Medieval History
- Medieval Jewish Cemetery Discovered In Oxford, England
According to a BBC report , a Jewish cemetery from the Medieval Period has been unearthed under the Rose Garden, near the Oxford Botanic Garden by historian Pam Manix, who made the discovery while researching the archives of Magdalen College in Oxford....
- Anglo-saxons And Hand-saex
As an invitation to explore the wonders of Old English, hand-saex is certainly arresting. The Dictionary of Old English, based at the University of Toronto (doe.utoronto.ca), offered hand-saex as last week?s ?word of the week.? Reader Susannah Cameron...
- Roman Skeleton Found In Gloucestershire
A skeleton, possibly dating from Roman times, has been unearthed by archaeologists from the University of Bristol during a dig in the garden of vaccination pioneer Dr Edward Jenner in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. The archaeologists, led by Professor Mark...
- Medieval Gardens
Flemish illustration for the Roman de la Rose, c. 1485. The lover is about to enter through a door unlocked by Idleness. As in the basic description by Albertus Magnus two hundred years earlier, one part of this garden has turf with a fountain...
- Obscure Latin Word Of The Week
This week's word: vagio, -ire to whimper as a child. How to use this word in daily life: 1. After a test - "Man, that test made me vagio - I should have studied more." 2. At the end of Moulin Rouge - "I can't finish that movie without vagio-ing....
Medieval History
Obscure Latin Word of the Week
This week's word: palmifer - fera, -ferum
abounding in palm trees.
How to use this word in daily life:
1. As a compliment - "My what a palmifer garden you have! I've never seen so many palms in one place."
2. As a pick-up line - "Baby, if your love is a palm tree and my heart is a garden, then I would have one palmifer garden."
3. In a noir detective novel - "And then she walked in. That dame had more trouble in her than palms in an oasis: a palmifer oasis..."
abounding in palm trees.
How to use this word in daily life:
1. As a compliment - "My what a palmifer garden you have! I've never seen so many palms in one place."
2. As a pick-up line - "Baby, if your love is a palm tree and my heart is a garden, then I would have one palmifer garden."
3. In a noir detective novel - "And then she walked in. That dame had more trouble in her than palms in an oasis: a palmifer oasis..."
- Medieval Jewish Cemetery Discovered In Oxford, England
According to a BBC report , a Jewish cemetery from the Medieval Period has been unearthed under the Rose Garden, near the Oxford Botanic Garden by historian Pam Manix, who made the discovery while researching the archives of Magdalen College in Oxford....
- Anglo-saxons And Hand-saex
As an invitation to explore the wonders of Old English, hand-saex is certainly arresting. The Dictionary of Old English, based at the University of Toronto (doe.utoronto.ca), offered hand-saex as last week?s ?word of the week.? Reader Susannah Cameron...
- Roman Skeleton Found In Gloucestershire
A skeleton, possibly dating from Roman times, has been unearthed by archaeologists from the University of Bristol during a dig in the garden of vaccination pioneer Dr Edward Jenner in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. The archaeologists, led by Professor Mark...
- Medieval Gardens
Flemish illustration for the Roman de la Rose, c. 1485. The lover is about to enter through a door unlocked by Idleness. As in the basic description by Albertus Magnus two hundred years earlier, one part of this garden has turf with a fountain...
- Obscure Latin Word Of The Week
This week's word: vagio, -ire to whimper as a child. How to use this word in daily life: 1. After a test - "Man, that test made me vagio - I should have studied more." 2. At the end of Moulin Rouge - "I can't finish that movie without vagio-ing....