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November 1995
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 02:30:03 -0600
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From: Kung-yu Chin
Subject: french msg is LOOOng, watch out before reply
friends,
i am not protesting about the message but it is too long for my disk quota.
please be careful before you hit reply. please don't send it back to
this forum.
thanks
chin/ks.
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 08:08:40 -0600
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From: Thomas Simpson
Subject: French nuke petition
Hokay Everybody, I'm Sorry Already! I grant you political petitions don't
belong in a Medieval discussion group, but hey, I figured it was an
interesting info-age phenomenon people might be curious about, and serious
people have signed it, and anyway, it just goes to show that Apocalypse and
Destruction are just as relevant today as they were in the Middle Ages.
Unless you feel absolutely compelled to tell me the message was out of
line, I don't particularly need anyone else telling me so. Thanks, Tom
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 14:30:48 GMT
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From: Avril Henry
Subject: Re: french msg
Haven't we all been here before? I was among the unwise who, in contributing to
a similar chain petition some months back, helped to bring large portions of the
internet to a tangled halt. My Computer Unit sympathetically and courteously
asked me to desist. That time, it did at least give the level of protest
coverage
in the Press. It's not so useful a second time around, perhaps. There is a
better way
of recording protest:
http://www.iijnet.or.jp/nuke/
(It doesn't do everything perfectly, but it is better organised than a
chain-petition.)
Avril
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EXETER, UK, EX4 4QH.
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 09:09:00 CST
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From: John Massa
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 13:02:10 -0800
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From: Deborah Grossman
Subject: CORRECTION: SFEMS Web Page address
OOPS! I sent out an incorrect address. The San Francisco Early Music
Society's new web page is at:
http://www.sfems.org/~sfems
This is definately the correct address. Please come visit us!
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Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 23:27:53 +0100
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From: danan
Subject: Miracles de sainte Genevihve
Hi !
I would like to know if somebody knows something about the=20
personnage of sainte C=E9line de Meaux. It may be found in the 4th Miracles=
de=20
sainte Genevi=E8ve from the manuscript of the Biblioth=E8que sainte=
Genevi=E8ve in=20
Paris (XVth Century). Who was she, what did she, and does she appear in=20
other plays ?
Thank you all.
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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 22:56:29 -0500
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From: Konrad Eisenbichler
Subject: Renaissance WWW
On the fifth anniversary of the founding of FICINO, the Centre for
Reformation and Renaissance Studies is pleased to announce the
establishment of its World Wide Web server at
http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/renaissance/renaissance.html.
The CRRS's long-term plan is to provide a gateway to resources for study
of the period from approximately 1350 to 1700 with few limits as to the
kinds of information which may be either searched on the server itself or
reached through hypertext and e-mail links. Plans are currently being laid to
accomplish this project, and users should watch for announcements both on
PERFORM and on the WWW server itself.
At present users have access to a detailed account of CRRS activities and
publications, and a descriptive listing of some 220 research institutions and
associations. Soon a database of resources on the internet will be made
available. Future plans include a register of individuals and a bibliography
of publications.
Comments and suggestions are invited, as are proposals for contributions
to the server. Interested parties should contact Prof. William R. Bowen at
the address, bowen@tsunami.scar.utoronto.ca. Mail for the editor of
FICINO should continue to be sent to Prof. Bowen at the address,
editor@epas.utoronto.ca.
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 15:13:30 -0700
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From: Kim Pollard
Subject: dance of death performances
Hello, I'm working on my MA @ Sonoma State U in Calif. My topic is
the "danse macabre" of the middle ages. I want to focus upon the
performances of such dances. I find much information about the visual
& literary aspects/manifestations, and references to actual performances,
but I want to explore this avenue more fully. Also any references to
actual music, lyrics, etc.... Part of my thesis involves exploring
funerary practices of mid. ages, but also going back in time to classical
and pre-classical traditions. Any suggestions, hints, or reccomendations
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
sincerely,
Kimberli Pollard-Smith
pollard@sonoma.edu
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 16:37:15 -0800
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From: Lewis Heniford
Subject: Re: dance of death performances
Kimberli Pollard-Smith
>pollard@sonoma.edu
You wrote:
>
>Hello, I'm working on my MA @ Sonoma State U in Calif. My topic is
>the "danse macabre" of the middle ages. I want to focus upon the
>performances of such dances.
