Mastodawn

My blog post today is a set of links for research on manuscripts and incunables from German-speaking lands, particularly from women's convents

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

#BookHistory #weblinks #Research #Manuscripts #Incunabula #nuns #Nuntastic #blog #AmWriting #AcWri

scholar_farmer 3d ago

“Bad is the companion who hinders the common task.”

Quoted from the 15th c Heiningen Philosophy Tapestry (and drawn from Aristotle) but applicable to so many different circumstances!

#nuns #nuntastic #tapestry #medieval

Mark 3d ago

Rebel #octogenarian Austrian #nuns win reprieve

The tumultuous story of #runaway sisters Rita, 82, Regina, 86, and Bernadette, 88, defying the #church hierarchy made headlines across the globe.

The trio ran away from the care home the #Catholic Church sent them to "against their will" and broke back into their abandoned #convent at #Goldenstein #Castle in #Elsbethen near the city of #Salzburg in September, with the help of supporters.

https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2025/1128/1546348-austrian-nuns/

#religion #retirement #CareHomes

scholar_farmer 3d ago

The Sisters of Kloster Goldstein who fled the old-age home to return to the convent are allowed to stay — if they give up social media and lawyer consultations

It’s almost like their Provost didn’t have their best interests at heart

(He didn’t)

#nuns #nuntastic

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/28/rebel-nuns-austria-care-home-abandoned-convent-reprieve-for-now?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Rebel nuns who busted out of Austrian care home win reprieve – if they stay off social media

Trio given leave to stay in their abandoned convent near Salzburg until further notice, church officials say

The Guardian

Elle J. Snyder Nov 25

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31 Horror Movies, 31 Poems, in 31 Days

Movie 30: The Sentinel (1977)

#31in31 #thesentinel #1977 #nuns #demons #hell #haunted #horror #horrormovie #horrormovies #horrorfam #horrorfilm #poet #poetry #nycpoet #statenislandpoet #transpoet #transwoman #transpoetry #31horrormoviesin31days #tgirl #tgirlpoet #transisbeautiful #ladypoet #nyc #statenisland #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetryisnotdead #trans #transfemme #transgender #spooky #spoopy #spookyseason #writer #poetrychallenge #ghost #demons #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqpride #pride #transpride #queer #queerpride

The Open Buddhist University Nov 20

🗣️ Buddhist Nuns and the Process of Change in Tibetan Monastic Communities (A ✨NEW✨, free, 62-minute podcast)

Tags: #Modern #Gelug #MonasticTibetan #Nuns
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/queens-without-a-kingdom_ehm-chandra

Buddhist Nuns and the Process of Change in Tibetan Monastic Communities

The nunneries and monasteries are trying to respond to these critiques and to this question of identity but, as often times with religious institutions, the changes are slower than the changes in the societies around them.

The Open Buddhist University

Radio Sloboda Nov 13

NUNS osudio napade na novinarke u Subotici i izjave ministra Bratine koje, kako navode, predstavljaju najavu gušenja slobodnih medija. 🗞️ #NUNS #slobodamedija
https://radiosloboda.rs/nuns-sloboda-medija-u-srbiji-je-na-udaru-fizicki-napadi-na-novinarke-u-subotici-kampanje-blacenja-a-ministar-bratina-zeli-da-gasi-medije/?fsp_sid=10081

Cody Boone Ferguson Nov 6

1555 art. The German translates roughly to meat makes meat. Nun with a fish and beads with a phallus hanging from her arm. She’s trying to exchange with the cat which has an actual penis. #rude #sex #nuns

scholar_farmer Nov 5

Today I learned…

We were talking about enclosed nuns and SATB repertoire. (Go watch the Vivaldi Gloria documentary about the SATB women of the Ospedale. Do it, I’ll wait!)

Anyway, on of our conference colleagues reported that her mother and her twin sister, both age 80, were now comfortably singing tenor and bass respectively.

So convent SATB was almost certainly possible in at least some places, even without instrumental support

Love that!
#voice #nuns #nuntastic #choir