Thursday, December 1, 2011

Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature contains a vast amount of works of literature from medieval times to the Restoration, with commentaries and histories of a substantial number of writers. An excellent resource for the English literature buff and the once-in-a-while inquirer alike!
http://www.luminarium.org/

Friday, November 25, 2011

Into the Wardrobe (a C. S. Lewis Website)

From the homepage:

"WELCOME TO Into the Wardrobe! [...] For those who have no idea about C. S. Lewis and his work, and are just looking for a fun site, there is plenty to investigate and enjoy right here, and what you find here may well lead you into years of enjoyable reading as you discover the existence of one of the finest writers of this century, and find out about his books.  
"On the other hand, for those who are already fascinated by Jack (C. S. Lewis' nickname) and his 'Narnian Chronicles', or other works, and want to know more about him and his world, you can almost be there yourself by wandering through this site's various links. There is much here of worth to the serious scholar too, and if you are about to embark on a paper about Jack or his works I heartily recommend this site as a research source."

http://cslewis.drzeus.net/

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Glottopedia

From the website: "Glottopedia is a freely editable encyclopedia for linguists by linguists that is currently being built up. It will contain dictionary articles on all technical terms of linguistics and is multilingual. In addition, there are survey articles, biographical articles and language articles, potentially on all linguists and all languages."
http://www.glottopedia.de/index.php/Main_Page

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Eglise Archange Michel et Saint Georges (Villejuif, France)

The website of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Archangel Michael and St. George, in Villejuif, France; it contains many audio and video materials in French.
http://www.moneglisecopte.com/

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Pensée 570 (Blaise Pascal)

Pensée 570:

Christ prefigured by Joseph. Innocent, beloved of his father, sent by his father to see his brothers, is sold for twenty pieces of silver by his brothers. Through this he becomes their lord, their saviour, saviour of strangers and saviour of the world. None of this would have happened but for their plot to destroy him, the sale, and their rejection of him.

In prison Joseph, innocent between two criminals. Jesus on the cross between two thieves. He prophesies the salvation of one and the death of the other when to all appearances they are alike. Christ saves the elect and damns the reprobate for the same crime. Joseph only prophesies, Jesus acts. Joseph asks the man who will be saved to remember him when he comes in glory. And the man Jesus saves asks to be remembered when he comes into his kingdom.

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées. trans. by A. J. Krailsheimer. London: Penguin Books, 1996. p. 195

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Marcion Project Coptic Dictionary

"[Coptic English and Coptic Czech dictionary related to Crum's Coptic Dictionary, written in C++, with embedded MySSL server and Qt GUI. Contains Coptic texts, grammars, Greek texts, LSJ Greek-English lexicon and others. Can be used as Bible-study tool.]"
http://marcion.sourceforge.net/dictionary/search.php

Myriobiblos, the E-Text Library of the Church of Greece

A part of the "atropos" cultural center containing a host of English (as well as Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, and German) texts from the Greek Orthodox Church's online presence:
http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/index_en.html

Sunday, October 2, 2011

St. Mary and St. John Coptic Orthodox Church E-Book Library

Dozens of e-Books in PDF format, including a large collection of books by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III and Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty, as well as modern writings by non-Coptic authors:
http://stmarystjohn.org/resources/bookstore/library

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Byzantine Music (Site by Basil Crow)

An excellent site about Byzantine music (with a section on Byzantine music in Arabic) with comprehensive resources for study, including sound samples, pedagogical materials, and scores:
http://music.basilcrow.com/

Coptic Sounds: A Resource for the Study of Coptic Phonology

A wonderful blog with many journal articles and discussions concerning modern scholarship into the authentic pronunciation of the Coptic language:
http://copticsounds.wordpress.com/

Coptic Church Review (Websites Old and New)

Original website for the journal of Coptic Studies, with archive of issues and biography of Dr. Rudolph M. Yanney:
http://www.copticchurchreview.com/

New website published by the Archdeacon Habib Guirguis Educational Fund:
http://copticreview.org

Coptic Books (BYU Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts)

Coptic books and books about Coptic in the BYU CPART collection:
http://cpart.byu.edu/?page=104&sidebar

Coptica (Site by Pierre Cherix)

Coptic texts, documents, links, and resources in French (and some English):
http://coptica.ch/

IXOYC.NET

Hundreds of books about the Church Fathers in digital format:
http://ixoyc.net/fathers2.aspx

Lexilogos Coptic Dictionary

Coptic lexicons, dictionaries, language resources, and literature:
http://www.lexilogos.com/english/coptic_dictionary.htm

A Prayer

"All-caring Lord, place your holy fear before my eyes as a shield, that they may no longer gaze with lust; before my ears, that they may not enjoy hearing words of evil; before my mouth, that it may utter no falsehood; before my heart, that it may think of no evil; before my hands, that they may do no injustice; before my feet, that they may not walk on the paths of iniquity. But so direct their movements, that they may, at all times, be according to your commandments in all things. Amen."

From the eNewsletter of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church in America