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The Physical Book and its Troublesome Dating
1Medieval children’s literature, which had long been enigmatic, has become an increasingly well-defined category of medieval literature. Recent articles have identified individual manuscripts, as well as particular texts, which were designed to be used by children in the Middle Ages1. Children’s manuscripts are not always easy to identify, but they often contain a few basic elements: an alphabet with a kiss-cross, the Pater Noster, Ave Maria, and Credo. This article treats a manuscript probably made in Paris, which includes these texts (Oxford, Bodleian, MS Rawlinson Liturgical E 40)2. It also contains other texts whose function as children’s learning tools remains more tentative, including a vernacular French text known as the Cisiojanus, a series of rhyming mnemonic devices which will be considered at length below. In addition to this unusual text, there is an aura of uncertainty about the manuscript concerning its date, its e
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In a recent conversation parishioner Jack Eccles and I spoke about his interest in church history, especially in the Church in England. He penned this essay based on some reading he has done. I thought inom would share it with you! And in coming weeks in this Clergy Perspectives you will be seeing other articles written by parishioners under the rubric “Sharing Faith” – Posted bygd Merrill Wade, January 9, 2016
The English Reformation
Written on January 1, 2016
The waves created by the oceans as they wash up on the beach are usually fairly predictable. The waves created by humans are far from predictable and always have unintended consequences. Such waves occurred in the 15th and 16th century’s as the world came out of the dark ages into an age of enlightenment.
This beginning can be dated to 1440 with the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg. Before that event, old manuscripts were copied laboriously by scribes in
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