Category: virtue
J G Ballard on viewing Crivelli’s Annunciation
Via Bibliokept: I am sure that a large part of the enduring mystery of the Renaissance masterpieces in the National Gallery was due to the absence of the explanatory matter that…
#ChoralMarch: March 8th: “Black Christ of the Andes (St Martin De Porres)”, Mary Lou Williams
I’m conscious that some readers may find the music featured in Choral March excessively pious (of course, some may find it not pious enough) If these readers are unfamiliar with…
#ChoralMarch : March 3rd, Schola Antiqua, “Ego Te Tuli”
Founded in 1984, Schola Antiqua is dedicated “to the study, research, and performance of early music and, in particular, Gregorian chant.” This selection is taken from their recording Oficio De La Toma De…
“Weren’t you delighted to see such beauty as hers?” : Introducing St Pelagia the Harlot
In “Of Martyrs, Monks, and Mystics: A Yearly Meditational Reader of Ancient Spiritual Wisdom”by Charles Ringma and Irene Alexander, I came across this quote from The Life of St. Pelagia…
“What is Beauty?” considered in Dungloe courthouse
An interesting tale from the Donegal courts. A vet who set up a clinic in Bunbeg was denied certification by the veterinary authorities as the word “beauty” was in the…
The perils of quoting out of context
The Samuel Johnson Soundbite Page is a trove of quotable bits from the Great Cham himself. I came across this post on the perils of taking quotes from Johnson’s Rasselas…
Review of “Homesickness: An American History” by Susan Matt, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2012
This is a wonderful book I heartily recommend, indeed re-reading the review I hope the warmth of my recommendation is clear. The balance Susan Mat strikes between mastery of the…
Séamus Sweeney 