Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè We are at our work stations in the inks instructed to slow-walk the copying of John’s Gospel because there is no next assignment waiting. We will use more art and smaller letters to take up our time. But I fear art is so definitive and this Gospel of John,Continue reading “Post #24.1, Wednesday, September 1, 2021”
Category Archives: Early Medieval
Post #23.13, Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè Leave wide margins in John he says, so the artists will have plenty of space. And what will artists do with all that plenty? Will they simply make everything of God as three somethings? My sister Mary, a beloved first follower of Jesus never imagined the Gospel wouldContinue reading “Post #23.13, Tuesday, August 31, 2021”
Post #23.12, Thursday, August 26, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè On this day I’m assigned a bench near the front of the scriptorium. So the work I do must be of fine quality as fewer monks are ahead of me to check my work. It’s a sign my accuracy is trusted. I’m also supplied with a monk’s robe andContinue reading “Post #23.12, Thursday, August 26, 2021”
Post #23.11, Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè Our guest, the wine merchant, leaves after breakfast. Odd it may be that this other guest of Ligugè, who I am, waiting for my assignment makes such a warm farewell of his leaving. I’m glad my family is so near that he may come here from time to timeContinue reading “Post #23.11, Wednesday, August 25, 2021”
Post #23.10, Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè We don’t have vineyards here at Ligugè now. There is an ancient and unattended sprawling of vines dangling in the wilderness trees among the cells of the monks, but here we purchase our wine. The wine seller is here and I’m disrupted from the inks to go and assistContinue reading “Post #23.10, Tuesday, August 24, 2021”
Post #23.9, Thursday, August 19, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè Brother August is telling me about the double monastery now called the Abby of the Holy Cross. August explains, “While I was in the infirmary some of the nuns assigned to patient care were always whispering among themselves about how they were mistreated by the strict rule ofContinue reading “Post #23.9, Thursday, August 19, 2021”
Post #23.8, Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè Just before the silence Brother August was telling me of the women’s convent which I thought was named for St. Mary, Abbaye de Sainte-Marie, at Poitiers. He said it was renamed after a relic of the true cross that the abbess, Radigund, a queen, was able to acquire forContinue reading “Post #23.8, Wednesday, August 18, 2021”
Post #23.7, Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè As Brother August and I prepare to set the supper he chooses to speak to me about the whispers of the master of the scribes today in the scriptorium. He was asking of my training. Brother August, thinking I am my son, assumes I was taught to read andContinue reading “Post #23.7, Tuesday, August 17, 2021”
Post #23.6, Thursday, August 12, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè The monks are seated at the boards spread for the meal in the oratory this morning. Some are here with hidden scars, some with pale echoes of “Gloria” still lingering, passing the basket of bread from one to another as we all are one great omelet of God’s love.Continue reading “Post #23.6, Thursday, August 12, 2021”
Post #23.5, Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè “We don’t have to hurry,” August explains, “the bread is rising, and the meal is eggs which will cook quickly as everyone is gathering at the boards.” We break each egg and beat it into the froth as Brother August shares another bit of Brother Joel’s wisdom. Continue reading “Post #23.5, Wednesday, August 11, 2021”
Lazarus Ink 