Be sure to view Ingmar Bergman's film THE SEVENTH SEAL.
Lewis
--
Lewis W. Heniford, M.L.S., Ph.D.
P. O. Box 299
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921
(408) 624-6960
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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 08:34:16 -0500
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From: Clifford Davidson
Subject: Re: dance of death performances
In-Reply-To: "Your message dated Tue, 07 Nov 1995 16:37:15 -0800"
<199511080037.QAA15463@ix7.ix.netcom.com>
This is just off the top of the head, but I think the music for the procession
in THE SEVENTH SEAL is something like a DIES IRE (It's been years since I have
seen the film). There is some actual Dance of Death music in a Spanish
manuscript: AD MORTEM FESTINIMUS. It was one of the pieces that my wife edited
up for her early music group, and her friends published in a collection
dedicated to her on her retirement. The title is A SELECTION OF EARLY MUSIC
FROM THE REPERTOIRE OF THE SOCIETY FOR OLD MUSIC, published by Medieval
Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (Phone
: 616-387-8755). The Dance of Death scene at the end of the film is not, as I
once thought, based on an actual Dance of Death scene in a wall painting in a
Danish church, but rather happened without planning -- and once filmed was
included in the film. The wall painting is at Norre Alslev.
Clifford Davidson
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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 10:19:22 -0500
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From: David Klausner
Subject: Re: dance of death performances
In-Reply-To: <01HXD6TB7NDEQPFPGX@SONOMA.EDU>
If you haven't turned it up already, have a look at the last song in the
Llibre Vermell (MS in Monserrat). The text seems to be a dance of death,
"Ad mortem festinamus". There's a complete edition with facsimile in the
first volume of Analecta Monserratsiana.
Prof. David Klausner/Centre for Medieval Studies/University of Toronto
klausner@epas.utoronto.ca phone: 416-978-6752 fax: 416-971-1398
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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 10:16:07 -0800
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From: Caren Colley
Subject: Re: dance of death performances
In-Reply-To: <01HXD6TB7NDEQPFPGX@SONOMA.EDU>
Sorry, can't help but your topic sounds fascinating! Good luck!
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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:14:00 CST
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From: William Proctor Williams
Subject: Conference
The graduate students in this department asked me to post
this announcement.
William Proctor Williams
Department of English
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
internet: TB0WPW1@MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU
or: TB0WPW1@CORN.CSO.NIU.EDU
Telephone: (815) 758-4565
or
(815) 753-6608
Fax: (815) 753-0606
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Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
March 29-31, 1996
1996 Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
sponsored by NIU Graduate Coloquium, NIU
Department of English, and
the English Graduate Student Association
Keynote Speaker Leslie Fielder
- Samuel Clemens Professor at SUNY, Buffalo
- Author of several short stories, essays, and over 25 books,
including _Love and Death in the American Novel_,
_Fiedler on the Roof_, _Nude Croquet and Other Stories_
- Noted for explosive 1946 article, "Come Back to the Raft
Ag'in, Huck Honey"
Proposed topics: Twenty Years of _Freaks_
The Mythology of Bioethics
Political Correctness in _Huck Finn_
Poetry Reading
Friday Night Sybil Dunbar
- Professor at North Central College, Naperville, IL
- Author of several creative works
- Best known for her regional poetry, describing the
vivid life of Louisiana
Special Session William P. Williams &
Carol Scheidenhelm
- Technology Meets the English Department:
Teaching, Research, and Computers in the 21st Century
and.... Special Roundtable Session on
Getting Published!
ABSTRACTS DEADLINE December 10, 1995
Please submit FOUR copies of a single-spaced, one-page abstract
describing your paper. Include one cover sheet with
- your name, address, phone number, school, and e-mail
- paper title and category of submission (see ideas below)
- any request for special equipment
If you wish to submit an organized panel, please send an abstract of the
panel as well as an abstract for each paper in the panel.
