Missing line of 1400-year old poem found! Columbanus’s ‘De mundi transitu’ once more complete!
A 9th-century scribe’s mistake can now finally be remedied. Continue reading
Heaven is a place without old age: Age and the afterlife in early medieval England
From the Viking mead drinking in Valhalla to the unending punishments of the Greek underworld, the afterlife has always been an imaginative place. In this blog post, I survey how the afterlife was conceptualised in early medieval England, in particular with reference to ‘old age’. Heaven is a place without old age The prime place … Continue reading
“Men þa leofestan!” Manuscript variations of an Old English formula
“Men þa leofestan!” This blog post deals with the ways in which a very common Old English phrase was differentiated by early medieval English scribes. Continue reading
When medieval chroniclers have nothing to report: The years 190-381 in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The manuscripts of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle show a fascinating variety, even in those annals for which there was little to nothing to report. Continue reading
From Bede (731) to BONE (1991-2004): A sparrow’s flight through the ages
This blog post looks at how Bede’s famous parable of the sparrow was reused in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Continue reading
Triangular texts in three manuscripts from early medieval England
Why did some Anglo-Saxon manuscripts have triangular texts? And where did they get this idea from? Continue reading
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Thijs Porck 
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