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Dr Thijs Porck
Нидерланды
Добавлен 31 июл 2017
Channel about Old English language and early medieval English culture. See my blog for further information: www.thijsporck.com
Old English Manuscript Fragments Discovered! The Alkmaar Fragments of the N-Psalter
Recording of a 2023 lecture on the discovery of more than twenty manuscript fragments of an Old English glossed psalter. The lecture features an introduction to Old English glossed psalters, a sneak preview at the new fragments and a discussion of their possible origins.
Link to full article about the discovery: doi.org/10.1017/S0263675123000121
The lecture was given as part of the Lecture Series: ‘Meetings with the Psalms and Psalters’, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the Research Group for the Study of Manuscripts (SIGLUM) and the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dam...
Link to full article about the discovery: doi.org/10.1017/S0263675123000121
The lecture was given as part of the Lecture Series: ‘Meetings with the Psalms and Psalters’, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the Research Group for the Study of Manuscripts (SIGLUM) and the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dam...
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Anglo-Saxon learning and intellectual import from the Middle East and Northern Africa
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Learn more about the inspiring story of Theodore and Hadrian, two scholars from Northern Africa and the Middle East, who made their way to early medieval England! We also discuss the origins of some Anglo-Saxon medical texts (what's up with all the snakes!?) and the engimatic prognostic texts! This is the last of four videos on cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa a...
Old English imaginations of the East: The other texts in the Beowulf manuscript
Просмотров 9839 месяцев назад
Beowulf is awesome! But the other Old English texts in the Beowulf manuscript are interesting as well - not in the least because they give us an idea of how Anglo-Saxons imagined areas including Northern Africa and the Middle East. The third of four videos on cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East. This video series is sponsored by Leiden Universit...
Early medieval encounters: Travelling Arabs and Anglo-Saxons
Просмотров 87510 месяцев назад
Did you know that people travelled long distances in the Early Middle Ages? Learn more about a tenth-century Arabic description of Britain, the travels of St. Willibald through the Middle East and some pro-tips on using a calabash! This is the second of four videos on cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East. This video series is sponsored by Leiden ...
Traces of trade between early medieval England and the Middle East: Coins, cloth and condiments
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What are all these Arabic coins doing in early medieval England? What did Anglo-Saxons use exotic silks for and where did they get their spices? Join us as we explore some traces of trade between the East and the West in the early Middle Ages! This is the first of four videos on cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East. This video series is sponsored...
Old English Place Names and the Early History of England
Просмотров 10 тыс.2 года назад
In this video, you will be introduced to the history of English place names and learn how Old English place names can tell us something about the flora and fauna of early medieval England! This video was made as part of the Online Experience English language and literature of Leiden University. See: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/extra/2020/05/english-language-and-culture-online-experience...
From Old English to Middle English: The effects of language contact
Просмотров 100 тыс.3 года назад
In this video, you will find out how language contact and loan words contributed to the change from Old English to Middle English. This video was made as part of the Online Experience English language and literature of Leiden University. See: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/extra/2020/05/english-language-and-culture-online-experience Script and on camera: Thijs Porck Camera and editing: Tho...
The origins of English: A short introduction to Old English
Просмотров 90 тыс.4 года назад
In this video, you will get a short introduction to Old English (spoken between c. 450 and 1100), not Shakespeare's English! This video was made as part of the Online Experience English language and literature of Leiden University. See: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/extra/2020/05/english-language-and-culture-online-experience Script and on camera: Thijs Porck Camera and editing: Thomas J....
Tolkien keynote lecture: J. R. R. Tolkien's Old English Exodus
Просмотров 4,9 тыс.5 лет назад
Keynote lecture "Seeing the boarcrest through the trees: J. R. R. Tolkien's Translation and Edition of the Old English Exodus", by Dr. Thijs Porck (Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society), delivered at Signum University's Nedermoot Tolkien Conference (13 April, 2019). Other keynote lecturers included Corey Olsen ('The Tolkien Professor') and Renée Vink (Dutch Tolkien translator). More...
Ælfric's Old English Colloquy: The shepherd, the cowherd and the hunter
Просмотров 7 тыс.6 лет назад
This video is an appendix to The Leiden University Old English ColloQuest, available here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/research/research-output/humanities/the-leiden-university-old-english-colloquest Music (Public Domain): Joe Rosey - Out of the East (Rector Novelty Orchestra, 1918) Manuscript images (Public Domain/CC): London, British Library, Yates Thompson MS 26; London, British Library, Co...
Old English Grammar Byte 4: Weak and Strong Verbs
Просмотров 33 тыс.7 лет назад
Learn about Old English weak and strong verbs in this video. Writing and on camera: Thijs Porck, Leiden University, The Netherlands Camera and animations: Thomas J. Vorisek © Thijs Porck and Dutch Anglo-Saxonist Blog (www.dutchanglosaxonist.com), 2017 I use Peter Baker's Old English Magic Sheet; the latest and best version is available here: www.oldenglishaerobics.net/resources/magic_letter.pdf...
Old English Grammar Byte 2: Weak and Strong Nouns
Просмотров 40 тыс.7 лет назад
Learn about Old English weak and strong nouns in this video. Writing and on camera: Thijs Porck, Leiden University, The Netherlands Camera and animations: Thomas J. Vorisek © Thijs Porck and Dutch Anglo-Saxonist Blog (www.dutchanglosaxonist.com), 2017 I use Peter Baker's Old English Magic Sheet; the latest and best version is available here: www.oldenglishaerobics.net/resources/magic_letter.pdf...
Old English Grammar Byte 3: Weak and Strong Adjectives
Просмотров 24 тыс.7 лет назад
Learn about Old English weak and strong adjectives in this video. Writing and on camera: Thijs Porck, Leiden University, The Netherlands Camera and animations: Thomas J. Vorisek © Thijs Porck and Dutch Anglo-Saxonist Blog (www.dutchanglosaxonist.com), 2017 I use Peter Baker's Old English Magic Sheet; the latest and best version is available here: www.oldenglishaerobics.net/resources/magic_lette...
Old English Grammar Byte 1: Cases and gender
Просмотров 122 тыс.7 лет назад
Learn about Old English cases and gender in this video. Writing and on camera: Thijs Porck, Leiden University, The Netherlands Camera and animations: Thomas J. Vorisek © Thijs Porck and Dutch Anglo-Saxonist Blog (www.dutchanglosaxonist.com), 2017 I use Peter Baker's Old English Magic Sheet; the latest and best version is available here: www.oldenglishaerobics.net/resources/magic_letter.pdf . In...