tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post8433529136319209487..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: 'I, who will already be dust by your time, have made mention of you in this book'Clerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-22255372156094367402016-09-09T20:10:05.158+01:002016-09-09T20:10:05.158+01:00The nice thing about "sky-scraper", from...The nice thing about "sky-scraper", from the Anglo-Saxon point of view, is that it's already a kenning. Unfortunately its components are both Old Norse, not Old English. Before it was the name for a building, it was the name for a high sail on a ship, along with "moon-raker" and "star-raker", both of which are Old English in their components. Perhaps <i>Dereknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-8332323573659585722016-09-07T23:04:40.508+01:002016-09-07T23:04:40.508+01:00Lovely article and photos; he made me want to visi...Lovely article and photos; he made me want to visit. Reading was also at the center of lots of Civil War action, what with horses being stabled and POWs being imprisoned in churches, vandalism, etc. Did any of that occur in the buildings you visited?<br />Sally Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11287628255330281037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-43652024590527781332016-09-07T16:48:07.526+01:002016-09-07T16:48:07.526+01:00Thank you for this virtual visit. I'm in the U...Thank you for this virtual visit. I'm in the USA, but my ggg-grandfather James White was a shoe maker in Reading in the 1800s and my gg-grandparents were married there in 1857.Laurelhttp://laurelroots.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-72032616967587700132016-09-07T04:09:06.957+01:002016-09-07T04:09:06.957+01:00Thank you for those lovely photographs of England!...Thank you for those lovely photographs of England! The churches seem well kept. I've heard distressing things about the many abandoned churches of Europe..Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-12828506602814944292016-09-06T17:48:05.551+01:002016-09-06T17:48:05.551+01:00"Glaring glass", "stranded among sk..."Glaring glass", "stranded among skyscrapers"- it is not just the departed cleric Henry who is looking back. I wonder how "skyscraper" would be rendered in Anglo--Saxon.<br /><br />Thanks for the mini tour of Reading (even the Blade, though the checkerboard tower was my favorite part. And I shall pray for Henry of Huntingdon, may he rest in peace.sophy0075https://www.blogger.com/profile/03313315186411760221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-28742510865269903392016-09-06T14:10:54.243+01:002016-09-06T14:10:54.243+01:00What a wonderful post! Thank you so much for the e...What a wonderful post! Thank you so much for the effort and delightful presentation.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123273249597104661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-14789437982454082512016-09-06T11:42:19.988+01:002016-09-06T11:42:19.988+01:00Thank you so much for this post. What a fascinatin...Thank you so much for this post. What a fascinating place Reading is. We lived in Oxford back in the late 80's and like you Reading wasn't a place we were particularly interested in going....look what we missed!OneEnglishLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04747109933032515147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-23584651338979339942016-09-06T10:22:49.667+01:002016-09-06T10:22:49.667+01:00thank you, a very interesting whistlestop guide to...thank you, a very interesting whistlestop guide to the history of Reading, and a very moving piece by Henry... I like his doubt over whether man will still be around in the fourth and fifth millenium, I confess with the rape of the earth common today, I wonder it myself. Even as he has essentially prayed forward for us, perhaps there is enough power in his faith to save mankind from the Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-51029294150586256052016-09-06T10:11:45.593+01:002016-09-06T10:11:45.593+01:00Lovely piece! I feel inspired to take a trip there...Lovely piece! I feel inspired to take a trip there now that school holidays are over and find all these places for myself. I always thought from articles and photos that there would be little in Reading to tickle my taste-buds, and had passed it over in favour of more prominently <br />historic places.<br />Thank you for opening my eyes!Denby Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423681535580710667noreply@blogger.com