Contact Us
|
The chairs of GMB can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
We look forward to hearing from you. |
|
|
Upcoming
Wednesday, 08 Sep 2010
06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Welcome Back! Pub Night
Wednesday, 15 Sep 2010
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Medieval Studies Colloquium
Friday, 08 Oct 2010
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
ASSC Seminar: "Mapping the Human Spirit in the Early Middle Ages"
Wednesday, 13 Oct 2010
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Medieval Studies Colloquium
Wednesday, 17 Nov 2010
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Medieval Studies Colloquium
GMB News
| CFP: Reading the Middle Ages |
GMB invites submissions of abstracts for twenty-minute papers to be presented at the UC Berkeley, national graduate student conference, "Reading the Middle Ages" (25-27 March 2011). Abstracts due 12 November 2010. Please also save the date for Rita Copeland's Keynote Address on Saturday, 26 March 2011. |
| Read more... |
| Welcome Back |
| We hope you have all had wonderful summers. We have a lot of exciting things planned for this year, but first we shall start it off right - over some celebratory drinks at Raleigh's on Telegraph (previously Manny's Tap Room; previously Raleigh's) Wednesday, September 8th at 6:30. So, come join us to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. |
| Read more... |
Login
A dose of medieval . . .
‘Talis,’ inquiens, ‘mihi uidetur, rex, uita hominum praesens in terris, ad conparationem eius, quod nobis incertum est, temporis, quale cum te residente ad caenam cum ducibus ac ministris tuis tempore brumali, accenso quidem foco in medio, et calido effecto caenaculo, furentibus autem foris per omnia turbinibus hiemalium pluuiarum uel niuium, adueniens unus passeium domum citissime peruolauerit; qui cum per unum ostium ingrediens, mox per aliud exierit. Ipso quidem tempore, quo intus est, hiemis tempestate non tangitur, sed tamen paruissimo spatio serenitatis ad momentum excurso, mox de hieme in hiemem regrediens, tuis oculis elabitur. Ita haec uita hominum ad modicum apparet; quid autem sequatur, quidue praecesserit, prorsus ignoramus. Unde si haec noua doctrina certius aliquid attulit, merito esse sequenda uidetur.’ One of King Edwin's advisers describes a sparrow flying through the hall Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum, II.13
If you would like to suggest a medieval blurb to include here, send us a message! |
GMB is sponsored by the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities
The pen flourishes seen throughout the GMB website have been taken from UCB MS 102. More information about this manuscript is available at the Digital Scriptorium.
The other images are from various manuscripts in the UCB Bancroft and Music Library collections: UCB MSS 105 and 127 box 3-02 & UCB, Music Library, MSS 1108 and 1119.