Each session: 3 papers; 20 minute presentation time
Panel: 3-4 presenters; 1 hour presentation time
Send abstracts:
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DeKalb, IL 60115
Papers invited on any aspect of language and literature, including
American and British Literature Comparative Literature
Genre Studies (Gothic, mystery, etc.) Ethnic Studies
Gay & Lesbian Literature Critical Theory
Rhetoric and Composition Film Studies
Textual Criticism & Bibliography Any other literature
written in English
Questions?
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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 13:08:03 -0700
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From: Kim Pollard
Subject: dance of death query
dance of death. I shall rent Bergman's film this weekend!! It will be great to
see this dance performed, rather than just woodcuts or frescoes. Both the
DIES IRE, and AD MORTEM FESTINIMUS I have found referenced. I have a partial
copy of the latter's chours w/musical notes, but not the whole version. I will
add the U of Mich publication, and the facsimile of Llibre Vermell to my
list of books to track down.
THis was my first attempt @ sending query out along the internet, and I am so
pleased to have heard from so many! Thank you once again. I look forward
to future correspondance upon PERFORM.
Kimberli POllard-Smith
Pollard@Sonoma.edu
ps. A friend is a gregorian chant instructor who has offerred to perform
any songs I can uncover. He is also interested in my findings, so I can't
wait to get hold of the full scores to AD MORTEM FESTINIMUS!
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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 18:48:08 -0400
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From: Steve Wright
Subject: Re: dance of death query
PS to my earlier post about the Dance of Death: there is also a brief
section (with illustrations) on the topic in Glynne Wickham, _The medieval
theatre_ (3rd ed, 1987), pp. 109-112.
Steve Wright
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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 18:45:45 -0400
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From: Steve Wright
Subject: Re: dance of death query
I stumbled across this thread on the danse macabre rather late, so I don't
know if my suggestion will prove useful or merely redundant. A good place
to start for a discussion of the origins and dissemination of the
Dance of Death would be Helmut Rosenfeld, _Der mittelalterliche Totentanz_
(Muenster, 1954). Good luck.
Steve Wright
Catholic University
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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 11:15:43 -0500
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From: Clifford Davidson
Subject: Re: dance of death query
In-Reply-To: "Your message dated Thu, 09 Nov 1995 18:45:45 -0400"
<01HXG6XJSGBQ8WW8S0@cu4700.cua.edu>
There are some othr items on the Dance of Death, including Reinhold
Hammerstein's TANZ UND MUSIK DES TODES and Kathi Meyer-Baer's MUSIC OF THE
SPHERES AND THE DANCE OF DEATH. It occurred to me that you might like to have
these references too.
Clifford Davidson
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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:43:37 U
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From: Nerida Newbigin
Subject: Re: Herod & Salome
Reply to: RE>Herod & Salome
You will find details of J-B plays in the notes to ch. 8 of Lynette Muir's
splendid new book, The Biblical Drama of Medieval Europe (Cambridge UP, 1995).
The Florentine J-B that I edited in Nuovo Corpus di sacre rappresentazioni
fiorentine (Bologna: Commissione per i Testi di Lingua, 1983) is one of the
finest of the genre.
Nerida Newbigin
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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 13:53:13 -0500
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From: Heather C-Y Gray
Subject: Scottish/Gaelic Music help
This is a matter of some urgency for these people. I received this message
through h-albion and thought perhaps someone in this forum could help.
Please send responses to Carol Turner at: c-turner@nwu.edu
Thanks!
>Subj: Early Scottish and Gaelic music (important)
>
>
>Does anyone know of any Web Sites or FTP sites where I could download
>ancient Scottish in particular and Irish music untranslated with modern
>musical notation? I am sure there must be a site somewhere
>but we have searched for weeks and have found nothing except some musical
>notation to some flings. We have found nothing at all that has the
>untranslated words at all. We would be indebted to you if you can help.
Carol stressed in another note to me that they're looking for
music in the original musical notation, if at all possible.
