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Freising Gospels. BAV - Vatican Library. Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection: LJS 47 - Boethius, d. 524 - [De institutione musica] Latin Phrases: searchable database of popular Latin sayings and quotes. This searchable database of Latin phrases is based on a comprehensive list of Latin quotes and phrases.

Latin Phrases: searchable database of popular Latin sayings and quotes

You can search by entering Latin or English words. Use partial words to match additional grammatical forms. NOTES: The code is geared towards showing more rather than fewer results, with the understanding that many people are just trying to find a Latin phrase to suit their needs. Make sure to select the correct language for your search. Rune Converter: English Letters to Germanic Runes Converter. The Rune Converter transforms Roman alphabet, as used in modern English, into five systems of Germanic runic writing: Elder Futhark, Anglo-Saxon runes, Long Branch Younger Futhark, Short Twig Younger Futhark and staveless or Hålsinge runes.

Rune Converter: English Letters to Germanic Runes Converter

Note that it does not translate the words themselves into Old Norse or any other language, it only converts letters into runes. Also note that the present converter works with modern English only. Letters with Old Norse (or any other) diacritics will not be converted into runes. Limousin Medieval. Pictures of life and character from the collect... The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Chant Manuscripts at Columbia University · Chant Manuscripts. OPenn. MEDIEVAL PRAYERS. There were many prayers that everybody knew during the middle-ages, the Pater-noster (our father), Ave maria (hail mary) and Credo (creed) being the ones still used frequently by catholics today.

MEDIEVAL PRAYERS

Pater noster qui es en caelis sanctificetur nomen tuum adveniat regnum tuum fiat voluntas tua sicut in caelo et in terra panem nostrun quotidianem da nobis hodie et dimmitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimmitimus debitoribus nostris et ne nos inducas in tentationem sed libera nos a malo. Amen. Oure fadir who art in hevenes halewid be thy name thy kyngdom come thy wille be don in erthe and as it is in hevene oure ech daies breed gyve us todai and forgyve us oure debtis as and we be forgivyn to oor debtoris and lede us not ynto temptacioun but delyvre us fram yvel.

So be yt. Jesus instructed his followers to use this as a general prayer, see Matthew chapter 6 verses 9 -13. Book of Kells. Title: Book of Kells Name(s): Department: Item No.

Book of Kells

Bomb Sight - Mapping the World War 2 London Blitz Bomb Census. With Bomb Sight you can discover what it was like in London, during WW2 Luftwaffe Blitz bombing raids, exploring maps, images and memories.

Bomb Sight - Mapping the World War 2 London Blitz Bomb Census

The Bomb Sight web map and mobile app reveals WW2 bomb census maps between 7/10/1940 and 06/06/1941, previously available only by viewing them in the Reading Room of The National Archives. How to use the Map Use the search box to find a street or postcode of interest You can move around the map by clicking on the pan controls Use the zoom controls to change the detail on the map: Click the plus (+) to see more detail and click the minus (-) to see less map detail Use the layer button in the top left to explore the different types of map information that is available Click on individual bomb icons to find out more information Click on the to have a look at the map legend (this button is not available when viewing the website on a small screen)

Psalterium Latinum / ... The History of Visual Communication - The Art of the Book. Download slideshow >>> The Art of the Book Medieval Europe.

The History of Visual Communication - The Art of the Book

The Morgan Library & Museum Online Exhibitions. Old Testament Miniatures with Latin, Persian, and Judeo-Persian inscriptions France, Paris, 1240s.

The Morgan Library & Museum Online Exhibitions

Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge - Contents. Written and edited by Maggie Secara 11th Edition Spring 2011 Newly expanded incorporating all previous editions & appendices. Andreas Capellanus. The Medieval Review. Augustan Society - Home. The Skelton Project Home. The Medieval Bestiary.

A Medieval Mirror "d0e4325" Manuscript Miniatures: Database & Image Collection. Digitized Medieval Manuscripts Maps - Standard. The “standard” Digitized Medieval Manuscripts Map is the simplest of the maps we have designed: It’s an easy to navigate map and it is constantly updated.

Digitized Medieval Manuscripts Maps - Standard

It is based on our crowd-sourced data, to which you can contribute too! How is the Standard Map Made? This map uses Google Maps JavaScript API v3 in combination with Google Fusion Tables and the Sexy Codicology Data. This solution helps us update the map quickly, once we get a new link to a library that contains digitized medieval manuscripts. Medieval manuscripts blog. As the British Library's major exhibition Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy draws to a close — it's been an amazing 5 months — we'd like to take this opportunity to showcase some of the key British Museum loans in the display.

Medieval manuscripts blog

The Library and the Museum have a long, shared history and a very close working relationship; and so we were absolutely delighted when the British Museum so kindly agreed to lend us some amazing objects for our exhibition. We're very grateful to our counterparts in the Departments of Coins and Medals, Prehistory and Europe and Prints and Drawing for making this possible. O cotidiano medieval em Imagens. Medievalist, Book Historian, Broadcaster. Lost in the Fifteenth Century. On 26 October 2013 I had the honour of presenting a paper at BBC Radio 3′s Free Thinking Festival.

Medievalist, Book Historian, Broadcaster. Lost in the Fifteenth Century.

The theme of the festival was ‘Who’s in Control?’. Below is a transcript of the paper that I gave. It can be listened to, or downloaded as podcast, here. The TV series Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Belgica.kbr.be Virtuele bibliotheek van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België- Biblothèque virtuelle de la Biblitohèque royale de Belgique. Historia Guelphica illuminated.

King René's Tournament Book Home Page. A Modern English Translation By Elizabeth Bennett This web site presents a modern English translation of a medieval French book on how to hold a tournament. The text, known as the traictié de la forme et devis d'ung tournoy, was written circa 1460 by René of Anjou, King of Jerusalem and Sicily. Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. Full Texts of the Chester Mystery Plays. Internet History Sourcebooks. Update Information 2006: In 2006 the Internet Medieval Sourcebooks and associated sourcebooks are undergoing a major overhaul to remove bad links and add more documents. 1. This project is both very large and fairly old in Internet terms. At the time it was instigated (1996), it was not clear that web sites [and the documents made available there] would often turn out to be transient. As a result there is a process called "link rot" - which means that a "broken link" is a result of someone having taken down a web page.

In some cases some websites have simply reorganized sub-directories without creating forwarding links. 2. 3. The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is organized as three main index pages, with a number of supplementary documents. INTRODUCTION: MEDIEVAL SOURCES ON THE INTERNET Historians teaching medieval history surveys almost always want to combine a textbook, a sourcebook, and additional readings. DOCUMENT SIZE: The size of documents for teaching purposes is an issue. The English Emblem Book Project. Word and Image In recent years, scholars in many disciplines have recognized that the literally thousands of engravings, wood blocks, and etchings in emblem books constitute an unparalleled source not only for the study of daily life of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries but also for extraordinary insights into what the intellectuals of the times viewed as a necessary adjunct to heraldry, social life, politics, philosophy, and moral behavior.

The English emblem books scanned for this project are cultural artifacts frequently used in the analysis of reading practices, printing history, Elizabethan popular culture, the use of allegory, and the relationship of word to image. Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders: A Writer’s (& Editor’s) Guide to Keeping Historical Fiction Free of Common Anachronisms, Errors, & Myths [Second Edition] - A book by Susanne Alleyn - page 25. (click on the note number to return to your place in the text.)

The medieval Dance of Death, Dødedantz (1634), Part 2. Dødedantz starts with a table of contents - the order of appearance, however, isn't quite right. Click the small picture to see the original page.