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Nathan John Haydon

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Episcopal Priest. PhD in English, specialized in medieval literature and Old English. Benedictine Oblate. Lover of coffee, friend to cats and dogs.

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N., obey these Canons

19.07.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing

01.07.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4269    πŸ” 1698    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 104

Yes, I've done terrible, unforgivable things. But what about all the terrible, unforgivable things I didn't do? I should get credit for those

27.06.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Howard Thurman: β€œThere is in every person an inward sea, and in that sea there is an island, and on that island there is an altar.”

14.06.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

[They stab Caesar.]

15.03.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6098    πŸ” 1774    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 137

Well, God-a-mercy.

02.03.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 198    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Livre de bonnes moeurs (Book of good morals), Jacques Le Grant, 1470 BNF DΓ©partement des manuscrits, FranΓ§ais 17116, fol. 133v.

18.02.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I'm still committed to #ManuscriptMonday, so here's the Sacramentarium Anglo-Saxonicum, an C11th #manuscript gifted to an abbey by Robert de Jumièges, Bishop of London. A Sacramentarium is a liturgical book used during Mass. #MedievalSky

17.02.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII

09.02.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 12899    πŸ” 1491    πŸ’¬ 238    πŸ“Œ 51

For the saint that's in it today, the etymology of the name "Brigit":

Modern Irish BrΓ­d [ˈbΚ²rΚ²iːdΚ²] < pre-reform Irish Brighid < Old Irish Brigit [ˈbΚ²rΚ²iΙ£Κ²Ι™dΚ²] < Primitive Irish *BrigΔ“ddΔ« [ˈbriɣɛːdːiː] < Proto-Celtic *BrigantΔ« < Proto-Indo-European *bΚ°rΜ₯gΜ‘Κ°nΜ₯tihβ‚‚- "high one, elevated one (fem.)".
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01.02.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Hello! I just decided to try again, and the sale went through this time. I appreciate your response – thank you.

24.01.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No, no, no, no, no.

23.01.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 364    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10

Is the site working? I just tried to purchase this book with this offer, but I kept receiving a message that the transaction couldn't be processed, and to try again later or use a different card. Multiple attempts + cards and nothing seemed to work. I'd appreciate any help!

23.01.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Get thee to a nunnery ✝️

19.01.2025 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7871    πŸ” 1472    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 114

BOURDAIN: so ive had joints of mutton everywhere. exeter, wroexeter, berwick. Ive never seen a joint of mutton prepared like this

MEDIEVAL SPIT-BOY: we roaste thee meat under a pafte which keeps the juices, and renders the meat moft tendere

BOURDAIN: *chuckling* wow

19.01.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5119    πŸ” 725    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 9
A Twitter user writes: I've often wondered what's the point of having two buttons if the lower one is not supposed to be used?

Can someone explain this illogical behavior  for me?

A Twitter user writes: I've often wondered what's the point of having two buttons if the lower one is not supposed to be used? Can someone explain this illogical behavior for me?

Someone recently asked me what's the point of having two or three buttons on a tailored jacket if the bottom-most button isn't meant to be fastened? It's easier to understand style if you think of it in terms of social language, not purely as function. Let me give you some examples. 🧡

08.01.2025 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5136    πŸ” 502    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 87
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The Professor!

#Tolkienbirthdaytoast

04.01.2025 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Be merry, be merry.

25.12.2024 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 362    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

Can I just make my sermon for tomorrow nothing but quotes from Fleming Rutledge about Advent and poetry about the Visitation?

22.12.2024 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the Exsultet. It is desirable

17.12.2024 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly

13.12.2024 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Still feeling overwhelmed from our service of Advent Lessons and Carols from last night. A sacred and beautiful moment.

Our King and Savior draweth nigh: O come, let us adore him.

09.12.2024 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Notre-Dame caught fire the day I gave my dissertation defense. Amazing to see it come back to life.

07.12.2024 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I continue to remain grateful, upon seeing all the posts of academics stuck in grading jail right now, that I don't have to grade papers/exams anymore.

07.12.2024 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A richly decorated manuscript page with many applications in gold that are well visible because of the uneven surface of the parchment. Light reflects from these letter.

A richly decorated manuscript page with many applications in gold that are well visible because of the uneven surface of the parchment. Light reflects from these letter.

Sometimes, because parchment undulates, even in digital facsimile we can see medieval illuminations as they would have looked with an indirect light source. Light and shadow made the page come alive every time it was used, for example, in a liturgical context.

BSB Clm 22311, late 9th century

06.12.2024 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 530    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7
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Hilarious church hijinks happening to my kettle in my office

05.12.2024 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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January ruled

04.12.2024 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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