The recent launch of Parker Library on the Web to the public via a new platform signals big news for medieval studies at the start of 2018. This 10th-anniversary upgrade to 2.0 brings with it compatibility with the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) and a Creative-Commons Non-Commercial License, so images and other data are available to use and download for … Continue reading Opening Access in Medieval Studies
Since seeing Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, I can't stop thinking about the books we see in the Jedi library on Ahch-To. To be honest, my mind was already going before seeing the movie, since the books stood out in the trailer. I wrote about them over on Forces of Geek based on what we see … Continue reading The Last Jedi Scriptures and Medieval Manuscripts
A little more than a week ago, the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature was held in Boston (November 18-21), and I've seen several posts in the last week about it. I've never been to the SBL, but I follow the conference and hope to attend at some point because of my continued … Continue reading More New Testament Apocrypha and Medieval Studies
This post is meant as a follow-up to my previous thoughts about medievalists telling medieval stories. In that piece, I begin by considering a video game and end with reflections on the larger implications for storytelling about the Middle Ages. After writing it, I got to thinking about other medieval video games, so decided to … Continue reading Bonus Round: “Medieval” Games on Steam
Some of my readers might have seen when I took to Twitter yesterday for a rant about representations of the medieval period in pop culture. It began with a video game and ended with some arguments about needing more medievalists telling better stories for more audiences. I want to offer an extended version of my … Continue reading Telling Medieval Stories: Prolegomenon
One of the best parts of studying the medieval period is exploring the many idiosyncrasies of manuscripts. In fact, #medievaltwitter is great for this sort of fun, as medievalists post so many photos of manuscripts with strange elements. I've been able to do a bit more sustained thinking about the pleasures of manuscript details while … Continue reading Dealing with Holes in a Medieval Manuscript
A while back, I had a twitter conversation about using network visualization tools online for studying the connections between medieval texts and manuscripts. After this exchange, I figured that others might be interested in seeing some of my work and, more specifically, how I went about it. My main interests in network visualizations so far … Continue reading Visualizing Networks of Anglo-Saxon Apocrypha
Depiction of Saint Matthew in an eight-century Irish Evangelary, Saint Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 51 (c.750), p. 2. September 21 is the Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, in the Western Christian tradition. (The feast for his nativity is May 6 in the West, and he also enjoys a number of other feast days throughout … Continue reading Saint Matthew and Apocryphal Gospels
CFP: Preach It, Sister! A Roundtable about Women and Homiletics Sponsored by the Society for the Study of Anglo-Saxon Homiletics at the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI), May 10-13, 2018 For over ten years at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, the Society for the Study of Anglo-Saxon Homiletics … Continue reading CFP: Preach It, Sister! A Roundtable about Women and Homiletics
Over the past several years, I’ve become increasingly involved in the long-standing project known as the Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture (SASLC). First, I joined the project as a contributor, working on a series of entries (Pseudo-Bede) that seemed, at the time, untouchable. In 2014, I took on a role to help the project increase … Continue reading Diversifying SASLC
Brandon W. Hawk 