Gatto Chair of Christian Studies, StFX, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Medieval Healing Traditions, Medical Manuscripts, Black Death, Medievalism.
Dad to 2 mini-mes, 2 cats. Playing piano, MTG, D&D
Winston Black
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RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
Got a fantasy novel, a new electric weed trimmer, and a homemade Father’s Day card this morning.
Some of us are born dad; others have dadness thrust upon us.
Wait. I don’t think that works…
Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It! Is! Here! Open Access (and already hoovered up by the scrapers no doubt such is our world) UK/EU paper copies will be available eventually but until then, EVERYONE now has free access! press.library.concordia.ca/projects/ill...
Sad news but what an amazing life.
The Major Oak was a similar age to the oak trees used to build the Hall.
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🗣️ Medievalists! 🏰
Check out this page, we’ve done a reconstruction the medieval chapel at Chester Castle!
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
Please share widely! There’s loads of info and *lovely* images from the repertoire of medieval art - and also more reconstructions!
Prepping for my next history of medicine class. Don't tell them all the answers are right here:
Apparently no smelling lilacs for me. Always look before you sniff. Green crab spider not as well camouflaged as usual.
Just landed in Toronto, excited to welcome amazing #medhist #histmed #manuscript scholars from around the world for two days of "Languages of Authority: An International Workshop on Editing Medieval Medicine", organized by Sarah Star and me with support from @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca.
Carlo Ginzburg est mort, annonce la presse italienne. Immense historien, il a su construire une oeuvre originale entre micro-histoire et anthropologie historique qui a considérablement renouvelé la discipline.
www.repubblica.it/cultura/2026...
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
The walls of the medieval chapel in the Agricola Tower at Chester Castle were richly painted around 1240 with scenes including miracles of the Virgin Mary and St Edward the Confessor. From the fragmen...
