A symposium on Ephrem Graecus next week at Marquette university in Milwaukee
Regular readers will remember “Ephrem Graecus” – the mass of works in Greek which are attributed to Ephraim the Syrian, but which are in fact mostly original compositions. Little work has been done on...
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Regular readers will have noticed the lack of blogging. For more than seven weeks I have been unable to work. The symptoms are general weakness and a constant headache, possibly sinus-related. This...
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The earliest mention of Halloween? John Mirk’s “Festivall” or “Festial” or...
This evening I happened to come across Lisa Morton, The Halloween Encyclopedia (2011). I can see some errors in it, but on the whole it is an admirable effort. On p.148, under “Parties”, we find this...
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I’m still unwell, after an unbelievable 9 weeks of sitting around at home with a headache. But finally I seem to be improving. None of the pills and potions prescribed by my GP has had any effect,...
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