Experimenting with drop caps on my blog, straddling the line between text-focused minimalism and whimsy!

The drop cap font I'm using on the desktop version is called Medieval Alphabet Font. I was originally using Nouveau Drop Caps, which is a little more readable, but not as stereotypically "medieval." I decided to use Nouveau Drop Caps for the mobile version of my site, as the more ornate styling of Medieval Alphabet Font doesn't really work on smaller screens.

#PersonalWeb #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #WebDesign #Medieval #Manuscript

Kirche und Marp:

Ich habe zwei Marp‑Themes erstellt. Sie helfen mir, in kurzer Zeit schöne Präsentationen und ein druckfertiges Manuskript zu erstellen.

https://codeberg.org/simonpipe/sermon-theme-for-marp

#kirche #fedikirche #marp #präsentationen #manuscript #manuskript #predigt #beamer #powerpoint

#manuscript : written with or by the hand

- French: manuscrit

- German: das Manuskript

- Italian: manoscritto

- Portuguese: manuscrito

- Spanish: manuscrito

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Fill in missing or incorrect translations @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations

"#RavKook’s exceptionalism lies in the fact that his ideas remain relevant even in 2026, reinforcing the impact noted above.

This enduring influence is especially evident in his #writings, which present unique challenges in #translation. Anyone who has used a Soncino translation of the #Talmud knows that translation can leave one with still a long way to go in figuring out the meaning of the original text.

#Rabbi #AryehSklar has addressed this challenge in Rav Kook’s Guide for Today’s Perplexed (#KodeshPress). More than just a translation, #Sklar’s edition includes extensive footnotes to fill in many gaps, adding essential details and context not apparent in the original text.

Adding further depth to the work, the #book itself has a fascinating history. It remained an unpublished #manuscript for more than a century before #Rabbi #ShacharRachmani released it in full in 2014 as For the Perplexed of the Generation (LeNevuchei haDor)."

https://jewishpress.com/for-the-perplexed-in-every-generation/

#amwriting
#writeblr
#writing
#authorsofinstagram
#writingcommunity
#manuscript
#creativewriting
#betareader
#roughdraft
#drafts
#writersofmastodon

writers, I wanna hear the idea you can’t stop thinking about

not the cleaned up version
I mean the actual idea

the one you randomly think about during the day
the one that started small and somehow got bigger
the one you keep adding scenes to without meaning to

I know somebody here has a story they can’t leave alone right now

what is it 👇

Two Trinity College Dublin researchers discover another 9th-century copy - in Old English - of the oldest known English poem, Caedmon's Hymn, in a bound manuscript volume of Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, in Rome. It's great to see that supposedly 'lost' medieval manuscripts can still be found in archival libraries, thanks in part to their digitisation and publication online. #poetry #OldEnglish #manuscript #libraries

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/early-medieval-england-and-its-n/article/new-earlyninthcentury-manuscript-of-caedmons-hymn-rome-biblioteca-nazionale-centrale-vitt-em-1452-122v/2496FC9C9E4876935BB4190048C7C8A9

Informal connections outweigh coauthorship ties in academic impact | PNAS

Mentoring and support networks, as evidenced from article acknowledgements, are a strong predictor of impact.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2511050123

#science #sciencewriting #impact #manuscript

An exhibition at the remarkable Chained Library of Hereford Cathedral continues until 12 Sept, & includes the Hereford Gospels dated c.800AD. 🧵 1/
https://www.herefordcathedral.org/Event/shaping-early-medieval-faith
@medievodons @histodons @Libraries

#9thCentury #medieval #manuscript #ChainedLibrary #Hereford