#didyouknow?: In medieval Europe, books of hours allowed for daily interaction with art in service of the user’s Christian faith. In our latest manuscript exhibition, we look closely at how these books engaged their users so deeply. Learn more: https://t.co/C3iiYITNod.
Favorite footnote is #187 in MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS. "The twentieth-century Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, in the words of a protagonist in one of his novels, described our responsibility in this way: “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”
[187] J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. The Return of the King, Part III, Book Five, Chapter IX, New York 1965, 190.
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas ("Magnificent Humanity"), on safeguarding the dignity of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence will be made publicly available on the Vatican website tomorrow. https://t.co/z1n0kvSUgt
Mel Brooks is about to become a 100-year-old man. And he’s making a gift: he’s donating his archive to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York. His collection joins that of his longtime comedy partner Carl Reiner. Hold for laughter. https://t.co/H1DJ21EDeg
19 May is the feast of St Dunstan, one of the greatest saints of Anglo-Saxon England, who died in 988. Archbishop of Canterbury during a transformative time for the English church and nation, he was also a talented musician, craftsman and devil-fighter. https://t.co/HblFsbRp5o
Win SEC Triple Crown ✔️
Become the sixth player in DI history to hit 25 home runs and steal 25 bases ✔️
Pretty good way to earn #GoldenSpikes x D1 Baseball Player of the Week honors right after being named the SEC Player of the Year.
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Ed Borein was just a working cowboy when he sent off some illustrations to a magazine publisher. The rest is Western art history.
Hear his story on this week's This Week in the West podcast.
Listen at the link below or on your favorite podcast app:
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