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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise are two series of passionate and intellectual correspondences apparently written in Latin during the 12th century. The purported authors, Peter Abelard, a prominent theologian, and his pupil, Heloise, a gifted young woman later renowned as an abbess, exchanged these letters following their ill-fated love affair and subsequent monastic lives.
The Luxeuil type uses distinctive long, slim capital letters as a display script. These capitals have wedge-shaped finials, and the crossbar of a resembles a small letter v while that of h is a wavy line. The letter o is often written as a diamond shape, with a smaller o written inside.
Thomas Betson (d. 1486) was an English wool trader, a member of the Merchants of the Staple.His preserved correspondence with other merchants and suppliers in the 1470s and 1480s provides insight into the trade inside England and between England and continental Europe, mainly France and Flanders. [1]
Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations is a book series founded at the University of Dallas and currently co-sponsored by the University of Dallas and Maynooth University in Ireland. The series is published by Peeters, [ 1 ] a publishing house based in Leuven , Belgium .
The Yellow Book of Lecan (Leabhar Buidhe Leacáin) is a late medieval Irish manuscript containing much of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, [451] Dán Dé, the poems of Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh and the religious poems in the Duanaire of the Yellow book of Lecan (1922). [452] Translated by Lambert Andrews Joseph McKenna (1870–1956). [453]
The ribbon had a romantic phrase written in Latin: AMOR VINCIT OMNIA, which translates to “love conquers all.” Archaeologists identified the artifact as a love token from medieval times.
Medieval writing scripts — writing systems used in Medieval manuscripts and other written documents & communications. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
The 300-letter collection detailed the love between soldier Gilbert Bradley and his lover -- who signed the letters with the initial "G". Decades later it was discovered that his pen pal's name ...