#asnac

[zero-love]

Imagine being a badly behaved knight in King Arthur's court in the world of Middle English. Instead of "he should hang!", they shout "he sculde hongie!". I would not be able to stop laughing.

[finnlongman]

The ASNC department at Cambridge has made the texts of their public lectures (e.g. the HM Chadwick Lecture, the Quiggin Lecture, etc) available to download for free as PDFs. This is great news! I’ll definitely be linking to these when making recommendations in future.

People have asked me in the past about sovereignty goddesses... finally, I can link them straight to Gregory Toner’s paper, “Manifestations of Sovereignty in Medieval Ireland”. Which I should probably read. I was at the lecture itself, but that was a while ago, and my notes from it are not what you might call thorough. So that’s one I’m particularly keen to know is now available to share!

Papers are on assorted subjects medieval, not only the Irish stuff that interests me but English, Norse, Welsh, Scottish, etc.

[classics-cassandra]

My pronouns are she but not her, because I’ll never be her

[moveslikegatsby]

my old irish textbook: here are three paradigms of the o-stem declension

also my old irish textbook: shows me three wildly different nouns declined in no demonstrable pattern, none of which contain the letter "o"

[beowulfandrose]

While I'm still on hiatus from my degree for health reasons my love for what I study has recently been rekindled by @gailcarriger (seriously, go check out her Victorian steampunk novels) and binging on Jane Austen movies. I want to keep stoking that fire by finding some new blogs to follow! I post myself and am looking to follow others who post about any of the following topics below. Like, reblog, or comment with recommendations!

Medieval studies

Medieval related studyblr

Medieval anything really

Ancient British Isles

ASNAC or Anglo Saxon, Norse, and Celtic studies

Victorian and Edwardian history of daily life (clothing, farming, domestic life, etc)

Archaeology

Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

Latin langblr

Irish langblr

Equine Studies or Veterinary Sciences

History studyblr

[askacambridgestudent]

ASNAC vs English Lit vs Classics Course Comparison. All look fun...My A Levels are in English Literature, German and Maths. College match: Friendly vibe (not Queens), good for state schoolers but still traditional (gowns, not socially conservative), academic but not the most academic, notably pretty and historic, good food, beautiful library, medium sized in terms of year but large grounds.

Ooh, course comparisons are a lot more difficult than college comparisons because we don’t have detailed knowledge of each course! From what I know, ASNAC/Classics obviously have more focus on actual languages than English Lit, but apart from that, I’m not sure how pronounced the differences are. If you’re struggling to figure out which one you enjoy more, take a look at the King’s Reading Lists and try reading a couple books from each subject! 

College match: Robinson might work! It matches everything except for the pretty and historic bit - it’s got a lovely, friendly vibe and matches everything else you’re looking for. Alternatively, Clare - again, very friendly vibe, traditional, not super academic and beautiful, with really large grounds! A third option could be Emma - matches everything except for the academic bit - it’s quite academic, and among the more academically pressured colleges, so if you’re not keen on any kind of pressure, it may not be the best option! Alternatively, if you’re the kind of person who would like pressure/need it to motivate yourself, it could work like magic!

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

medieval Irish literature is great

[fianaigecht]

We began translating Tochmarc Becfhola in Old Irish today and came across this description*:

Two shoes of white bronze upon her; two gems of valuable stone out of them; a golden tunic with red embroidery around her; a crimson mantle on her; a golden brooch of full arrangement with speckling of multicoloured gems in the mantle above her breast; a torc of burnished gold around her neck; a diadem of gold upon her head; two dark grey horses under her chariot; two bridles of gold upon them; yokes with silver decorative animals on them.

Honestly, it almost makes blingy solo dresses sound tasteful. I was particularly amused by the ‘speckling of multicoloured gems’ -- the medieval precursor of Swarovski crystals and rhinestones, perhaps? And a gold tunic with red embroidery... I’m sure I’ve seen solo dresses like that...

*Please excuse my crappy translation, it’s not very idiomatic.