David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.


21 April 2019

An Easter Observance




 Swanston & Flinders Sts intersection, Melbourne, 8 April 2019


Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
 Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world
 - John 1 : 29


Today on ABC RN

False necessities: Is 'taste' enough to morally justify the mass slaughter of animals?


https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/theminefield/2019-04-17/11017518


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