a year later - on a motorcycle. He claimed riding the 30-pound unicycle was too much work.
Finally published my first review. One or two more should appear shortly.
Psalter Review: 01
On Psalters | On Reviews This is the first time I’ve read Coverdale, as well as a Psalter in ‘archaic’ (sometimes called ‘hieratic’) English. I quite like the general feel of this text, even with e…
ciclismoperegrino.wordpress.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Finally published my first review. One or two more should appear shortly.
The complete Byzantine Divine Office, in a single volume.
June 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The complete Byzantine Divine Office, in a single volume.
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David R. Hagen just solved a small mystery that I mentioned 13 years ago in the mouseover text of a comic drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...
The Missing 11th of the Month - David R Hagen
Personal website of David R Hagen, scientific software engineer
drhagen.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
David R. Hagen just solved a small mystery that I mentioned 13 years ago in the mouseover text of a comic drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...
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A dolmen converted into a chapel!
(Dolmen de San Brissos, Portugal)
the Dolmen part is ~6000 years old
the Chapel part is ~350 years old
(Dolmen de San Brissos, Portugal)
the Dolmen part is ~6000 years old
the Chapel part is ~350 years old
May 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A dolmen converted into a chapel!
(Dolmen de San Brissos, Portugal)
the Dolmen part is ~6000 years old
the Chapel part is ~350 years old
(Dolmen de San Brissos, Portugal)
the Dolmen part is ~6000 years old
the Chapel part is ~350 years old
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I fixed the headline of today's Times to better match the picture and reflect the frustration of Vatican officials
May 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I fixed the headline of today's Times to better match the picture and reflect the frustration of Vatican officials
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας, καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, ζωὴν χαρισάμενος!
Хрїсто́съ воскре́се и҆зъ ме́ртвыхъ, сме́ртїю сме́рть попра́въ, и҆ сꙋ́щымъ во гробѣ́хъ живо́тъ дарова́въ!
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας, καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, ζωὴν χαρισάμενος!
Хрїсто́съ воскре́се и҆зъ ме́ртвыхъ, сме́ртїю сме́рть попра́въ, и҆ сꙋ́щымъ во гробѣ́хъ живо́тъ дарова́въ!
April 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας, καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, ζωὴν χαρισάμενος!
Хрїсто́съ воскре́се и҆зъ ме́ртвыхъ, сме́ртїю сме́рть попра́въ, и҆ сꙋ́щымъ во гробѣ́хъ живо́тъ дарова́въ!
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας, καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, ζωὴν χαρισάμενος!
Хрїсто́съ воскре́се и҆зъ ме́ртвыхъ, сме́ртїю сме́рть попра́въ, и҆ сꙋ́щымъ во гробѣ́хъ живо́тъ дарова́въ!
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To improve internet safety, the government is set to announce that website CAPTCHA tests will be replaced with the Gom Jabbar -- free pain boxes will be sent to every home next month.
April 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
To improve internet safety, the government is set to announce that website CAPTCHA tests will be replaced with the Gom Jabbar -- free pain boxes will be sent to every home next month.
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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
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What is a Psalter?
Psalter | Psalterium | Ψалты́рь | Ψαλτήριον
The Book of Psalms (Greek: Ψαλτήριον, Psaltírion; Church Slavonic: Ψалты́рь, Psaltýr; Latin: Psalterium), or Psalter, is central to Eastern Christian prayer. Virtually every aspect of worship—prai…
ciclismoperegrino.wordpress.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
What is a Psalter?
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Europe's last Latinate kingdom was laid to rest in 1844, in a world of railways, steam engines, and revolutionary ideas, things not usually associated with the long-dead Roman tongue.
Me for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social on the strange fate of the Regnum Marianum.
engelsbergideas.com/essays/europ...
Me for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social on the strange fate of the Regnum Marianum.
engelsbergideas.com/essays/europ...
Europe's last Latin kingdom
From the late Middle Ages, Latin came under sustained siege by the proponents of vernacular languages. And yet, in Hungary the language remained in everyday use well into the 19th-century, an historic...
engelsbergideas.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Europe's last Latinate kingdom was laid to rest in 1844, in a world of railways, steam engines, and revolutionary ideas, things not usually associated with the long-dead Roman tongue.
Me for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social on the strange fate of the Regnum Marianum.
engelsbergideas.com/essays/europ...
Me for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social on the strange fate of the Regnum Marianum.
engelsbergideas.com/essays/europ...
March 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“A Psalter for Prayer : an Adaptation of the Classic Miles Coverdale Translation, Augmented by Prayers and Instructional Material Drawn from Church Slavonic and other Orthodox Christian Sources”
Published by Holy Trinity Monastery (russian Orthodox) in Jordanville, NY.
This is the first time (1/4)
Published by Holy Trinity Monastery (russian Orthodox) in Jordanville, NY.
This is the first time (1/4)
February 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“A Psalter for Prayer : an Adaptation of the Classic Miles Coverdale Translation, Augmented by Prayers and Instructional Material Drawn from Church Slavonic and other Orthodox Christian Sources”
Published by Holy Trinity Monastery (russian Orthodox) in Jordanville, NY.
This is the first time (1/4)
Published by Holy Trinity Monastery (russian Orthodox) in Jordanville, NY.
This is the first time (1/4)
@drbecky.bsky.social Have you seen the 1979 film "The Black Hole"? Could make a fun (?) reaction video.
January 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
@drbecky.bsky.social Have you seen the 1979 film "The Black Hole"? Could make a fun (?) reaction video.
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cyrc-līc, adj: ecclesiastical. (KURK-leech / ˈkyrk-liːtʃ)
Image: St Peter-on-the-wall, a 7th-century chapel in Bradwell-on-Sea (England); photo by Hana Videen (2013).
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: St Peter-on-the-wall, a 7th-century chapel in Bradwell-on-Sea (England); photo by Hana Videen (2013).
#OldEnglish #WOTD
January 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
cyrc-līc, adj: ecclesiastical. (KURK-leech / ˈkyrk-liːtʃ)
Image: St Peter-on-the-wall, a 7th-century chapel in Bradwell-on-Sea (England); photo by Hana Videen (2013).
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: St Peter-on-the-wall, a 7th-century chapel in Bradwell-on-Sea (England); photo by Hana Videen (2013).
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Χριστὸς γεννᾶται, δοξάσατε!
Christus natus est, glorificate!
Хрїсто́съ ражда́етсѧ, сла́вите!
Christ is born, give ye glory!
Christus natus est, glorificate!
Хрїсто́съ ражда́етсѧ, сла́вите!
Christ is born, give ye glory!
December 25, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Χριστὸς γεννᾶται, δοξάσατε!
Christus natus est, glorificate!
Хрїсто́съ ражда́етсѧ, сла́вите!
Christ is born, give ye glory!
Christus natus est, glorificate!
Хрїсто́съ ражда́етсѧ, сла́вите!
Christ is born, give ye glory!