Backup Bagpipes?
Apollo seems to be playing a lute rather than his customary lyre in this 1507 musical pamphlet, but the quartet at the back have more unusual instruments!
Imperial poet laureate Konrad Celtis is also somehow involved?
@newberrylibrary.bsky.social (VAULT Case folio VM 1490 .T83m)
Congratulations to the editors of and contributors to this new book, published today -
Food Production and Gender across the Early Modern World
Edited By Melissa Calaresu, Marta Manzanares Mileo
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Now published!
Charity and Community in Montpellier, 13th–16th Centuries
The Multiplication of Loaves
by Lucie Laumonier, Concordia University
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The book appears in the series Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West. Congratulations to author Lucie Laumonier!
A great new essay from @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social. There are some very interesting insights on how people think, how thoughts shape culture and how ideas held long ago still echo today. I highly recommend subscribing!
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Avital Sagalyn went to Provincetown in 1945 to study with Hans Hofmann. He said, "You don’t need to take my classes... There’s nothing I can teach you.” She was 20. "Avital Sagalyn: Mid-Century Provincetown" is now up at Provincetown Art Association and Museum. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/10/a...
Job Opportunity!
Lecturer in Early Modern British and European History
Newcastle University - School of History, Classics and Archaeology
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW166/l...
We are grateful to Gurpreet Sihat for inviting us to contribute a guest post to her blog! We wrote about Catharina van Hemessen, who is the focus of two art exhibitions coming up in late 2026 and early 2027 -
Painter, Portraitist, Pioneer
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#womenartists #artherstory
#ArtHerstory's Flowers & Insects Still Life Note Card
Artist: Clara Peeters (Flemish, c. 1594-c. 1640)
Artwork held at: The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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Erika Gaffney
The Forgotten Colourists
by James Knox for The Fleming Collection blog
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Suzanne Karr Schmidt
Erika Gaffney
Self-Portrait with inscription ‘Mon maman dada,’ n.d., from a sketchbook by #AnnaFranciscaDeBruyns (Flemish, 1604-56). Held by Department of Prints and Drawings, 6507/40r°, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels; source, brill.com/display/book... #artherstory #womenartists
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Early Modern British and European History on jobs.ac.uk!
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