Mastodawn

Jonathan Groß Apr 10, 2025

The Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris has (apparently without notice) changed the URLs to its database without a redirect from the old URLs.

The IDs apparently are unchanged, so fixing this on #Wikidata was a non-issue (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Antiquity/CHAP#Clavis_Historicorum_Antiquitatis_Posterioris_%28CHAP%29)

@wikidata @paregorios @hubertmara

Wikidata:WikiProject Antiquity/CHAP - Wikidata

Jonathan Groß Mar 12, 2025

Just came across this former Christian amusement park, the "Holy Land Experience", which had a "Scriptorium". Closed in 2020, demolished in 2023. Apparently they also had Greek manuscripts!

Does anybody know what happened to those? Were they sold or housed somewhere else?

https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notice/fonds/880/

Pinakes | Πίνακες - Notice : United States of America, Orlando (FL), The Holy Land Experience, The Scriptorium, Mss.

Jonathan Groß Mar 9, 2025

AaronM Mar 9, 2025

a reasonable 58 #Manuscripts from #Vatican this week https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025/week10.html
Still more 17th C Barberini vols, a herbarium, several 15th C classical volumes, a 12th C Ovid, large format liturgical music, more Ethiopic and _more_
#Medieval #Medievodons @bookhistodons @medievodons
(apologies about the resolution, upload issues)

Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 10 of 2025

A total of fifty-eight manuscripts were digitized in the past week. Continuing recent trends Barb.lat contributed the most, a full thirty manuscripts. Twelve came from Ott.lat, five from Comb, and three each from S.Maria.Magg, Vat.gr, and Vat.lat. One lone manuscript came from each of Vat.ar and Vat.ebr to complete the week. To the right is f.1r from O...

Vatican Manuscript Tracking

Jonathan Groß Feb 28, 2025

"Isidore of Pelusium on the Psalms": A blogpost on some marginalia in Florence, BML, San Marco 696 (Rahlfs 9016): https://septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/blog/isidore-of-pelusium-on-the-psalms/

Jonathan Groß: Isidore of Pelusium on the Psalms

Göttinger Septuaginta. Website of the Academy project Editio critica maior of the Greek Psalter

Jonathan Groß Feb 27, 2025

It's not new, but I just found it and it's interesting: Judith Beyer's (@judithbeyer) article on the trope of Russia as a bear.
https://allegralaboratory.net/bears-and-the-russian-body-politic-watching-vladimir-putins-press-conference-on-18-december-2014/

Bears and the Russian Body Politic. Watching Vladimir Putin’s Press Conference on 18 December 2014 - Allegra Lab

Sitting at an empty table, occasionally sipping from a large white cup, the Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to be enjoying himself about one hour

Allegra Lab

Jonathan Groß Feb 23, 2025

#Wikidata matching with #PTA done 4/5: Created ca. 100 new Wikidata items for (literary) works featured in the Patristic Text Archive. Details:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Antiquity/Patristic_Text_Archive
@bibelexegese @hubertmara FYI

Wikidata:WikiProject Antiquity/Patristic Text Archive - Wikidata

Jonathan Groß Feb 16, 2025

Mythoskop (https://mythoskop.de/) is a database for Greek #mythology with a unique visual interface and powerful search functions. They have about 2080 data items, 1750 of which are matched with #Wikidata, and in 1042 of these data items, their German #Wikipedia articles now feature a link to Mythoskop.

Mythoskop

Mythoskop – Das Geschichtennetz der antiken Mythen im digitalen Netz der Gegenwart

Jonathan Groß Feb 14, 2025

Magnus Manske Feb 14, 2025

The upcoming Wikimedia database changes this year will affect many of my tools. Some will "just" be SQL rewrites, but everything concering `wbt_` will need a complete, conceptual rewrite of the affected sections.

First estimate is at least 12 Rust-based tools, and likely dozens of PHP ones.

I am once again asking for your support, both in patience and in issue reports.

https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/7AMRB7G4CZ6BBOILAA6PK4QX44MUAHT4/

@wikidata #toolforge

Several database changes happening in the coming months - Wikidata-tech - lists.wikimedia.org

Jonathan Groß Jan 30, 2025

Marcus Richter Jan 30, 2025

Spontane Assoziation: Die demokratisch-antifaschistischen Anteile der CDU könnten zusammen mit dem Großteil der SPD eine neue konservative Volkspartei gründen?

Dann gäbe es wieder ein konservatives Lager ohne Steigbügelhalter und der Name „Sozialdemokratisch“ könnte wieder sinnvoll (von jemand Neuem) besetzt werden.

So viele Möglichkeiten!

https://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/-falsch---angela-merkel-geht-friedrich-merz-frontal-an-35424970.html

"Falsch": Angela Merkel geht Friedrich Merz frontal an

In der Diskussion um die gemeinsame Abstimmung von Union und AfD meldet sich Ex-Kanzlerin Angela Merkel mit deutlicher Kritik an Friedrich Merz zu Wort. S...

STERN.de