Kräuterstadt / Herbipolis
An epitaph from the cloister at Würzburg: Sta viator et audi werthemium in franconia mihi vitam dedit, sed rudem, quam arte musica polivit francofurtum, et fide catholica illustravit polonia. In fide...
View ArticleEine Geschichte / A Story
Es war mal eine deutsche Übersetzerin, die nach England zog. Eines Tages bat man sie, den Führer für eine berühmte Kirche ins Deutsche zu übersetzen. Sie sah, dass der Text machbar für sie war,...
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Baking host wafers / Hostienbäckerei
Things have obviously changed a lot in the past two thousand years. These people produce 3.5 million host wafers a year and have baked 653,000 for the World Youth Day (sic) in Cologne. Varensell Abbey...
View ArticleSt. Isidore
St. Isidore is the patron saint of the Internet, according to an entry in h2g2 (the BBC’s pre-Wikipedia Wikipedia) on Cool patron saints. Catholic Online has written a prayer for those using the...
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Bells / Glocken
I have just been translating this . I decided to call the Raumtor separating nave and choir something like a proscenium arch. When I was reminding myself how to describe bells, I found a nice site...
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