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Harvard Launches Medieval Library with Beowulf!

Araby — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:21:54 +0000

Harvard University officially inaugurated the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library on March 3, 2011, with the Beowulf manuscript, a volume containing two manuscripts of secular Latin poetry, and St. Jerome’s Latin translation of the Pentateuch paired with the 17th century Douay-Reims translation.

The Medieval Library is meant to fill the gap between the Loeb Classical Library [...]

A very funny parody of Beowulf

Araby — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:02:29 +0000

The Illustrated Beowulf by Jake has been restored to this site. The parody provides a student’s perspective on the poem and the project assignment from hell. The result is way too funny to leave out, even though half the students who view it will be too young to remember the "stars" of the retold story. [...]

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Araby — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:00:47 +0000

Greene Hamlet is the home of Resources for the Study of Beowulf, the Old English poem.

Only one copy of the Beowulf manuscript has survived to intrigue and inspire students of literature, historians, writers, artists, and film-makers. There is a lot more than battles and heroic deeds in Beowulf. The interested reader will want to [...]

Beowulf for Halloween?

Araby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:36:13 +0000

With a little imagination and some furry accessories, you can put together a Beowulf costume for Halloween. There are quite a few websites with information and ideas about Early Medieval Costumes, Viking Resources for the Re-enactor, Ravensgard Clothing, Costuming and Textiles, and Some Clothing of the Middle Ages. For more, check out Google’s directory of Medieval [...]