tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post1069846583489013929..comments2024-02-29T02:16:45.679-08:00Comments on Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche: Texting WomenJohn V. Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-69132308941397154642014-11-09T16:53:22.332-08:002014-11-09T16:53:22.332-08:00Why do the suitors never notice that the tapestry ...Why do the suitors never notice that the tapestry keeps vanishing? I suppose they are not keen observers -- too self-involved. <br /><br />If you have not yet done so, you should take the nearest opportunity to visit the Morgan Library and see the exhibition of their "Crusader Bible," a pure (initially) picture book of stories from the Hebrew Bible, painted for or around the court of Louis IX circa 1250. Relevant to your discussion of parole and painture, over the course of 500 years the miniatures acquired three layers of captions, not all correct, in three languages (and indeed three alphabets). I suppose you must know it. In any case, it has been disbound and is on view, and it is fantastic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-1619077317562369012014-11-03T04:12:34.006-08:002014-11-03T04:12:34.006-08:00Whither England, Professor?
http://www.dailymail....Whither England, Professor?<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2814642/Sculpture-real-family-unveiled-Birmingham-Turner-Prize-winning-artist-boasting-two-single-mothers-children-Kyan-Shaye.html Punditarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979719360227114238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-19002793015781695742014-10-30T06:24:11.690-07:002014-10-30T06:24:11.690-07:00Dear Jessica,
Thank you for writing. The "Fr...Dear Jessica,<br /><br />Thank you for writing. The "Francis" course was a real treat for me, and I remember you well. A woman in her thirties seems a mere child to me, and I can guarantee you that you have many happy decades of learning ahead of you. That a liberal education is a foundation for a life of self-fulfillment may be a hoary truth, but hoary truths are the best kind.John V. Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-7975812568800167662014-10-29T14:11:54.672-07:002014-10-29T14:11:54.672-07:00Hi Professor,
Thank you for these thoughts about...Hi Professor, <br /><br />Thank you for these thoughts about weaving. The wool trade between Britain and Flanders was very important - many of the ancestors of the Pilgrims were probably Flemings who had settled in England, and the roots of their Faith may very have been in the Flemish reformation. Punditarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979719360227114238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-59320385144775917962014-10-29T06:34:59.441-07:002014-10-29T06:34:59.441-07:00I just wanted to emerge from the shadows to say ho...I just wanted to emerge from the shadows to say how much I enjoy your blog, Professor! I took your freshman seminar on St. Francis of Assisi and also some sort of Western Civ. course (can't remember the name of it now). Thanks for continuing to teach me, well into my 30s! -- Jessica Manley Rojakovick '03Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13412297105776906040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-6010586865368186132014-10-29T05:17:50.519-07:002014-10-29T05:17:50.519-07:00You've certainly embroidered a pretty play on ...You've certainly embroidered a pretty play on words!P.B. Lecronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07804083711874529527noreply@blogger.com