Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Chaucer Bobblehead

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He in the waast is shape as wel as I; this were a popet in an arm tenbrace for any womman smal, and fair of face. He semeth elvyssh by his ...
Friday, June 26, 2009

In My Parallel Universe V

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A hypnotically graceful flying jellyfish and the majestic AirPenguin , also shown here . The same company seems to have built a flying Air ...
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The Great Vowel Shift...

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.. explained to you by dinosaurs. Two great ideas that go great together! Here the shift is explained more completely by people from Harva...

Six Degrees of Roger Bacon

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The trivia game for medievalists! Connect a medieval author to Roger Bacon with as few links as possible. For example, Froissart: Roger Bac...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Jane Austen and the Vampires

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I read that Mr. Darcy, Vampyre is just one of a queue of books lining up for release that infest the world of Jane Austen with aloof romant...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Index of Medieval Youth and Education

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Froissart's Youth Russell's Book of Nurture The Babees' Book Training Lords' Sons Little John de Saintre English in the...
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14th Century Maps

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This site has a variety of maps of Europe and Japan in the 14th century. Mostly modern, but includes links to the 14th century Catalan Atla...

Kettle Hats

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Because a friend complained about the limited color and style choices for the Kettle Hat T-shirt at Commonplace Goods , I've created a n...
Monday, June 22, 2009

English in the Grammar Schools, 1352-1385

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Ranulph Higden’s Polychronicon , 1352 " This impairing of the birth tongue is because of two things; one is for children in school, a...
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Peter Collinson and the Eighteenth-Century Natural History Exchange

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Elizabeth McLean of Wynnewood first became fascinated by Peter Collinson at the Barnes Foundation's arboretum school about 30 years ago....