The Beast Conference

CREMS Conference @ Uni of Birmingham- 'Fantastic Beasts': The Beast Within. The Beast Without. The Beast Beyond. Tweets by: @ZoeScreti (conference organiser)

[The Beast Conference @BeastsBham]

Conference organiser Zoe is currently involved in the University of Birmingham's Images of Research competition. Details on how to vote below:

[Danielle Murinas @guild_postgrad]

Just some of the many events going on next week, follow Guild of Students Postgraduate Community on facebook to find out more!

[Dick King-Smith HQ @DickKingSmith]

Word of the day: 'onolatry' - (noun) worship of the donkey or ass. Also in extended use: excessive admiration for or devotion to foolishness or a foolish thing.

[The Beast Conference @BeastsBham]

Conference organiser @ZoeScreti has recently had an article published by @Mid_Hist_Review! Not beast related but a good read for anyone interested in the clothing of Tudor court fools. You can check the piece out here: https://t.co/9DOIJlxc9V

[Renaissance Studies @RenWarwick]

CfP: ‘Light and darkness in pre-modern visual cultures’, Friday 23rd November 2018Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Deadline: 15 September 2018. https://t.co/sCjH2u3XsO

[Equine History @Equine_History]

Looking for historical pups? Here's where to find them! #PuppiesHelpingPonies

[Renaissance Skin @RenSkinKCL]

Ever wondered how to find a perfectly lovely horse? @Medieval_Badger writes how #earlymodern treatises had all the answers by considering colour and markings, and even offered advice on how to artificially mark your horse #themeliving #renaissanceskin @kingsartshums @kingshistory

[Marion Burgin @marionburgon]

Kitty-prints in medieval floor tiles. Wormleighton St Mary

[BL_HebrewMSS @BL_HebrewMSS]

For #InternationalCatDay here's a 15th Century manuscript (Hebrew translation of Avicenna, Harley MS 5707) with some inky paw prints 🐾📖 #HebrewProject

[fiona davison @fjd65]

I would like an accurate illustration of snails for my Herbal please.
Woodcut artist : No problem, you leave it with me.
The Great Herbal 1526 in the Lindley Library

[Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @PP_Rubens]

Both a dog and a cat have spotted you from inside Samuel van Hoogstraten's amazing View Down a Corridor, 1662. Not to mention the parrot in its cage! But the people are oblivious.

[Equine History @Equine_History]

#CFP: The British #AnimalStudies Network 'Emotion' https://t.co/sB7kgd9agA

[BL_HebrewMSS @BL_HebrewMSS]

Do you like tiny things? 🔍 How about mythical beasts? 🐉 Things made out of other things? ✨ Read this article about micrography for ALL OF THE ABOVE https://t.co/xcv1Ho7OKu #micrographymonday

[Jaimee Swift @JaimeeSwift]

As academics, it’s really alright to say “I didn’t know this information” or “I’ve never read that.” Intellectual competitions breed further ignorance when we pretend to be privy to knowledge we really don’t know. And it’s alright not to know.

[Lloyd Strickland @Dr_L_Strickland]

Here's Leibniz on a talking dog from 1706: https://t.co/G0zhoJLyex #AnimalKingdom

[Dr Gary Baker @DrGaryBaker]

Hi @lwahlgrensmith & Latinists of Twitter, I have a Hakluyt headscratcher for you; can you transcribe this phrase and translate it? It's from Hakluyt's likely source for 'An agreement made between king Henry the fourth and Conradus de Jungingen ...'