Vincent
@vincente.bsky.social
Research MA at Leiden University; working on social networks and book circulation in the late Ottoman Empire
Hier noch eine gute Anekdote zu den inventories aus einer Essaysammlung von Witkam
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hier noch eine gute Anekdote zu den inventories aus einer Essaysammlung von Witkam
And the twentieth century adds some additional interesting layers (Witkam, Inventory vol. 15, 95):
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
And the twentieth century adds some additional interesting layers (Witkam, Inventory vol. 15, 95):
Another wonderful book by Kreiser is his introduction to Istanbul based on Ottoman sources:
October 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Another wonderful book by Kreiser is his introduction to Istanbul based on Ottoman sources:
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I'm feeling a new love for a clumsy sentence or a misspelled word. I imagine a human on the other end. Doing their own typing, like the old days.
I'm thinking about styles of writing that might emerge from this-- analogues to a guacamole I once saw advertised as "hand hacked" at a fancy restaurant.
I'm thinking about styles of writing that might emerge from this-- analogues to a guacamole I once saw advertised as "hand hacked" at a fancy restaurant.
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I'm feeling a new love for a clumsy sentence or a misspelled word. I imagine a human on the other end. Doing their own typing, like the old days.
I'm thinking about styles of writing that might emerge from this-- analogues to a guacamole I once saw advertised as "hand hacked" at a fancy restaurant.
I'm thinking about styles of writing that might emerge from this-- analogues to a guacamole I once saw advertised as "hand hacked" at a fancy restaurant.
May he rest in peace. His great scholarship, especially the catalogues, will have a lasting impact. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
In Memoriam: Dr Joannes (Jan) Schmidt (15 June 1951-11 August 2025)
Last week, the sad news reached us that Dr Jan Schmidt passed away on 11 August 2025. We wish his partner, friends and family strength and comfort as they cope with this loss. Jan Schmidt will be remembered as one of the most prolific and learned scholars in the field of Ottoman codicology and histo…
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September 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
May he rest in peace. His great scholarship, especially the catalogues, will have a lasting impact. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
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50. Read PhD and MA theses when you are doing research. There is so much great scholarship by people who never got the opportunity to publish their research as a book.
August 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
50. Read PhD and MA theses when you are doing research. There is so much great scholarship by people who never got the opportunity to publish their research as a book.
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74. Historians should share sources more. Like, actually give colleagues sources that you found so they can use them.
August 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
74. Historians should share sources more. Like, actually give colleagues sources that you found so they can use them.
I read in the arabic script ʿAbdallāh Aḥmad al-[Ruzaynī?], most probably a miswriting here and ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Ṣabbāb though al-Ṣabbān ("the soap-maker“) would make sense in the context of merchants
May 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I read in the arabic script ʿAbdallāh Aḥmad al-[Ruzaynī?], most probably a miswriting here and ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Ṣabbāb though al-Ṣabbān ("the soap-maker“) would make sense in the context of merchants
And the stories we find in de la Croix's Mille et un jours travelled via Ottoman Turkish (ferec ba‘d eş-şidde) to French. I currently trace 1 of the stories for a paper in Arabic Literature, it is fascinating to see the same story in medieval Arabic sources, Persian, Ottoman, Cagatay + Malay
May 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
And the stories we find in de la Croix's Mille et un jours travelled via Ottoman Turkish (ferec ba‘d eş-şidde) to French. I currently trace 1 of the stories for a paper in Arabic Literature, it is fascinating to see the same story in medieval Arabic sources, Persian, Ottoman, Cagatay + Malay
Is there any update when the digitised material will be published?
April 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Is there any update when the digitised material will be published?
Nicht überraschend, wenn man sich anschaut wer das kuratiert, oder?
April 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Nicht überraschend, wenn man sich anschaut wer das kuratiert, oder?