torsdag 28. februar 2019

Judith beheading Holofernes - a medieval gallery

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The story of the widow Judith who is captured by the Babylonian general Holofernes is one of the biblical books now largely considered to ...
tirsdag 26. februar 2019

A poem by Lenrie Peters

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I am continuously seeking to expand my literary horizon and explore works from every part of the globe. Among the geographical areas with ...
fredag 22. februar 2019

Changing images of Saint George, c.1100-c.1340

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One of my several ongoing scholarly obsessions is to emphasise that in the medieval cult of saints, one saint could be depicted differentl...
søndag 17. februar 2019

An incipit for Septuagesima

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Today is the feast of Septuagesima, the seventieth day, which is the ninth Sunday before Easter. The reason for the name of this feast i...
onsdag 30. januar 2019

The hagiographic function of liturgy - the case of a motet for Saint Sebastian

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Our modern minds, so accustomed to neat categorisations and precise labels, are often struggling to understand the fluidity between mediev...
lørdag 26. januar 2019

A Pre-Raphaelite Notebook - poem by Geoffrey Hill

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This is one of the most haunting and evocative poems by Geoffrey Hill, and I read it during my awakening to the importance of art as well...
onsdag 16. januar 2019

Delight in transgression - notes from teaching the Middle Ages

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Last year around Easter I was invited to the school of my village to talk about the Middle Ages. I took the opportunity to introduce som...