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Topic: The song of Caedmon Posted: 11-Aug-2011 at 19:11 |
Caedmon was a shepherd employed by the Benedictine monks of Whitby Abbey during the Dark Ages. He was a contemporary of Abbess Hilda, niece of King Edwin. Initially a shy, illiterate man, Caedmon had a dream which he translated into a magnificent poem glorifying God. This was the start of his long and distinguished career as a poet although few of his works survive
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Posted: 11-Aug-2011 at 20:56 |
Quite the character. Bede remains the primary source.
Which one can rely on or reject as no other contemporary source to his life exists iirc. I have not reviewed the Historia ecclesiastica in many a year. Consequently, inference, innuendo and oral tradition that became written; is either acceptable or not.
I generally stand with Bede.
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Posted: 12-Aug-2011 at 20:04 |
In my second year at primary school we did a play about Caedmon. I played his pet cow
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Posted: 12-Aug-2011 at 20:22 |
Mine was The Merchant of Venice; an odd choice given the location: North Texas. But the drama-poetry-creative writing teacher was a lovely and kind lady from Virginia.
I became Antonio, when I wanted Bassanio. As at the tender age of 14, I was in love with the girl who played Portia.
She became a woman's physical fitness educator and coach (somehow she went from a perceived svelte 100 pounds of blonde, blue eyed beauty, to around 165; solid muscle and a female shot putter-still cute).
I became a soldier. The rest.... remains now but memories.
CV
Edited by Centrix Vigilis - 12-Aug-2011 at 20:23
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Posted: 19-Sep-2011 at 19:27 |
Now [we] must honour
the guardian of heaven,
the might of the architect,
and his purpose,
the work of the father of glory
— as he, the eternal lord,
established
the beginning of wonders.
He, the holy creator,
first created heaven as a roof
for the children of men.
Then the guardian of mankind
the eternal lord,
the Lord almighty
afterwards appointed
the middle earth,
the lands, for men.
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Posted: 03-Jan-2012 at 21:15 |
Here are the ruins of Whitby Abbey, founded in the seventh century by Abbess Hilda
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What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.
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