Blog post: Threefold illumination, one determined nun: first despise yourself, then fall in love with God, then surrender everything. Medieval spiritual growth, step by step.

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I transcribed and translated a Catholic Segen, a kind of activating prayer, from the 16thc Thalbach prayerbook. Here I provide Part I and an assessment of *how* the prayer works

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A blog post today on the Seelengärtlein (Hortulus animae), one of the hugely popular prayerbooks of the 16th century. Both a bit about how to find copies and a bit about indexing the thing. I love me a good spreadsheet! Oh, and there are woodcuts. But the Hellmouth is from a different print...

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I would just like to point out that the extra “h” added mid word as an adjunct to the “ck” is ruining my typing forever.

“junckhfraw” (= jungfrau, virgin)

Over and over and over again

I had to look up the regular spelling; I no longer know it in my bones

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Big Siddur update for the RustyBrick Siddur for iOS out. It drastically improves the accuracy of the minyan database https://www.rustybrick.com/iphone-siddur.php

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My first 'unboxing' post is up on the blog! Not reviewing a high-tech gadget but a #breviary. 🙏 To each his own, I guess 🤣

https://grammaticus.blog/2023/03/13/diurnale-romanum/

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