An Old English Herbal
I am here with an update on my manuscript transcription. I first and last discussed this in the enthusiastically-titled post, New Project! back in mid October. Life has been quite busy since then but I have not abandoned my quest. In fact, I printed out the first page on three separate, dramatically zoomed in on three of the four quadrants. The first page looks like this:
New Project!
I had intended to start a new project in my Old English work. After making some progress toward it that I could show off in style, I'd then tell everyone about it. When my thesis theatre was new and fresh, I had told people I'd do something in the "poetry everybody knows and loves for the extremely specific value of everyone that includes Old English poetry enthusiasts" genre. Maybe "The Seafarer" or "The Wanderer" or "The Ruin". They're loved for a reason. Of course this also means they're pretty thoroughly researched and widely available, but I'm not trying to break fabulous new ground here, I'm trying to make things accessible in an enjoyable way.