Booklog: Hildegard and Julian

Last of the Lenten nonfiction!

Fiona Maddocks, Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age

A decent introduction to the life of the early twelfth-century German abbess, scholar, composer, mystic and gadfly, this book covers the basics of her life with reasonable attention to her Sitz im Leben. ( Read more... )

The Revelation of Divine Love in Sixteen Showings Made to Dame Julian of Norwich (translated with a new introduction by M.L. del Mastro)

On May 8, 1373, a recluse attached to the Church of St. Julian in Norwich, England, suffering from an illness near death, experienced a series of "showings" from God. ( Read more... )

Booklog: Manga Dump

CLAMP, Tokyo Babylon 1-2 (tr. Ray Yoshimoto, Alexis Kirsch and Carol Fox)

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岩永 亮太郎 [Iwanaga Ryotaro], Pumpkin Scissors 2 (tr. Ikoi Hiroe)

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CLAMP, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle 16 (tr. William Flanagan)

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