The teaser for S3 of #Foundation has just dropped. I had a great time Directing & DP’ing action sequences on this fantastic show back in the Summer of 2023. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5bMCpn…

Look everyone! Eleanor Swift-Hook Mark Turnbull Author Alistair Tosh Graham Brack Val Penny

🎉📜Happy #ManuscriptMonday with this wonderful illumination that depicts the French King Louis IX imprisoned BnF, Français 5716, fol. 127v Bibliothèque BnF Gallica BnF #sscle #middleages #medieval #crusade #crusades #latineast #manuscript #medievalmanuscript #art #antioch #illumination

Those eyes...Saint Eudoxia or Evdokia mosaic on the exterior of the Bulgarian Orthodox Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral built in Neo-Byzantine style in the city of Sofia capital of Bulgaria.

Starting Friday at 10 am Eastern US time we'll be holding a summer Arabic and Persian manuscript reading group, exploring diverse manuscripts representative of several genres (sīrat, manāqib, occult sciences, etc), styles, scripts, and so forth, we'd love to have you join us!

The Pantanassa Monastery at Mystras was built by the Byzantine official John Phrangopoulos in 1428.

'If you came this way in may time, you would find the hedges White again, in May, with voluptuary sweetness.' #OnThisDay in 1936, Eliot visited Little Gidding and took some snaps of the church and Nicholas Ferrar's tomb. #FourQuartets

Dante by Salvador Dalí

Wooden church of St Jeremiah, Goraždevac, Peć, Metohija, Old Serbia. The earliest mention of this church is from Žiča triptih written in early 13th c. The structure on this photo dates to 17th c. Interestingly the church wall is decorated with Perun flower - Perunika. I have no

On this feast day of St Augustine, revisit the manuscript that started it all, the sixth-century Augustine Gospels (MS 286), carried by the Saint on his mission to bring Christianity to England corpus.cam.ac.uk/parker-library…

Old English had many poetic words for the ocean. One of them was selhbæþ, or “the seal bath.”

Prob'ly shouldn't admit this but Cormac McCarthy is the only writer I'll leave the past for. Sigh.

Unboxing the paperback of Belisarius & Antonina! On sale now. Particularly proud of this one because it's my first book ever to come out as a paperback. 🥹

Kittens and Medieval history books. Final boss job.

Today, we remember the historic day that shook the world , May 29, 1453, the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire. This pivotal event marked the end of the Byzantine Empire, which had stood tall for over 1,100 years.

😮 St Catherine’s status as a continuously functioning monastery is surely why it has such a powerful pull. Even visiting as a tourist you feel the intense spiritual mystery of the place.

Last chance to get “The Wisest Fool” on Kindle at a knockdown price! amazon.co.uk/Wisest-Fool-La… #deals #bargain #stuarthistory #kingjames #royal #history #scottishhistory

Ancient map of Cairo

This coin was made near here, in the city of Camulodunum, by Cunobelin, a king in pre Roman Britain, c. 1-40 AD

Watch out for Catherine's real account 📚👀