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Posted on April 15, 2019

Sacred Music from Notre Dame Cathedral, Tonus Peregrinus

A few weeks ago I posted tracks from this album as part of the ChoralMarch blog series. It is hard to believe the cover of this album – with Notre…

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Posted on March 28, 2019

#ChoralMarch, March 28th, Tonus Peregrinus “Viderunt Omnes (4 Part Organum)

Tonus Peregrinus’ Sacred Music From Notre Dame album featured here a few days ago. Today there is a stunning  selection from the same album – I can only say listen…

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Posted on November 11, 2018November 11, 2018

Some stained glass from Notre-Dame-De-La-Tronchaye, Rochefort-en-Terre, Morbihan, France

This fine church is located in what was apparently deemed in 2016 the favourite village of the French. It is a rather charming (and quite busy) place. Tradition has it…

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Posted on August 24, 2017August 24, 2017

“his ideas have a curious tendency to come to life” – Therese Scarpelli Cory on studying Aquinas

From Medievalists.net, an interesting interview with Therese Scarpelli Cory, Professor of Philosophy and author of Aquinas on Human Self-Knowledge. I found the following passage particularly interesting: So when I had…

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Posted on October 2, 2015April 12, 2017

An unfinished piece: Reflections from six Parisian Churches

On a visit to Paris a few years back I ended up, well, visiting a series of (Catholic) churches. Each was very different in its way) I have often tried…

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