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Please register for "Philology," the 8th Annual Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium Graduate Student Conference, to be held at UC Berkeley 24-25 February 2012. Email ASSC2012@gmail.com before 16 February 2012 with your name, affiliation, and the events you plan to attend. For more information, click here. We look forward to seeing you there! |
| The Anglo Saxon Studies Colloquium |
Eighth Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference |
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A dose of medieval . . .
‘Talis,’ inquiens, ‘mihi uidetur, rex, uita hominum praesens in terris, ad conparationem eius, quod nobis incertum est, temporis, quale cum te residente ad caenam cum ducibus ac ministris tuis tempore brumali, accenso quidem foco in medio, et calido effecto caenaculo, furentibus autem foris per omnia turbinibus hiemalium pluuiarum uel niuium, adueniens unus passeium domum citissime peruolauerit; qui cum per unum ostium ingrediens, mox per aliud exierit. Ipso quidem tempore, quo intus est, hiemis tempestate non tangitur, sed tamen paruissimo spatio serenitatis ad momentum excurso, mox de hieme in hiemem regrediens, tuis oculis elabitur. Ita haec uita hominum ad modicum apparet; quid autem sequatur, quidue praecesserit, prorsus ignoramus. Unde si haec noua doctrina certius aliquid attulit, merito esse sequenda uidetur.’ One of King Edwin's advisers describes a sparrow flying through the hall. Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, II.13
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The pen flourishes seen throughout the GMB website have been taken from UCB MS 102. More information about this manuscript is available at the Digital Scriptorium.
The other images are from various manuscripts in the UCB Bancroft and Music Library collections: UCB MSS 105 and 127 box 3-02 & UCB, Music Library, MSS 1108 and 1119.
