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'The night is nigh as we may see, The light of the day is waxen less: Mane nobiscum, domine.' A 14th-century poem of devotion for the last Sunday in Eastertide aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-sum…

I’m completing my 20th academic year Concordia University, Nebraska Fortunate to be an historian. This is #Shrewsburyabbey

Relic of True Cross in Regensburg Cathedral (taken in 2017)

Study for Crucifixion by Fra Beato Angelico, circa 1425. Medium: ink and tempera on paper.

"They say of writing ‘it only takes three fingers to do it’; but the whole body and soul work at it." I feel ya Martin

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It's Whitsun, Pentecost, the summer festival when the Holy Spirit descends with fire. In this Anglo-Saxon image the flames touch the lips of each apostle, and even the sky has turned a fiery red. 'Tongues of fire they had, when with love they preached the glory of God' (Ælfric)

Thomas Aquinas and Medieval Canon Law, ed. Justin M. Anderson and Atria A. Larson (The Catholic University of America Press, June 2025) facebook.com/MedievalUpdate… cuapress.org/9780813239347/… #medievaltwitter #medievalstudies #medievalcanonlaw #medievaltheology

“The politician who thinks he can deal out abstract justice without reference to forces around him cannot govern.” David Lloyd George

If I remember correctly, this image comes from a late medieval Altarpiece from Spain (now it Victoria and Albert Museum in London). Look at that dragon!

The memory of what others have accomplished kindles in the breasts of noble men a flame that is not quenched until their own prowess has won similar glory and renown. Source: wp.cune.edu/matthewphillip…

Sallust why remembering great events is important.

Rare Mary Queen of Scots letters to be auctioned bbc.in/3TyLYXa

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