Mastodawn

Fra banc to banc, fra wod to wod, I rin
Ourhailit with my feble fantasie,
Lyk til a leif that fallis from a trie
Or til a reid ourblawin with the wind…

—“Sonet of Venus & Cupid”, by Mark Alexander Boyd (1563–1601), born #OTD, 13 Jan
published in THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF SCOTTISH VERSE, @canongatebooks 2021

https://canongate.co.uk/books/3267-the-golden-treasury-of-scottish-verse/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #sonnet #16thcentury #17thcentury #earlymodern #Scots #Scotslanguage

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)20h ago

@buttondown.com has introduced two new themes for newsletter archives including Arbus, a thumbnail picture theme! Delighted w/ the new layout for STRANGE AND WONDROUS: Notes from a Science Historian. Do check it out and consider subscribing! 💙📚🗃#histsci #earlymodern buttondown.com/surekhadavie...

Strange and Wondrous: Notes fr...

Strange and Wondrous: Notes from a Science Historian

This newsletter blends reflections on history, culture, science, and monsters. It appears 2-3 times a month. Sign up now for free! You’ll automatically receive an excerpt from Humans: A Monstrous History. Written by Dr Surekha Davies, historian of science and author of, among other things, Humans: A Monstrous History (University of California Press, 2025) and the multi-award-winning Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human: New Worlds, Maps and Monsters (Cambridge University Press, 2016), this newsletter includes updates about her writing, podcasts, and speaking events.

Daniel Bellingradt 22h ago

This horse seems not too happy being positioned in an #earlymodern #infographic.

Daniel Bellingradt 1d ago

With so many new followers, I guess it's time for a next updated #introduction: Hi there! I am an #earlymodern historian with a weak spot for all things communication and media. My next book is about news flows. Here's a photo of me sitting silent next to books. Most used # #bookhistory #skystorians

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)2d ago

Early modern women writing in books! An online resource. #earlymodern #Renaissance 🗃

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p5ib4tetfeowezl3jwvrlvlz/post/3mc5evii3es2m

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)2d ago

A study of a bearded man's head (artist unknown) turns out to be two studies, by Peter Paul Rubens, of the head of an elderly man & of the head of a young woman! @philipoltermann.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy writes in @theguardian.com@bsky.brid.gy this week: #earlymodern #arthistory #painting www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Anonymous painting bought at a...

Anonymous painting bought at auction on ‘hunch’ identified as two-in-one Rubens

Study of man often featured in works by the Flemish master reveals hidden painting of woman beneath model’s beard

The Guardian

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)3d ago

Hallo new Bluskis! If you're interested in the early modern world (c.1300-1700-ish) there are a bunch of starter packs brimming with historians, historians of science, art historians, and literary scholars. Check them out and find your frens - or some nerds who post things you like! #earlymodern 🗃

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2xh3ekkjbuyi3e5pbfnakuyt/post/3mbpb3wa5bc2r

Daniel Bellingradt 4d ago

You all have seen #earlymodern books bound in recycled #medieval manuscript pages. And while this is already fun, let me show you that some European libraries used additional gold embossing provenance markers on the recycled bindings. Meet the stamped "OBER*RATH*" remark from ... 1/2