December 2011
Dustsceawung: The Durham Proverbs →
gunhilde:
The Durham Proverbs are a collection of forty-six proverbs and maxims collected from various sources and recorded during the eleventh century. Thematically and grammatically, they have much in common with both riddles and gnomic verse. Each proverb is written in Latin, followed by a version in Old…
hold the heathen hammer high: Magical Mystery... →
fuckyeahvalhalla:
Buried in the English countryside. Anglo-Saxon in origin. Who hid it and why?
By Caroline Alexander. Art by Daniel Dociu
One day, or perhaps one night, in the late seventh century an unknown party traveled along an old Roman road that cut across an uninhabited heath fringed by forest…
