HWÆT, you are invited freondlice to:
The 56th Annual
BEOWULF MARATHON
UC BERKELEY
FRIDAY, 30 APRIL 3PM
330 WHEELER HALL (English Department Lounge)
Sponsored by: Graduate Medievalists at Berkeley
Come join the thriving community of UC Berkeley medievalists as we gather
together and read BEOWULF as it was meant to be read: aloud, straight
through, and . . . with beer.
Attendees can choose to participate in reading the Old English, or just
sitting and listening (all skill levels welcome!). Refreshments will be provided
(not just beer); all are welcome to attend for part or for the entirety of the event (it
usually lasts 3 1/2 hours). If you own a copy of the text, please bring it.
Otherwise, additional ones should be available for sharing.
Please spread the word to anyone interested.
Hope to see you there!
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Wednesday, 08 Sep 2010
06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
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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
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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. |
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| 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. |
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A dose of medieval . . .
Pisces dicti unde et pecus, a pascendo scilicet. Reptilia ideo dicuntur haec quae natant, eo quod reptandi habeant speciem et naturam; quamvis se in profundum inmergant, tamen in natando repunt. Isidore of Seville, Etymologies, De piscibus, XII.vi
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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.
