onsdag 31. juli 2013

Oh, to be in England

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Due to technical difficulties, my blog is currently in a doldrum. Consequently, I found it proper to put up this lovely poem by Robert Bro...
mandag 22. juli 2013

Travels in Tuscany, part 2 - Boccaccio's Birthplace

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(...) if ever anyone required or appreciated comfort, or indeed derived pleasure therefrom, I was that person. - The Decameron, pref...
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søndag 14. juli 2013

Travels in Tuscany, part 1 - The Conference in the Citadel

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  The whole company, ladies and gentlemen alike, were in favour of telling stories. - The Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio (translated by...
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onsdag 3. juli 2013

The King's Beard - Richard II and the Wytham Roundel

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[He was] tall and slim, wise, regal and his beard was white as milk, his skin roseate and his face appeared satisfied. - The Life of B...
torsdag 20. juni 2013

Saint Sebastian with beard

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As readers of this blog will have noticed, I have a particular fascination for Saint Sebastian (as evidenced here and here ). This fasci...
torsdag 13. juni 2013

A Spanish Romance of Tristan

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The romance of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most enduring and widely disseminated romances of the Middle Ages, and it was known in nu...
tirsdag 11. juni 2013

The Mystery of the Maastricht Monkeys, part II - The Ship of Fools

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Laughter abounds in the mouth of the fool - Latin proverb (my translation) For fools a mirror shall it be Where each his counterfeit ...
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