A Clerk of Oxford

This is a poem by John Audelay , the fifteenth-century Shropshire priest and poet who wrote one of my favourite medieval Christmas carols . ...

Hail, gladdening Light, of His pure glory poured Who is the immortal Father, heavenly, blest, Holiest of Holies, Jesus Christ our Lord. ...

Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Christ, the true, the only Light, Sun of Righteousness, arise, Triumph o’er the shades of night; Da...

This is a poem I came across recently, by Alice Meynell (1847-1922). To the Beloved Oh, not more subtly silence strays Amongst th...

I Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations , 1:19. You never know yourself till you know more than your body. The Image of God was not...

The other day I promised a post on English translations of the Advent hymn 'Veni redemptor gentium', and since this is a hymn of St ...

BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 317v St Nicholas was a very popular saint in the Middle Ages, and with all the colourful stories about him , it...