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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.
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.
Lombardic capitals in a manuscript (the Ambraser Heldenbuch, fol. 75v, c. 1516) Lombardic capitals is the name given to a type of decorative uppercase letter used in inscriptions and, typically, at the start of a section of text in medieval manuscripts. [1] They are characterized by their rounded forms with thick, curved stems.
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 .
Medieval manuscript page of a Hadewijch poem [1] Hadewijch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦaːdəʋɪx]), sometimes referred to as Hadewych or Hadewig (of Brabant or of Antwerp), [a] was a 13th-century poet and mystic, probably living in the Duchy of Brabant. Most of her extant writings are in a Brabantian form of Middle Dutch. Her writings include ...
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.
Archaeologists identified the artifact as a love token from medieval times. The centuries-old token had two handles on the back, the museum said. Although now gone, the fragments indicate the dove ...
A medieval Irish poem related to the Kingdom of the Isles, copied from an Irish manuscript written c. 1600. Collated with a copy contained in the Book of Fermoy translated c. 1457. Transcribed by William Maunsell Hennessy (1829–1889). [36] In Celtic Scotland: a history of ancient Alban (1880), [37] III, Appendix II, pp. 410–427.