tirsdag 29. november 2022

Old Aker Church, part 2 - the worm

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  In a recent blogpost , I wrote about Old Aker Church and its structure, which is partly comprised of medieval remains and partly comprised...
søndag 20. november 2022

Saint Edmund the protector - an example from medieval Norway

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  Today, November 20, is the feast of Saint Edmund Martyr, who was killed by Danish raiders in 869/70. His cult became one of the largest cu...
lørdag 19. november 2022

Old Aker Church, part 1 - a medieval frame

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  Last week I visited Old Aker church for the first time. Old Aker church - in Eastern Norwegian and Bokmål "Gamle Aker kirke" - i...
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tirsdag 15. november 2022

A quiet anniversary in celebration of community

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Today, November 15, the feast of Saint Albert the Great, is the anniversary of one of the most important events in my life. On this date in ...
søndag 30. oktober 2022

New publication: Symbolic Crucifixion and Royal Sainthood: Two Examples from Benedictine Saints’ Lives (c. 985-c. 1120)

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  Today, I was notified of the publication of a collection of article to which I was fortunate enough to contribute with an article of my ow...
lørdag 29. oktober 2022

A brief appreciation for the pathetic in literature

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Today I finished reading a work I had been looking forward to for a few years already, namely the novel El anacronópete (1887) by Enrique G...
mandag 24. oktober 2022

Outdated materiality in the library

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libros cuyas páginas, finalmente, aprendí a cortar, para no comprobar, meses después, que estaban intactos    books whose pages I at last ...