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Delighted to see Carlo Crivelli’s Immaculate Conception on display at National Gallery

Accidentally called a Gorgonzola cheese a “Gonzaga” so I think I’m in the right mindset for my Masters. #earlymodern

Happy belated St Francis feast day. Here is my favourite depiction of Saint Francis by Francisco de Zurbarán, at the National Gallery. The connections to St Ignatius of Loyola’s teachings (especially on meditation) are really fascinating.

This is a long shot but does anyone have a colour image of Vittore Crivelli’s Immaculate Conception from San Fortunato in Falerone? I’m writing a catalogue entry on Carlo’s immaculate conception and it would be fascinating to see Vittore’s work. #renaissance #carlocrivelli

Just read a journal article titled “Carlo Crivelli: The Portrait of the Artist as a Cucumber” (Thomas Golsenne, 2015). 10/10 title. #earlymodern #jamesjoyce

A Christmas Hedgehog

🧵:Wanna see a subtle way that scholars erase queer possibilities in the Middle Ages? Let's look at how archives describe medieval images of Gemini that are male/male vs those that are male/female. #MedievalTwitter

More amusing manicules: a long boi, an alien hand and arm, another flipper, and what I am interpreting as an early drawing of the classic Italian hand gesture 🤌

As long as the nice one of him thinking is kept I’m happy. I will not be taking any Thomas Browne slander.

Girolamo da Cremona! These initials are held in the Fitzwilliam Museum. #illumination #manuscript #archive

Thinking about when someone asked about animals and gender at my PhD defense, and I said "you know, it's like the weasels" and all the medievalists in the room sagely nodded ("of course, the weasels") and everyone else looked around in utter confusion

Hello new followers, there is no cult-following here I promise. I'm Dr. MRO, I'm a medievalist who researches race in Early England. I left the field cause I was tired of being the token. I have a yarn biz now & take colorways from manuscripts w/ Black folks in them. 1/

This morning, I wrote a letter to the VC on behalf of our MA cohort. We are frustrated and saddened by the current events at UEA and stand in solidarity with our excellent academic staff within Arts and Humanities. #SaveUEA UEA UCU says join a union

A 'UEA scraps creative writing' story is taking hold. That's not what's happening. UEA Humanities are facing redundancies across many areas that feed a brilliant writing course (including Literature). That's *worse* in the long term because it's a culture / a mindset / a library.

The proposed cuts at UEA do not have to happen. The Arts and Humanities faculty does not have to be targeted in this way. UEA is still a very rich university ...for some. UEA writers: please sign & share our open letter to UEA's (mis)managers: forms.gle/9fFHXRNZKkQ223… Thank you!

When I was 17 I came across documents in an archive showing the composer John Wilbye was married. Every printed source and reference work I could find said he died unmarried. That early experience of being able to alter the historical record by archival research was absolute dope

Remarkable letter published in the Times today… signed by two Booker Prize winners and a Communard…

Didn’t think there could be a citation format I'd hate more than Harvard, but MLA takes the biscuit. The confusing handbook is unable to help with the fact early drama studies is small, so of course I’m citing multiple publications by 1 author. (please send encouraging memes)

A washed out inscription from a book from the library of Châlons et son Agglo can be digitally enhanced ... and then transcribed ⬇️ 1/2