tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post4198990627524230741..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Learning Mode: ON!Bardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-43868720679319625382011-08-31T06:41:42.936-07:002011-08-31T06:41:42.936-07:00Yeah, the 17th century is where it gets easier for...Yeah, the 17th century is where it gets easier for me, too. 14th and 15th century book hands are relatively easy for me, but Oy! that 15th and 16th century Secretary, etc. Makes my head spin!<br /><br />Re: the "lost" MSS -- they might have had an impact in their own time, at least (or maybe not). But the thing I always say about them to students is three-fold: 1) don't assume that something that comes before was necessarily an influence on what comes later, 2) this shows one of the ways that we know more about the Middle Ages now than earlier centuries did (some of those "lost" manuscripts weren't discovered until the *20th* century!) and our knowledge continues to grow -- there's more to discover!, and 3)this demonstrates the bunkum in the idea that's what's "best" to read and study" is what has "stood the test of time" -- lots of worthy stuff didn't have a chance to pass that test!Dr. Viragohttp://quodshe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-84094404380071613782011-08-30T21:16:39.670-07:002011-08-30T21:16:39.670-07:00You're right, Edward's hand is really easy...You're right, Edward's hand is really easy for a mid-Tudor hand! (As a 17th C person, I find the earlier hands are often tricky.)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-9664269942261857732011-08-30T07:13:42.666-07:002011-08-30T07:13:42.666-07:00Well, let's see. Among the Cotton Vespasian l...Well, let's see. Among the Cotton Vespasian literary texts are the South English Legendary, a Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Siege of Jerusalem, quite a lot of Anglo-Saxon stuff that isn't really my province these days, the N-Town mystery cycle, and "Why I can't be a nun" (http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/nonunfrm.htm)<br /><br />Anything sound familiar?Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.com