by KARL STEEL When I teach the Prioress’s Tale, as I did twice last semester, I have typically liked asking the students “who kills the…
Finally, the medieval vernacular translation of the Bible by ANTICHRIST that we’ve all been awaiting. With assistance, no surprise, from the Saracens. From here. BnF fr. 6447.…
From here. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 1/1, f. 5r. Guyart des Moulins, Bible Historiale, c. 1400-1450. For another pair of fish, less silly, see here,…
“This proclamation made the people of St Albans, who had been in revolt for a long time in their struggle for liberty, the slaves of a…
by KARL STEEL A couple days ago, Geoffrey Chaucer suggested we spice up song titles with an added “Mordor.” So let’s blame Chaucer, as we…
Yet more Serra at, of course, the Gagosian. When is the when of a piece that corrodes? by KARL STEEL In re: grading, just wrote…
Even for long-time fans, there’s a lot to dislike about Jim Jarmusch’s The Limits of Control. The cast of cool friends, fun in a spot-the-celeb way…
Image from the Morgan Library. by KARL STEEL Here’s one for Fumblr, the Academic Failblog: Some years ago, while chatting with my students about hunting,…
The last few nights’ film was Kobayashi’s Harakiri, and perhaps you shouldn’t read further (or click through to that Wikipedia link) if you don’t want…
Lead lid from mirror case: Tristan and Iseult receiving the love potion, King Marc on the right, and Husdent, Tristan’s dog, underneath. Inscription: MARCVIS TRISTREM:ISOVOC…
