theodunkelgrun.bsky.social
@theodunkelgrun.bsky.social
Historian | Asst Prof @uantwerpen.be | PhD UChicago | postdocs @cam.ac.uk | Early Modern Europe & the Mediterranean, the History of Scholarship, of the Book, and of the Jews | Hagenaar | FRHistS
I come from merchants in textile, and deal in text and exile
I come from merchants in textile, and deal in text and exile
Van harte gefeliciteerd, @janmachielsen.bsky.social !
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Van harte gefeliciteerd, @janmachielsen.bsky.social !
Very cool! For corroboration, here's Beatus Rhenanus's autograph dedication to Johannes Oecolampadius of the copy Reuchlin's epistles (1514) he gave him as a gift in the year of its publication: www.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb0000...
(I wrote about it here: doi.org/10.1163/9789...)
(I wrote about it here: doi.org/10.1163/9789...)
'clarorvm virorvm epistolae latinae graecae & hebraicae uariis temporibus missae ad ioannem reuchlin phorcensem ll. doctorem' - Viewer | MDZ
www.digitale-sammlungen.de
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Very cool! For corroboration, here's Beatus Rhenanus's autograph dedication to Johannes Oecolampadius of the copy Reuchlin's epistles (1514) he gave him as a gift in the year of its publication: www.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb0000...
(I wrote about it here: doi.org/10.1163/9789...)
(I wrote about it here: doi.org/10.1163/9789...)
February 4, 2026 at 9:56 AM
For a description and history of the small but magnificent Kennicott Collection in the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk, see my chapter in Rebecca Abrams's and César Merchán-Hamann's wonderful book, Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries (Oxford: The Bodleian Library, 2020): bodleianshop.co.uk/products/jew...
Jewish Treasures
Jewish treasures from Bodleian Library Publishing
bodleianshop.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
For a description and history of the small but magnificent Kennicott Collection in the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk, see my chapter in Rebecca Abrams's and César Merchán-Hamann's wonderful book, Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries (Oxford: The Bodleian Library, 2020): bodleianshop.co.uk/products/jew...
And the manuscript itself fully digitised by the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk here:
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8c26...
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8c26...
Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 1
View high resolution digitized images of Bodleian Library MS. Kennicott 1 Hebrew Bible with David Kimhi's Sefer Mikhlol ('Kennicott Bible')
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 11:42 AM
And the manuscript itself fully digitised by the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk here:
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8c26...
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8c26...
Entry in the Encyclopaedia here: referenceworks.brill.com/display/entr...
referenceworks.brill.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Entry in the Encyclopaedia here: referenceworks.brill.com/display/entr...
How deeply insightful (and consoling). Thank you for sharing, @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
How deeply insightful (and consoling). Thank you for sharing, @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social
PB the elder died in 1569. The original (1565) is in the Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, in a treasure chest of a room filled with Bruegels. But Vienna has a lovely copy!
January 22, 2026 at 2:18 PM
PB the elder died in 1569. The original (1565) is in the Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, in a treasure chest of a room filled with Bruegels. But Vienna has a lovely copy!
Still Life with Chinese Lanterns, orange Dahlias, porcelain cup, Alle De Wercken by Jacob Cats, and a box of family secrets (2026). Thanks for sharing, Liesbeth!
January 22, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Still Life with Chinese Lanterns, orange Dahlias, porcelain cup, Alle De Wercken by Jacob Cats, and a box of family secrets (2026). Thanks for sharing, Liesbeth!
This gem not far behind (spotted at the Cambridge University Press Bookshop)
January 21, 2026 at 12:32 PM
This gem not far behind (spotted at the Cambridge University Press Bookshop)
The 11th-century manuscript itself -- Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut.66.1 -- has been digitised in IIIF by the BML here: tecabml.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll... and is also available through the invaluable @biblissima.bsky.social
Color Chart
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January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The 11th-century manuscript itself -- Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut.66.1 -- has been digitised in IIIF by the BML here: tecabml.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll... and is also available through the invaluable @biblissima.bsky.social
De auteur van dit artikel beweert dat het (inderdaad laakbare) lemma "Anti-Semietisme" in de Katholieke Encyclopaedie (1933-39) van de hand van Titus Brandsma is. Dat lemma is echter ondertekend "V. Houtte", i.e. de latere hoogleraar geschiedenis aan de KU Leuven, Jan Van Houtte (1913-2002).
January 16, 2026 at 10:25 AM
De auteur van dit artikel beweert dat het (inderdaad laakbare) lemma "Anti-Semietisme" in de Katholieke Encyclopaedie (1933-39) van de hand van Titus Brandsma is. Dat lemma is echter ondertekend "V. Houtte", i.e. de latere hoogleraar geschiedenis aan de KU Leuven, Jan Van Houtte (1913-2002).
His younger brother, the puritan minister George Walker (c. 1581–1651), was no less a bibliophile. Both used motto's derived from Proverbs 10:9, playing on their surname. Here is a Hebrew Pentateuch (Venice: Bomberg press, 1548), from the library of Emmanuel College Cambridge, shelf mark 303.3.57.
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
His younger brother, the puritan minister George Walker (c. 1581–1651), was no less a bibliophile. Both used motto's derived from Proverbs 10:9, playing on their surname. Here is a Hebrew Pentateuch (Venice: Bomberg press, 1548), from the library of Emmanuel College Cambridge, shelf mark 303.3.57.
Ik herinner me nog goed zijn bezoek aan het Sorghvliet, waarvan hij zelf alumnus was, op uitnodiging van Hans Neervoort, onze leraar Nederlands. Een betoverende ontmoeting met een èchte schrijver, en een geschenk van een fijnzinnige docent aan zijn leerlingen.
January 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Ik herinner me nog goed zijn bezoek aan het Sorghvliet, waarvan hij zelf alumnus was, op uitnodiging van Hans Neervoort, onze leraar Nederlands. Een betoverende ontmoeting met een èchte schrijver, en een geschenk van een fijnzinnige docent aan zijn leerlingen.
What a trip — lucky students! Thanks for sharing, @homophonous.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 6:46 PM
What a trip — lucky students! Thanks for sharing, @homophonous.bsky.social
¡Por eso te estamos tan agradecidos por hacerlo, @perurealfonso.bsky.social !
January 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM
¡Por eso te estamos tan agradecidos por hacerlo, @perurealfonso.bsky.social !
Please do, @christinekooi.bsky.social . Thanks!
January 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Please do, @christinekooi.bsky.social . Thanks!
Thank you, @stefanhanss.bsky.social ! Just looking for a more efficient way to stay on top of all your amazing work.
January 11, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Thank you, @stefanhanss.bsky.social ! Just looking for a more efficient way to stay on top of all your amazing work.
That just happens to be one of my favourite books, too, @letter-kunde.bsky.social ! Does your copy have any noteworthy provenance? The storyteller would like you to know that he hopes you enjoyed the tale.
January 11, 2026 at 10:02 AM
That just happens to be one of my favourite books, too, @letter-kunde.bsky.social ! Does your copy have any noteworthy provenance? The storyteller would like you to know that he hopes you enjoyed the tale.