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Nathan Gibson deposited Inquiring of ‘Beelzebub’: Timothy and al-Jāḥiẓ on Christians in the ʿAbbāsid Legal System in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 7 years agoThis study juxtaposes the concerns of Catholicos Timothy I (r. 780–823), leader of the Church of the East, with those of al-Jāḥiẓ (about 776–868/9), a popular Muslim writer, regarding the dangers for each community when Christians appear as plaintiffs or defendants in Islamic courts. Timothy’s Canons attempt to obviate some of the reasons…[Read more]
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Thijs Porck deposited The Leiden University Old English ColloQuest in the group
Anglo-Saxon / Old English on Humanities Commons 7 years, 1 month agoThe Leiden University Old English ColloQuest is a digital, dynamic edition that adapts to each individual learner to offer an appropriate level of challenge. In particular, the type and frequency of the glosses are determined by diagnostic questions, which allows for effective adaptation to the learning needs of an individual user. As such, each…[Read more]
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Can we access it online? I’d like to use it with my students from Argentina?
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Unfortunately, the online version has some issues – when they are resolved, I will report back!
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Ricky Broome deposited Saxon Identities, AD 150-900. By Robert Flierman. Bloomsbury. 2017. xiv + 274pp. £91.80. in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 7 years, 1 month agoThis is the uncorrected proofs version of my review of Robert Flierman’s Saxon Identities for History journal. Some wording may differ from the final published version. Please refer to the journal website.
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Al-Mansur and the Critical Ambassador in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoThe Arabic narrative sources record a host of tales related to the founding of Baghdad and to its founder, the caliph al-Manṣūr. In one account, reported in several versions by al-Ṭabarī and al-Ḫaṭīb al-Bagdādī, a Byzantine ambassador arrives at al-Manṣūr’s court and criticizes the caliph’s new capital. The present paper suggests that the tale m…[Read more]
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Jesse Arlen deposited “‘Let us Mourn Continuously:’ John Chrysostom and the Early Christian Transformation of Mourning,” in Studia Patristica Vol LXXXIII, Papers presented at the Seventeenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2015, Vol 9: Emotions, eds. M. Vinzent and Y. Papadogiannakis (Leuven: Peeters, 2017): 289–312. in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoAn examination of Mourning and Tears in the works of John Chrysostom, with comparison to his classical and hellenistic predecessors (Aristotle, Seneca, Plutarch).
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Jesse Arlen deposited “‘Let us Mourn Continuously:’ John Chrysostom and the Early Christian Transformation of Mourning,” in Studia Patristica Vol LXXXIII, Papers presented at the Seventeenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2015, Vol 9: Emotions, eds. M. Vinzent and Y. Papadogiannakis (Leuven: Peeters, 2017): 289–312. in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoAn examination of Mourning and Tears in the works of John Chrysostom, with comparison to his classical and hellenistic predecessors (Aristotle, Seneca, Plutarch).
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Jesse Arlen deposited Armenian Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoAn article on the Armenian manuscripts at the Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana).
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Jesse Arlen deposited Gišeroy kc‘urdk‘ (Hymns of the Night): Seven Madrāše of Ephrem the Syrian Preserved in Armenian in the group
Late Antiquity on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoA translation and study of seven hymns (madrashe) on vigil of Ephrem the Syrian preserved in Classical Armenian.
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Jesse Arlen deposited Gišeroy kc‘urdk‘ (Hymns of the Night): Seven Madrāše of Ephrem the Syrian Preserved in Armenian in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoA translation and study of seven hymns (madrashe) on vigil of Ephrem the Syrian preserved in Classical Armenian.
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Thijs Porck deposited Vergrijzing in een Oudengels heldendicht. De rol van oude koningen in de Beowulf in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoIn this article, I suggest Beowulf should be read as a mirror of princes for elderly kings.
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Thijs Porck deposited Vergrijzing in een Oudengels heldendicht. De rol van oude koningen in de Beowulf in the group
Anglo-Saxon / Old English on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoIn this article, I suggest Beowulf should be read as a mirror of princes for elderly kings.
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Thijs Porck deposited Eald enta geweorc: De Romeinen in vroegmiddeleeuws Engeland (ca. 450-1100) in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoA short article about the Nachleben of the Romans and classical antiquity in Anglo-Saxon England.
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Thijs Porck deposited Eald enta geweorc: De Romeinen in vroegmiddeleeuws Engeland (ca. 450-1100) in the group
Anglo-Saxon / Old English on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoA short article about the Nachleben of the Romans and classical antiquity in Anglo-Saxon England.
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Thijs Porck deposited How Cnut became Canute (and how Harthacnut became Airdeconut) in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoThis article discusses the development of the spelling for the name of Cnut the Great, Viking king of England from 1016 to 1035, from to . The origin of this disyllabic spelling is uncertain and has been attributed to taboo deflection, the simplification of the consonant cluster /kn/ in English and even a pope’s inability to pronounce the name C…[Read more]
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Thijs Porck deposited How Cnut became Canute (and how Harthacnut became Airdeconut) in the group
Anglo-Saxon / Old English on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoThis article discusses the development of the spelling for the name of Cnut the Great, Viking king of England from 1016 to 1035, from to . The origin of this disyllabic spelling is uncertain and has been attributed to taboo deflection, the simplification of the consonant cluster /kn/ in English and even a pope’s inability to pronounce the name C…[Read more]
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Thijs Porck deposited Treasures in a Sooty Bag? A Note on Durham Proverb 7 in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoThis note calls attention to a precursor of the Latin text of Durham Proverb 7 in the ninth-century Collectanea Pseudo-Bedae and, in doing so, sheds some light on the unresolved relationship between the Old English and Latin versions of the Durham Proverbs in general and Durham Proverb 7 in particular.
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Thijs Porck deposited Treasures in a Sooty Bag? A Note on Durham Proverb 7 in the group
Anglo-Saxon / Old English on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoThis note calls attention to a precursor of the Latin text of Durham Proverb 7 in the ninth-century Collectanea Pseudo-Bedae and, in doing so, sheds some light on the unresolved relationship between the Old English and Latin versions of the Durham Proverbs in general and Durham Proverb 7 in particular.
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Thijs Porck deposited Two Notes on an Old English Confessional Prayer in Vespasian D. XX in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoThis note established that an Old English confessional prayer in BL Vespasian D.xx is a close analogue to the Latin text in the Book of Cerne (Cambridge University Library MS L1.1.10). These two text and two other Old English prayers in BL MS Tiberius C.i and the Old English Handbook for the Use of a Confessor may have sprung from a common, Latin…[Read more]
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Thijs Porck deposited Two Notes on an Old English Confessional Prayer in Vespasian D. XX in the group
Anglo-Saxon / Old English on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoThis note established that an Old English confessional prayer in BL Vespasian D.xx is a close analogue to the Latin text in the Book of Cerne (Cambridge University Library MS L1.1.10). These two text and two other Old English prayers in BL MS Tiberius C.i and the Old English Handbook for the Use of a Confessor may have sprung from a common, Latin…[Read more]
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Thijs Porck deposited The Bones in the Soup: The Anglo-Saxon Flavour of Tolkien’s The Hobbit in the group
Anglo-Saxon / Old English on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoIn this chapter, I discuss the use of Anglo-Saxon literature and culture in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
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