Best,
Heather C-Y Gray
heather@quodata.com
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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 13:45:05 CST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
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From: Jody Enders
Subject: Re: Medieval Practice of Space
Dear Colleagues,
I'm forwarding some information about this conference to be held
at the University of Minnesota in April, 1997 at the
Center For Medieval Studies (cmedst@maroon.tc.umn.edu )
>
>1997 Conference Call for Paapers
>The Medieval Practice of Space
>
>=09The Center for Medieval Studies at the University of Minnesota is=20
>organizing a conference on =D2The Medieval Practice of Space=D3 for April=
>=20
>10-13, 1997. The conference organizers are Barbara Hanawalt and Michal=20
>Kobialka. The medieval uses and definitions of space are becoming=20
>increasingly important as a subject matter as well as an analytical tool=20
>for a number of different disciplines studying the Middle Ages. In the=20
>area of cartography, for instance, it is quite apparent that medieval=20
>maps divide space differently than modern ones in that Jerusalem is often=
>=20
>put at the center of the map or the routes of pilgrimages are seen as=20
>linear rather than following the terrain. In cathedrals, the use of the=20
>internal space changed frequently with, perhaps, the most dramatic being=20
>the erection of rood screens that divided the congregation from the=20
>choir, clergy, and high altar. It is not only the use of space, however,=20
>that is engaging medievalists in a reevaluation of how medieval people=20
>thought and lived. The realization that people divided space by gender=20
>is becoming more apparent: women occupied rooms, houses, quarters of=20
>cities,and villages while men=D5s activities took them farther abroad to=20
>fields, oceans, cities, battles, and so on. Space carried meanings. The=
>=20
>king=D5s peace in England, for instance, originally meant the area around=
>=20
>his person, but as his legal authority expanded, breaking the king=D5s=20
>peace meant breaking one of the king=D5s laws. Not only did people create=
>=20
>uses for space, but having done so, that space could influence the=20
>behavior of those who occupied it; defining space tended to define=20
>behavior within it.
>=09The title of the conference draws attention to the shifting uses=20
>of space and the lack of stability of the concepts of space during the=20
>Middle Ages. The practice of space encompasses its uses, but can also be=
>=20
>abstracted in concepts such as mental, physical, social, political, real,=
>=20
>or imaginary. Some of the theoretical thinking about space has come from=20
>the work of Pierre Bourdieu, de Certeau, Foucault, Zumthor, Le Mesure du=20
>Mond, and Yi-Fu Tuan, Topaphilia. The conference topics that we will be=20
>looking at include:
>=09=A5 Staging space and how space allows itself to be staged. Papers=20
>in this group might include works on theater and liturgy, medieval garden=
>=20
>space, urban architectural spaces.
>=09=A5 Language of space. Words in records or literary sources that=20
>define space. Words that evolve such as =D2the king=D5s peace=D3 from limi=
>ted=20
>space to a broader concept of space.
>=09=A5 Metaphors of space. Symbols that distinguish space such as=20
>sumptuary legislation that determine what people=20
>can wear. Costumes and dress; banquets; ceremonials.
>=09=A5 Topography of space. Maps, architectural drawings, routes of=20
>march or commerce.
>=09=A5 Gendered Space. Differences in the space that men and women=20
>occupy and the activities that occur there in. Spaces that are occupied=20
>by both sexes and the potential conflicts that occur there.
>=09=A5 Sacred or ceremonial space. Issues of how it is consecrated or=20
>defined. Behavior that takes place within that space.
>=09=A5 Policing of space. The ceremonies that define those that can=20
>remain within a particular space and those who are=20
>excluded from it. Exile from cities or countries, public humiliations,=20
>excommunication, executions, etc.
>=09=A5 Representation of space. Images of space. Practices that=20
>discuss the use of metaphoric and physical space.
Jody Enders
Associate Professor of French
Dept. of French and Italian, UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (805) 893-3111/4696 or (805) 569-3943
FAX: (805) 893-8826; E MAIL: jenders@humanitas.ucsb.edu
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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 17:32:13 -0500
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From: Karen Mercedes
Subject: Re: Scottish/Gaelic Music help
In-Reply-To: <95111413531363@lion.quodata.com>
I haven't had time to check out all the links from the following, but
this looks like a likely place to start:
http://celtic.stanford.edu/Internet_Sources.html#Four
Karen Mercedes
mercedes@access.digex.net
+----------------------------------------------+
| ...I guessed not half |
| Life's symphony till I had made hearts beat, |
| And touched Love's body into trembling cries |
| -- Wilfred Owen, MUSIC |
+----------------------------------------------+
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On Tue, 14 Nov 1995, Heather C-Y Gray wrote:
> This is a matter of some urgency for these people. I received this message
> through h-albion and thought perhaps someone in this forum could help.
