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I was expecting to read the text. :(
https://academic.oup.com/res/advance-article/doi/10.1093/res...
Got me thinking... what is the oldest, preserved joke? Is it still funny?
Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart on her husband’s lap.
Got me thinking... what is the oldest, preserved joke? Is it still funny?
I was expecting to read the text. :(
Some better information in this article: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23557334.librar... The manuscript itself seems to be available here: https://digital.nls.uk/early-manuscripts/browse/archive/1336... I freely admit I cannot read it :)
Contents
The Hunttinge of the Hare.
A Mock Sermon.
...
I can tell it's English, but that's about all I can tell, and that only because I can read some of the words, but not all of them. :) Maybe I can send the image to GPT-4 for transcription and translation. (lol)
IN BRITAIN! I think some of the posts on here are very anglo-centric. I like that HN is a place that serves no one particlar nation or people.
Medieval refers to a specific European time period, I’m not sure what you expected. > Minstrels were fixtures of European life in the Middle Ages, but though countless references to these entertainers exist in literature from this era, no clear records of an actual minstrel’s “repertoire,” meaning their act or set, has been identified—until now. What’s not to like?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some better information in this article: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23557334.librar... The manuscript itself seems to be available here: https://digital.nls.uk/early-manuscripts/browse/archive/1336... I freely admit I cannot read it :)
Interesting. The table of contents is rewritten in modern cursive, though I can't read everything even there. Contents The Hunttinge of the Hare. A Mock Sermon. ... From there we can flip forward to the actual content and ... yep, can't read it. Honestly the only reason I know it says "huntinge of the hare" centred at the top is because I read it in the table of contents. I can tell it's English, but that's about all…
> (something) tale I will now tell
Except the spelling is like:
> (something) take y wyll yow tell
I can also read what seems to be "me to blame" on the 6th line.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some better information in this article: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23557334.librar... The manuscript itself seems to be available here: https://digital.nls.uk/early-manuscripts/browse/archive/1336... I freely admit I cannot read it :)
Interesting. The table of contents is rewritten in modern cursive, though I can't read everything even there. Contents The Hunttinge of the Hare. A Mock Sermon. ... From there we can flip forward to the actual content and ... yep, can't read it. Honestly the only reason I know it says "huntinge of the hare" centred at the top is because I read it in the table of contents. I can tell it's English, but that's about all…
This is what seems to be the first page of the text https://digital.nls.uk/early-manuscripts/browse/archive/1341...
I recognize latin characters in what my classmates called "gothic font" in highschool. But I can't recognize the language.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some better information in this article: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23557334.librar... The manuscript itself seems to be available here: https://digital.nls.uk/early-manuscripts/browse/archive/1336... I freely admit I cannot read it :)
Interesting. The table of contents is rewritten in modern cursive, though I can't read everything even there. Contents The Hunttinge of the Hare. A Mock Sermon. ... From there we can flip forward to the actual content and ... yep, can't read it. Honestly the only reason I know it says "huntinge of the hare" centred at the top is because I read it in the table of contents. I can tell it's English, but that's about all…