Dr. Katelynn Robinson

Medievalist and historian of the sense of smell in Europe (history of science and medicine, history of religion, popular culture).

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

After a catapult barrage failed to damage the walls of Dunbar Castle, Agnes is said to have ordered her ladies-in-waiting to dust the ramparts to ridicule the English and their failed assault.

https://t.co/QpmFbIi2cA

[Dr. Katelynn Robinson @SensusOlfactus]

@DrAllyLouks There are actually a whole community of smell researchers! We've been working on smell for decades to reveal all the things you see in the news lately.

[hinterlander @yoltartar]

every time we bring up medieval medicine we have to mention bloodletting; what a dumb treatment, we think, modern medicine is evidence-based and would never do anything so ineffective and superstitious

nope, we routinely choose superstition over evidence, for example-

[@prosanitate.bsky.social @ProSanitate]

@SensusOlfactus see Dr Katelynn Robinson's fantastic book The Sense of Smell in the Middle Ages - A Sense of Certainty. We particularly loved the chapter 4: "Beware fetid air", and her important distinction on the relationship between fumes and odor.

https://t.co/7tUDQaw5KM

[Dr. Katelynn Robinson @SensusOlfactus]

@ProSanitate Thanks!

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

Vancouver Daily World, British Columbia, June 27, 1921

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Utah, June 23, 1939

[Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger]

A late medieval pocket sundial from Freiburg.
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[Kansas Reflector || bsky @kansasreflector.com @KansasReflector]

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[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

This photo is 113 years old.

It was taken by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, an early pioneer of colour photography.

If you've ever wondered what the world used to look like, Prokudin-Gorsky's photos will show you...

[EREMM- Recherche sur l'Espagne Médiévale & Moderne @EREMM_UBM]

💬 Coloquio: "Un paisaje de #aromas y #perfumes: la seducción del #olfato según las fuentes y prácticas medievales y de la temprana modernidad" organizado por @RoumierJulia y @giselacoronados

📅 28 y 29 de marzo en @UBMontaigne y en línea

Inscripción 👉 https://t.co/O6LZDSVybF

[Coffin Boffin @DrSamGeorge1]

WINTER FOLK COSTUMES
It's #WinterSolstice & Europe loves its folk festivals. The winter wild man explores animal/human boundaries & testifies to our need for myth. Charles Fréger's photographs of winter folk costumes are a delight (beginning with Croatia below) #GothicAdvent

[Dr. Katelynn Robinson @SensusOlfactus]

My Gen Z students not only quoted but imitated Columbo today.

[Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunt]

Giggle.

[Dr. Katelynn Robinson @SensusOlfactus]

@giselacoronados @RoumierJulia Thanks for letting me know about this!

[Dr. Katelynn Robinson @SensusOlfactus]

@smellstories @_G_Martina Can't wait to read this! The idea that comparative labels are somehow worse than other descriptions is wrong! Especially given that many other sensory inputs are also given a descriptive label but those aren't considered less clear!

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria posing as a mummy in Cairo, Egypt, 1894.

[Dr. Katelynn Robinson @SensusOlfactus]

I would like to let everyone know that even Avicenna struggled with Aristotle. #medievaltwitter

[Dr. Katelynn Robinson @SensusOlfactus]

@dr_cdeutsch Does he think no one died in China...?

[Dr. Katelynn Robinson @SensusOlfactus]

@jpnudell Same with an anecdote I'm using in an article.