> Please send responses to Carol Turner at: c-turner@nwu.edu
>
> Thanks!
>
> >Subj: Early Scottish and Gaelic music (important)
> >
> >
> >Does anyone know of any Web Sites or FTP sites where I could download
> >ancient Scottish in particular and Irish music untranslated with modern
> >musical notation? I am sure there must be a site somewhere
> >but we have searched for weeks and have found nothing except some musical
> >notation to some flings. We have found nothing at all that has the
> >untranslated words at all. We would be indebted to you if you can help.
>
> Carol stressed in another note to me that they're looking for
> music in the original musical notation, if at all possible.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Heather C-Y Gray
> heather@quodata.com
>
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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 16:44:33 -0800
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Timothy Tikker and Julia Harlow
Subject: Re: Scottish/Gaelic Music help
In-Reply-To: <95111413531363@lion.quodata.com>
On Tue, 14 Nov 1995, Heather C-Y Gray wrote:
> Carol stressed in another note to me that they're looking for
> music in the original musical notation, if at all possible.
>
Note that "original notation" of ancient Scottish music is likely to be
cannataireachd (kind of like solfege, with added prefixes and suffixes
for particular ornaments), rather than mensural notation.
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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 09:04:30 EST
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From: Alan Baragona
Subject: Hypertext
x-posted to REED-L
I will be teaching an intro to Medieval Drama in the Spring and am
considering having the class create a hypertext of all or part of at least
one play, probably a Wakefield Master drama (this assuming I can get them to
learn HTML pretty quickly). Has anyone tried this yet? Other than glosses
to vocabulary, what kind of annotations would you like to see in text links?
I want to make sure they do more than simply transcribe what's in Bevington.
Is there any specific play or passage you think would be a particularly good
candidate? If this works out, I will link it to my course home page, which
I've already set up in rudimentary form at
http://www.vmi.edu/~english/medrama.html.
While I'm at it, if anyone can suggests useful links to add to that page,
please do.
Thanks in advance.
Alan Baragona
alan@vmi.edu
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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 14:50:13 +0000
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From: "Graham A. Runnalls"
Organization: Arts
Subject: Mysterophiles
I am trying to draw up a list of all those people who are working
actively on medieval French religious drama, especially miracle and
mystery plays. If you are one of these, please contact me briefly,
and I will eventually circulate the complete list to all respondents.
___________________________________________
Professor Graham A. Runnalls
Department of French
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, UK, EH8 9JU
Fax +44 (0)131 650 6538
Tel work: +44 (0)131 650 8410/8420
Tel home: +44 (0)131 337 1737
email g.a.runnalls@ed.ac.uk
_____________________________________________
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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 21:14:03 +1000
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From: Donna Weston
Subject: medieval musico-liturgical manuscripts
Following is a copy of a posting I recently sent (for Dr. Jordon) to an
archeo-astronomer. It occured to me that maybe someone from this group
might also have some ideas - I hope it is not too long!!
FROM: Dr. W.D. Jordon
27 Russell Avenue
Seven Hills 4170
AUSTRALIA
PH/FAX: 617 395 3272
I have been trying to find some meaning for the following inscriptions
which are to be found in more than one musico-liturgical manuscript dating
from the late middle ages. The inscriptions sometimes vary from manuscript
to manuscript but the overall sense is similar. The closest examples to
those given are to be found in the Worcester Antiphoner, early 13th C.
Would you have any clues as to what the scribe is trying to tell us? Each
text is written at the top of the particular month in the liturgical
calender. The information seems to be astronomical, perhaps it has
something to do with setting up an astrolabe?
My notes follow, with the texts. The latin is very poor and many
interpretations are possible. I have included two for each month. The
calender shows the dominical letter 'a', ie. January 1 was a Sunday, which
agrees with the day and date for Lady Day and Christmas Day. If the
calender was compiled following the usual means of reckoning, 1363, 1368,
1374, and 1385 are the four most probable years of compilation of the codex
but there is no real way to be certain.
