Mysterious Things - Commentshttp://www.mysteriousthings.net/causeries/en-USSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Marc comments on An entire series of Tintin posts...MarcSun, 18 Jul 2010 18:19:53 +0000http://www.mysteriousthings.net/causeries/2010/7/17/an-entire-series-of-tintin-posts.html#comments515884:5912714:comment/9016660People like Messiaen live and breathe in a different world, like ours but more alive, somehow, more-- to put Origen's saying to a different context-- fiery: 'qui iuxta me est iuxta ignem est'. Or something like that.

(I have to turn off your Twitter updates via SMS during my work day, ha, because I am easily distracted....)

]]>Marc comments on Oh, I'm delighted to discover that Du Cange is online...MarcSun, 18 Jul 2010 18:05:22 +0000http://www.mysteriousthings.net/causeries/2010/7/15/oh-im-delighted-to-discover-that-du-cange-is-online.html#comments515884:5912714:comment/9016624Teresa, the Du Cange at Mateo is the first edition, so it appears, while the Du Cange at www.documentacatholica.eu is Du Cange amplified/edited by Carpenterius and Henschel. Aagiatus, the word I chose to illustrate with, supra, is not actually in the original Du Cange, ha.

]]>Londiniensis comments on An entire series of Tintin posts...LondiniensisSun, 18 Jul 2010 11:14:54 +0000http://www.mysteriousthings.net/causeries/2010/7/17/an-entire-series-of-tintin-posts.html#comments515884:5912714:comment/9012737Dammit, now you have got me ensnared in Messiaen!

]]>Marc comments on An entire series of Tintin posts...MarcSun, 18 Jul 2010 03:32:15 +0000http://www.mysteriousthings.net/causeries/2010/7/17/an-entire-series-of-tintin-posts.html#comments515884:5912714:comment/9011903Saint François d'Assise is a great work (in my untaught opinion) but very taxing, I've read, in terms of the performers' investments of time and energy and (so it seems to me) in the effort required of the listener. I treasure it and admire it and find it exceptionally rewarding to listen to (have never seen it staged), even if I can't say that I 'love' it the way I 'love' Der Zauberflote or Turandot or... Dialogues des Carmelites. Messiaen would, I'm sure, have studied the fontes franciscani closely before writing the tableaux that the opéra comprises; I don't offhand know how closely the libretto adheres textually to the sources. But now that you prompt me, I shall be interested to investigate.

I am not good at giving advice! (or living according to the advice I give myself, for that matter) but of course I'll be happy to read your e.mail and be of assistance to you, if I can.

]]>teresa comments on An entire series of Tintin posts...teresaSat, 17 Jul 2010 20:57:15 +0000http://www.mysteriousthings.net/causeries/2010/7/17/an-entire-series-of-tintin-posts.html#comments515884:5912714:comment/9010381I found out yesterday that Messiaen was a great fan of St. Bonaventure's aesthetics and he composed an opera which is based on the Vita Francisci, but I don't know whether on the version written by St. Bonaventure. Are you a Messiaen fan? I am not so familiar with his music.

And Marc, could I perhaps write you an email, I am quite bewildered and seeking your advice?

]]>Marc comments on Oh, I'm delighted to discover that Du Cange is online...MarcSat, 17 Jul 2010 14:15:36 +0000http://www.mysteriousthings.net/causeries/2010/7/15/oh-im-delighted-to-discover-that-du-cange-is-online.html#comments515884:5912714:comment/9009032Many thanks, Teresa! I did notice that there were three or four different addresses available but didn't take the time during the week to sort them out. Will go to the Mateo later on after return from weekly shopping. What a pleasure to study with the truly learned, isn't it?

]]>teresa comments on Oh, I'm delighted to discover that Du Cange is online...teresaSat, 17 Jul 2010 13:54:35 +0000http://www.mysteriousthings.net/causeries/2010/7/15/oh-im-delighted-to-discover-that-du-cange-is-online.html#comments515884:5912714:comment/9008969P.S. Which website did you find? I've found one in Germany:

http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/ducange.html#werk
and I think it is easier to use this one than PDF Document. I am proud to say that I happen to have studied under a professor who is an initiator for the Mateo project. it is a wonderful project which documents books published in the 16-17th. century, a very important online source for Neolatin.

teresa

]]>teresa comments on Oh, I'm delighted to discover that Du Cange is online...teresaSat, 17 Jul 2010 13:49:17 +0000http://www.mysteriousthings.net/causeries/2010/7/15/oh-im-delighted-to-discover-that-du-cange-is-online.html#comments515884:5912714:comment/9008951thanks Marc, exciting discovery! I've added this to my link.

teresa

]]>17shadesofgreen comments on Arlo Guthrie, a Republican and a hero...17shadesofgreenTue, 13 Jul 2010 02:43:36 +0000http://www.mysteriousthings.net/causeries/2010/7/12/arlo-guthrie-a-republican-and-a-hero.html#comments515884:5912714:comment/8938871Are you even a l l o w e d to vote Republican if you're a folksinger...? This blows my mind. I'd find it delicious if it weren't so strange...

]]>Marc comments on Glad to see that the Catholic press is picking up the story...MarcSun, 11 Jul 2010 04:42:26 +0000http://www.mysteriousthings.net/causeries/2010/7/7/glad-to-see-that-the-catholic-press-is-picking-up-the-story.html#comments515884:5912714:comment/8921880Thanks, Teresa, for the link and citation; a very interesting and instructive site-- that there is a certain blindness on the part of one or more of the site authors as to what his Holiness attempted to do with the lifting of the excommunications of Mons Williamson et alii is understandable, in a way, at any rate (there are just some issues that reason cannot easily penetrate, after all). (I corrected a tiny omission in the site address....)

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