The medieval manuscript Romance of the Rose contains the most popular romance poem of the fourteenth century. It was originally written by Guillaume de Lorris, who died before its completion, and the manuscript was later finished by Jean de Meun around the year 1280 (Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, NLW MS 5016D). In addition to…
Materiality Analysis of The Battles of Alexander the Great
The Peniarth 481D is a medieval manuscript archived at the National Library of Wales. It is among the most elaborately decorated manuscripts in the library, and it survived in its original binding (“The Battles of Alexander the Great.”). It is rare for a manuscript to retain its original binding due to decay, insects and owners…
A twelfth-century Norwegian church
Mariakirken, the oldest building in Bergen, Norway (it’s been restored and added to but was first completed in the 1180s) and one of the best-preserved medieval churches in Scandinavia.
A Breton lay
Matthieu Boyd does an encore of his Breton lay performance #medievaltwitter #MakingEME #keynote3 pic.twitter.com/7yDU8EX0Lp — Jenny C. Bledsoe (@jbleds) September 24, 2016
Welcome!
Welcome to the ScholarBlog site for English 211W, Literature and the Arts: Medieval to Modern. Here, each student will post two assignments: (1) an analysis of the materiality of a medieval manuscript and (2) an exhibit of Pre-Raphaelite art arranged around a medieval theme and introduced by a short video.