March: Martius prima mutit euius in cuspide quarta est.
1(mine): On March 1, Euius (Bacchus) moves into the fourth point.
2(Vic's): March is the first mentioned. It is in the fourth point.
April: Aprilis decima est undeno a fine minatur.
1: On April 10 the eleventh projects to the end.
2: On April 10, ?? projects to the eleventh point
3. April is in the tenth, it projects from the 11th boundary
May: Tertius est maio lupus et septimus anguis
1: (On) May 3 (it) is the wolf and the seventh snake
2: May has the third wolf and the 7th snake
June: Junius undecimo quindeno a fine salutat
1: June 11 approaches (encounters) 15 from the border
2: June stretches from the 11th to the 15th boundary.
July: Ter decimus julio decimo innuit ante kalandas
1: On July 10 ?? (nods, signals) 3 times before the kalands
2: For July, from the 10th boundary 30 days are indicated before the
calends
August: Augusti prima nepa fugat de fine secunda
1: On August 1 the scorpion moves (quickly) away from the 2nd
boundary
2: For August, the first scorpion reaches out from the 2nd boundary
September: Tertia Septembris vulpis ferit a pede dena
1: On Sept. 3 the wolf moves on quickly from the foot by 10
(in tenths)
2: From the 3rd boundary, the Sept. fox strikes by foot ten
at a time
October: Tertius October gladius decimo ordine nectit
1: On Oct. 3 the sword connects with the tenth border
2: In Oct. a sword connects with the tenth row
November: Quinta November acus vix tertia mansit in urna
1: On Nov. 5 the third point barely remains in the urn
(Aquarius)
2: November, a fifth needle remained in the third urn
December: Dat duodena cohors septem idem decemque decenber
1: On Dec. 10 the 12th cohort aligns with the 7th and the 10th
2: December, the enclosure offers 12, then 7 then 10.
The calendar seems to be lunar orientated because (a) March begins the lunar
but not the solar year; (b) the 5th month of the lunar calendar is Quintilis
and has 30 days. As July in Caesar's calendar it has 31 days; (c) The 10th
month of the lunar calendar, December, has 29 days. In Caesar's calendar it
has 31. In the MS there is clear reference to 29, 12 plus 7 plus 10. The
calendar mentions the three salient features: March as the 1st month, the
no. of days in July and in December.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Wes Jordan
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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 09:29:10 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Alan Baragona
Subject: Re: Herod & Salome
Thanks to Profs. Blasting and Newbigin for their very helpful responses to my
query about European mysteries of Herod and Salome.
Alan B.
Alan Baragona
alan@vmi.edu
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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 11:21:05 -0700
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Kim Pollard
Subject: Re: dance of death query
Thank you Mr. Davidson for your recent tips on sources. I'm unfamiliar
with Hammerstein's, but have Meyer-Baer's, which is incredibly
helpful. Her exploration fr the perfomance & musical symbolism is
the area I'm intending to pursue, including tracing the theme of music
and death through the ages. In my research, I'm discovering ( or I
am intuiting) that the specific motif of "danse macabre" is almost
a natural reflection of a performance, complete w/a narrator, dialogues
between Death and subjects. Some say the visual representations (ie:ptgs
& manuscripts...) came first, but many others claim a precedence with
performances-which documentation exists for back to first performance in
1285, Scotland. THe form of this motif just seems so stronly
performance based. So far most of the work done on this topic seems
to date to late 19thc, 1930's-50's, and 1970's, but nothing really
recent.
Once again Thank you for your tips! Sincerely-Kimberli Pollard
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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 14:30:01 -0700
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: "Jesse D. Hurlbut"
Organization: Brigham Young University
Subject: Re: Hypertext
> I will be teaching an intro to Medieval Drama in the Spring and am
> considering having the class create a hypertext of all or part of at least
> one play, probably a Wakefield Master drama (this assuming I can get them to
> learn HTML pretty quickly). Has anyone tried this yet?
I have taught students to create hypertext and have had them produce
materials for the web on a couple of different occasions over the
past 2-3 years. You can do it, but it takes a lot of extra time.
Your time, students' time, class time, office hour time, e-mail time,
consultants' time, etc. etc. etc.
