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Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Some end of year thanks

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The last day of the year seems like a good time to say thank you. Over the course of 2014 the number of visitors to this blog has risen rapi...
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Sunday, 28 December 2014

'Lullay, little child, rest thee a throwe'

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BL Harley 2915 f. 138v This is an exquisitely sad nativity song, a lullaby addressed to the baby Christ, but full of compassion and pai...
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Wednesday, 24 December 2014

'þe word is geworden': An Anglo-Saxon Christmas Sermon

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Nativity, Benedictional of St Æthelwold ( BL Additional 49598, f. 15v ) Here are a few short extracts from one of Ælfric's sermons ...
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Saturday, 20 December 2014

Some Thoughts on Canterbury Cathedral and Community

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If you're in the UK, you may have been watching the recent BBC series of programmes about Canterbury Cathedral. If you haven't been...
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Thursday, 18 December 2014

'The words linger': Christ the Arkenstone and 'The Hobbit'

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Shooting a dragon ( BL Arundel 91, f. 28v ) Today I want to share with you a very short extract from an Old English poem, which I hope ...
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Tuesday, 16 December 2014

The O Antiphons in Middle English: 'To þe we clepe with alle owre hert and brethe'

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14th-century calendar for December, with 'O Sapientia' on the 16th ( BL Egerton 3277, f. 6v ) In medieval England, 16th December wa...
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Monday, 15 December 2014

'Mirabilem mysterium': A marvellous thing I have mused in my mind

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BL Harley 2838, f. 44v (England, between 1485-1509) Mirabilem misterium: The Son of God ys man becum. A mervelus thyng I hafe musyd ...
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