More specifically concerning: ancrene wisse
word to the wise
2 June 2025, around 13.10.
In the case of most books, once we have read a few lines and looked at a few of the diagrams, the entire message is perfectly obvious. The rest is added only to fill up the paper. —Descartes (Early Writings, trans. Cottingham et al., p. 2) woh of word oðer of werc —Ancrene Wisse (f.50b […]
glancing
15 June 2025, around 11.45.
Si causa peccandi in praesens minus suppetebat, nihilo minus insontis sicuti sontis circumvenire, iugulare: scilicet, ne per otium torpescerent manus aut animus, gratuito potius malus atque crudelis erat. —Sallust (Catliniae coniuratio, 16) Perhaps the most enjoyable portion of my morning books is reading in Sallust and the Ancrene Wisse. That is in part because I […]
thereof
24 June 2025, around 8.58.
Still keeping up with the morning books; only about a hundred pages to go in Ancrene Wisse, and Sallust is still the most enjoyable part of the morning (some frantic ladies praying nervously today), while Descartes is cute but becoming a bit dull (though a partially abridged version of anyone’s optics would probably be dull). […]
a trick of the light
26 June 2025, around 18.26.
…ant schaweð ham forð as schadewe—for na lickre ne beoð ha to þe wunne of heouene ne to þe wa of helle þen is schadewe to þet þing þet hit is of schadewe. Ȝe beoð ouer this worldes sea upo þe brugge of heouene. Lokið þet ȝe ne beon nawt þe hors eschif iliche þe […]