Here’s a little quiz for the literature geeks:
This is the first page of a well-known manuscript. It’s the original first page of said manuscript.
Care to wager a guess? First one to name it gets bragging rights.
the munchkin wrangler.
a magic daycare and novel factory in upper cryogenica
Beowulf.
Tineye.com worked, Beowulf is right. I missed it be 10 minutes.
Just about to type BEOWULF when I see somebody else got it already.
Gee, I was going to say “Spongebob Squarepants”, but I guess that would be wrong…
Off topic:
Do you know of this guy?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/08/AR2009080802437.html?hpid=moreheadlines
He fixes real pens, in Nashua.
Woody Allen’s advice on attending college:
“Just don’t take anything where they make you read ‘Beowulf’.”
Last semester, I took a class on Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings. As part of a study on Tolkien’s inspiration, we read Beowulf. It’s hardly my favorite text, but listening to someone recite it in Old English (with -enthusiasm-) did a good deal to get my attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y13cES7MMd8 – The gentleman reciting the opening lines is very much in the tradition of the old bards. I’d recommend giving it a listen.
Yup, Beowulf. Even this half-literate angry white guy from upstate NY can recognize that, even though it’s not in the Bible or the Remington catalog.
Thanks Marko!
Beowulf. I recognized the “Hwaet”.
You got me on that one bud. I was thinking the maybe a page from the dead sea scrolls.
Joe
Ancient Hebrew looks like this.
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Heh.
Got it based on the calligraphic style. Studied a bunch of medieval history in the last few years…
Wow! You found my high school diploma.