Gawain and Gough- April 29, 2006 In a 1990 seminar Derek Pearsall made a passing reference to the Gough Map, in a discussion of the journey Gawain makes across the realm of Logres, in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.The Gough Map is the oldest surviving road map of Great Britain, dating from around 1360. It's roughly oblong in shape, made of two pieces of vellem, and is half map and half sketch. Not much is known about its provenance; the map was given to the Bodleian library in 1809 by its owner, Richard Gough. The dating is..http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/news/2006/04/gawain-and-gough.html Gift Music Meme- April 13, 2006 This is the first meme I've created; I'd been thinking about it for a while, and with help and collusion from my friend MacAllister Stone, I think I've figured out how it might work. Won't you play tooThe purpose of this meme is to gift a friend with a single song you've chosen from the iTunes store, and to have the friend blog about the song, and, if they like tag one or more of their friends. You have to have Apple's free iTunes software for Mac or Windows to use the iTunes store. Pick one or.http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/news/2006/04/gift-music-meme.html |