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Sunday, March 29, 2026

Poems from a Very Long Prayerbook(TM)

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After hours and hours immersed in the Very Long Prayerbook TM from the 16 th century that I’ll be speaking on at the Medieval Congress at...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Seven Times a Day: Prayer as Humane Practice

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One of the things that shows up again and again in early devotional books is instruction that feels, at first glance, almost excessive. “...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Discovering Johannes Nider on the fly: A binding fragment from Thalbach

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Every archival journey has its moments of mystery. One of those dropped in my lap this week. Late last year, one of the Thalbach library v...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Threefold Illumination: A Nun’s Prayer After Communion

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The spiritual quest for three-fold illumination -- knowledge of self; knowledge of God’s love; and knowledge of (and surrender to) God’s ...
Monday, February 2, 2026

Practicing Death: The “Seven Last Words” at Thalbach

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The back-end of the Thalbach prayerbook (ÖNB Cod. 11750, 56v-60r) provides an early modern devotional adaptation of the “Seven Last Words...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

Happy January from the Teutsch Römisch Breuier (1535): Of Calendars, Convent Books, and the Lives They Touched

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It is the first day of the second quarter of the 21st Century, and thus a time for a fresh new start. I’ll begin here with a bit of mate...