I work on Islamic manuscripts from Southeast Asia, especially Qur'ans, and documents and seals. So what Twitter feeds do I enjoy, for both interest and pleasure? a short thread of 5, starting with Shamaziz , who digs up fascinating snippets and references them well:
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Next is Khalid Yousef twitter.com/khalidsyossef whose USP is posting incredibly important publications relevant to Islamic sudies, both old and new, WITH contents pages, and signalling when books are open access - many thanks for this wonderful service!
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Third on my list is John McCafferty who puts up carefully curated images of stunning beauty - I got my current screensaver from him, a Gentile Bellini of St Mark preaching in Alexandria, held in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan - all rigorously attributed, of course.
Paul Babinski works on the "scholarly practices of early modern European orientalists" (16th-17th century) and digs up all sorts of fascinating manuscripts held in strange corners twitter.com/Paul_Babinski
Last on my list is relative newcomer Reading Islamic Texts , for a stream of though-provoking and interesting images and references, again always well referenced:
If any of these are new to you, enjoy! other old favourites who always brighten up my day are , , and .