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  1. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

       The empty pageant; a stage play; flocks of sheep, herds of cattle; a tussle of spearmen; a bone flung among a pack of curs; a crumb tossed into a pond of fish; ants, loaded and laboring; mice, scared and capering; puppets, jerking on their strings — that is life.
       In the midst of it all you must take your stand, good-temperedly and without disdain, yet always aware that a man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
     
       [Πομπῆς κενοσπουδία, ἐπὶ σκηνῆς δράματα, ποίμνια, ἀγέλαι, διαδορατισμοί, κυνιδίοις ὀστάριον ἐρριμμένον, ψωμίον εἰς τὰς τῶν ἰχθύων δεξαμενάς, μυρμήκων ταλαιπωρίαι καὶ ἀχθοφορίαι, μυιδίων ἐπτοημένων διαδρομαί, σιγιλλάρια νευροσπαστούμενα.
       χρὴ οὖν ἐν τούτοις εὐμενῶς μὲν καὶ μὴ καταφρυαττόμενον ἑστάναι, παρακολουθεῖν μέντοι, ὅτι τοσούτου ἄξιος ἕκαστός ἐστιν, ὅσου ἄξιά ἐστι ταῦτα περὶ ἃ ἐσπούδακεν.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 7, ch. 3 (7.3) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2671…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #ambition #aspiration #effort #endeavor #energy #focus #goals #humility #life #meaningoflife #pageantry #pride #stage #theater #value #wisdom #work #worth

  2. Today is (apparently) Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day, so here are 4 images showing 16th Century Western perceptions of musicians and their instruments (some more uncommon than others) from the continents of America, Africa, Asia and Europe.
    From a book showing the 8 pageants held for the Christening of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse in 1596.
    Bavarian State Library: Cod.icon. 340.

    #uncommoninstrumentawarenessday #otd #onthisday #iconography #earlymusic #historyofart #history #historical #histodons #sixteenthcentury #16thCentury #pageantry #musicalinstruments #musicians #histodon
    @earlymodern @earlymusic @histodons @histodon #worldmusic #ethnomusicology

  3. 📢24 Feb, 3.15-5pm CET, Doelensteeg 16, Leiden:

    I'll give a hybrid talk for Faculty of History @universiteitleiden on my EU-sponsored research, titled '#Pageantry as Public #Diplomacy: Contested Receptions of #English and #French Dignitaries in the #Netherlands, 1570s-1640s'!

    Please contact Jasper van der Steen ([email protected]) to participate online.

  4. I wasn't able to write during the holidays as my body didn't adjust to the Philippine time. And there were family-related things I fortunately sorted. So in order to kick off my #PhD writing, here is my first blog entry on #MissUniverse and #pageantry.

    pinoylifelonglearner.blogspot.

    #Writing #WritingExercise #Justwrite #Philippines #Scotland #edutooter

  5. Posters for my hybrid symposium '#Pageantry, #Ritual, and Popular #Media: Netherlandish Practices of Public #Diplomacy in 16th- and 17th-Century Europe' spotted in the wild again!

    This time at the University Library of Leiden University. You can still register to attend my symposium, either online or in person, at shorturl.at/ehJKP.

    Hope to see you on 2 December 2022, 10am-5pm, at the University Library of Leiden University, Vossiuszaal!