Originally I used the NeXT interface for the web, which allowed one
to create hyperlinks graphically (i.e., point and click instead of
writing out the code). I would strongly recommend you find an html
authoring program that allows you to do this. I haven't looked at
what's out there recently, but there are new programs appearing
regularly. It will spare you a lot of grief when it comes time to
teach the students how to create hypertext. Your choice may be
limited/dictated by your campus resources--will students be working
in a specific lab over which you have some control or dialing in from
wherever? Working out the logistics will be an enormous challenge,
unless your institution happens to be exceptionally well-equiped with
hardware, software and consultants.
One really smart option to teaching HTML to your students is to set up the
project with html Forms and have your students just fill them in and
let your scripting language do all the work. You can do some very
sophisticated things and your student's don't need any extra
training. It's a great way to get right to the task at hand. Of
course, you'll probably need a good (very good) consultant unless
you can write your own code.
After those encouraging words, I would be interested in knowing more
about what you plan to do with a hypertext version of a play.
Conceptually, what will you accomplish that can't be done with a
paper edition?
I'm also interested in Peter's project (which I'm about to go look
at) and anybody else's. How else is hypertext used successfully in
classroom and research? What do you do about 'fair use' limitations?
Anyone have any VRML projects in mind?
Jesse_Hurlbut@byu.edu
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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 09:20:00 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: bill mccarthy
Subject: Re: medieval musico-liturgical manuscripts
In-Reply-To: d.weston AT QCM.GU.EDU.AU -- Wed, 15 Nov 1995 21:14:03 +1000
Donna, I won't hazard any translations, but the lines seem to be hexameters.
It has been a long time since I scanned Latin, so I am not positive. If they
are, then meter would go some way toward explaining the peculiar syntax. And
if they are hexameters, then they may be memnonics. Bill McCarthy, Penn State
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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 16:00:47 -0700
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Cameron Deaver
Subject: Re: Hypertext -Reply
There's a free add-on to WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows that allows you
to create simple HTML documents for the Internet by highlighting text and
clicking buttons. I haven't worked with it very much, but I'd think that it
would be adequate for creating some basic versions of the plays. You
can also use standard versions of WPWin for creating hypertext links
within the document itself.
You can find the HTML add-on at
http://wp.novell.com/busapps/win/tocwpipw.htm
(unless my friend in Info Services gave me a bad address...)
Cam
> Jesse D. Hurlbut 11/16/95 14:30 >
>> I will be teaching an intro to Medieval Drama in the Spring and am
considering having the class create a hypertext of all or part of at least
one play, probably a Wakefield Master drama (this assuming I can get
them to learn HTML pretty quickly). Has anyone tried this yet?<<
Originally I used the NeXT interface for the web, which allowed one to
create hyperlinks graphically (i.e., point and click instead of writing out
the code). I would strongly recommend you find an html authoring
program that allows you to do this. I haven't looked at what's out there
recently, but there are new programs appearing regularly.
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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 20:17:51 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Alan Baragona
Subject: Re: Hypertext -Reply
Cameron Deaver writes
----------------
There's a free add-on to WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows that allows you
to create simple HTML documents for the Internet by highlighting text and
clicking buttons.
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Thanks. I've already downloaded it from the Web and used it for some of the
departmental web pages I mentioned earlier. It works pretty well, not quite
as powerful as the Shareware HTML Assistant but probably easier for students.
I'll have to get our tech support to add it to every computer in our labs,
however, which they may be reluctant (or just very slow) to do.
Alan Baragona
alan@vmi.edu
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 06:22:13 -0500
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Cynthia Dessen
Subject: ACTER performance in UK (fwd)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 07:01:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Cynthia Dessen
To:
Subject: ACTER performance in UK
The Fall 1995 ACTER tour will give one final performance of *Romeo and
Juliet* in Stratford-upon-Avon at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Shakespeare
Centre Sunday, November 26th at 7:30 p.m. Michael Thomas, Jane Arden, Ann
Firbank, Patrick Miller and Terence Wilton comprise the cast. ACTER still
has a few openings for the Spring 1996 *Macbeth* tour. For more info on
either of these items, contact cynthia dessen csdessen@email.unc.edu or
919-967-4265(phone/fax).