Harvard Launches Medieval Library with Beowulf!

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 [...]

The well-dressed Beowulf?

I found this great Celtic warrior outfit on Fotolia while looking at images of Celtic ruins. It’s very well constructed and would be perfect for skewering dragons, charging into battle and yelling “Gaaaahh!” Perhaps it will inspire you to new heights for October’s Halloween revelries and any future Celtic re-enactments you may attend.

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Oxford medieval podcasts

For instant access to wonderful lectures by Oxford professors check out the Oxford University English pages and get their Medieval Podcasts. You won’t be disappointed!

There is a handy list of all Oxford English Department podcasts and Dr. Stuart D. Lee’s Medieval Podcasts are also available from iTunes U as well as from the [...]