tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post3740632879800073677..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: O Oriens, O Earendel: Tolkien and the DaystarClerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-25669262557475110692020-01-05T11:03:23.482+00:002020-01-05T11:03:23.482+00:00Thanks, CathreaAna! Richard, I know some people ha...Thanks, CathreaAna! Richard, I know some people have read it that way but to me it seems like the whole poem has to refer to Christ - there's the link to the 'O Oriens' antiphon, where of course Christ is the referent, and it just doesn't fit for me that phrases like 'of yourself you enlighten every age' could refer to John the Baptist! Christ can also be called the Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-51857032230958844512019-12-22T00:32:21.759+00:002019-12-22T00:32:21.759+00:00Such a lovely blog to find on winter solstice day....Such a lovely blog to find on winter solstice day. I am bookmarking your site.CathreaAnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299534802092891307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-82440039006551968392019-12-21T15:50:50.584+00:002019-12-21T15:50:50.584+00:00I'm wondering now if I haven't been readin...I'm wondering now if I haven't been reading this poem wrong. I was taught in grad school, and have always repeated, that Earendel is John the Baptist (the Morning Star being a precursor to the rising of the Sun, which corresponds to Christ). The way you've translated it here, it seems like the Morning Star and "Bright Sun's Radiance" are one and the same. Have I just Richard Rohlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826393850870180727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-91690438040196240612013-02-09T23:31:50.787+00:002013-02-09T23:31:50.787+00:00Thank you! I loved writing this post...Thank you! I loved writing this post...Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-2215159825902993992013-02-09T12:30:11.367+00:002013-02-09T12:30:11.367+00:00That was a wonderful post to read on this dark, st...That was a wonderful post to read on this dark, stormy morning in Canada! Love your blog!<br />MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-21977671261531073372012-12-21T14:14:46.785+00:002012-12-21T14:14:46.785+00:00How interesting! I've come across Bella Hardy...How interesting! I've come across Bella Hardy's music before but not that album - I'll search it out.Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-64573224330056693772012-12-21T11:36:27.118+00:002012-12-21T11:36:27.118+00:00You might enjoy the album "The Dark Peak and ...You might enjoy the album "The Dark Peak and the White" by Bella Hardy (full name: Arwen Arabella Hardy). Her song "Ilam Lullaby", sung in the persona of the wife of King Bertram of Mercia, includes the line "Safe under Earendel, brightest of angels ..."Ben Whitworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499311491843942923noreply@blogger.com