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I woke up one day and surprisingly said to myself, "How about I be the garden mom for my daughter's 5th grade class?" Besides knocking out a few plants, how hard can it be? My dad was a farmer; that must make me one, too.

After all, the smallish garden space assigned to the dear children and me had already been weeded and composted. ("Compost," a word I already knew about - this is going to be so awesome!) Everything else - planting, watering, weeding, waiting - will be basically downhill.

And I'll mix it up - plant some seeds, a few live plants. Not just veggies, but flowers. And bulbs for springtime. Ah, and cilantro! Why, I'm even envisioning a classroom taco day, a day we top tacos with cilantro from our very own garden!

But, little did I know, there was a hitch. An educational hitch. Who knew I was going to have to make the kids smarter? Dang it.

Okay, not a problem. I could start by teaching them what compost is made of and laugh about how gross it is (securing my rep as the cool garden mom). And I could show them how to carefully remove a plant from its plastic egg carton thingy. Then, I'd have them smell the plants, asking tough questions like, "If you were a bee, which plant would you land on?"

Nothing to worry about. I had it all under control, perfectly under control until... until I was handed THE BOOK, the 40 page three-ring binder created by last year's garden mom that oozed with education and had "Molly is a total loser" written all over it.

You see, this garden book has stuff about beets and phytonutrients. This book has garden lesson plans that correlate with classroom lesson plans. And this book has not one, not two, but 14 pages devoted to photosynthesis - plastic sleeve protected pages, mind you, should the garden mom's devotion take her straight through rain, shine, or meatball sandwich.

Tsk tsk, jealous of last year's garden mom, are we? Yes. Though, had I known a top-notch garden standard existed, I would've rather volunteered to tutor the kids in common core math. (Now obviously, that's a lie. I'm just painting a picture here.)

I mean, it's bad enough I already envy that guy's public speaking skills. And her ability to use power tools. And their knowledge of United States history. Do I really need to add "that lady's mad gardening skillz" to the list?

Mark Twain wouldn't think so, for he's written, "Comparison is the death of joy."

So maybe I can just admire the garden book without having to precisely follow it. Or without having to, uh... open it? Of course, I'll open it. Proverbs 3:13 does indeed say, "Joyful is the person who finds wisdom and gains understanding." Learning - being teachable - is always a good idea.

And should last year's garden mom (true story) ever walk up to me - in the flesh - and tell me I shouldn't have planted hyacinth bulbs near the cauliflower because hyacinth has "poisonous properties," I'll just smile and graciously thank her for creating such a wonderful resource for all future garden moms. Oh, and maybe try a little of the cauliflower before giving the kids a sample.

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Everybody has some good and bad memories to cherish or to leave behind. There are certain memories that make us laugh, and other memories that make us cry. While this soundtrack is playing many of my old memories come flooding back.
The music is taking me back to a time when I was in one of my dull and dim music classes. I must say it was one of the hardest classes I had to endure. The class was scheduled on a winter’s night for approximately 3 hours on Mon and Wed! At first I thought I could complete this course without any complexity. I assumed the class would be as easy as eating a giant bowl of noodle, but little did I know it turned out to be a whole different story.
 My fellow classmates and I sat there for 3 hours in this dim room listening to our instructor playing a kind of music that I had NEVER heard in my entire life. There was no such thing as modern music, but only music from the EARLY DAYS existed in that insipid room! Sometimes we would listen to nothing but just the silent room or take note to something that the instructor played from his CD as if a person was just murmuring, crying, dying or screaming very loud for help in those songs … Sure it was very creepy to hear all that. And other times we were told not to hear anything but just to listen to the beat of the heart! “Sure it was crazy! I was so MAD!” To be honest, I thought I was in HELL! What the heck was I listening during these 3 hours at night? Music scared me so much! I thought I would faint/die in this class. Trust me it was a nightmare for me! Not only we were supposed to listen to those kinds of music, but also expected to understand each song and memorize/recognize whatever he played during the class. Why? He would give us approximately 29 seconds to tell him the correct title, era, and composer. Many pieces he played were so similar! Sometimes whatever the instructor played would stick in my head and fright me as I was heading outside in the snowy night. Some dropped the course and half of us HAD NO choice but to continue! YES I did finish the course and it was worth it!
 As I am listening to this soundtrack I am very grateful that I did not drop the class. Why? It was actually this class that woke me up, helped and made me reorganize many aspects.
 When the horrendous music was playing in the class my mind was hastening and an extraordinary thought evoked me. Many memories were coming back and I began to remember the old times. I thought of MINH CANH! At that instance, I realized Vietnamese Cai luong was NOT as ghastly as I thought. “If I had to choose I would rather choose to listen to this Minh Canh’s voice instead of these unspeakable ones in the class.”
 Perhaps, without this class and my parents I do not know if I would have the ability to discover my respect for Minh Canh . I do regret how I used to criticize Minh Canh’s appearance and Cai luong. I do feel humiliated that I used to hate Cai luong… I do feel I do feel…I do… feel very terrible why my admiration for MINH CANH has begun so late. There are so many regrets! I guess what done is done and of course I cannot turn back! But at least, I am very grateful to learn my erroneous beliefs and affection for Minh Canh & LeThuy.
 It’s really hard to change one’s personal beliefs and 1 class like this may or may not do anything…It really takes time…Because right after I took this class I didn’t fall in love with MC’s voice right away...This class allowed me to see my negative thoughts and respect Vietnamese Opera/ Minh Canh. It took me another year to understand and really like Minh Canh.
 I didn’t discover my passion for Minh CANH long ago,butI just learned to ADMIRE/LOVE him just some months ago! Let me see how many months…umm...Counting hummm I won’t tell you yet! ( you,Lekt made me say it out! I was hoping to keep that as a secret so people or you would think that I must be crazy about Minh Canh for a long time ago…Hey,just fooling around, okie?
 At this point, I CAN’T say that I totally like Cai Luong but I’d rather say that I VALUE and appreciate cai luong. I guess it’s a part of the Vietnamese culture so that’s why. I don’t hate cai luong anymore , but I just RESPECT it. Sometimes I get confused whether I actually like Cai Luong or not. Because I can only listen to Minh Canh & Le Thuy. You may say that I'm a hard headed person because I'm not at that superior level to stand/hear/like whatever every singers are singing.....
 Now when it comes to Minh Canh , I do LIKE and ADORE him…..Minh Canh & Le Thuy make cai Luong shine in my heart! It’s just my opinion and probably some other singers make cai luong/Vietnamese music shine in your heart! Everybody has a different taste so it’s up to a person to decide!
 Okie, since today is the 4th of July I’d like to say “Happy 4th of July to all! Let’s ENJOY the FIREWORKS tonight!”….I’m so happy & EXCITED!
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Cecil hotel news

Status of new or continuing risks to heritage sites

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Postby newsposter » Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:32 am

There isn't any news of the Cecil hotel, which is now owned by the City. Regardless, CTV Calgary did the story linked below :wink: In spite of the line in the story about the City's earlier discussions: "...There was also talk about preserving the old hotel as a heritage site but that idea was dismissed after it was determined that anything of historical significance was destroyed in a 1982 fire..." it is infact listed on the City's heritage inventory as a City-wide Historic Resource and nothing has been finally decided. And the exterior certainly has enough integrity to be restored to its original rugged handsomeness, IMHO.

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Read more: http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/future-of-cru ... z29ZMLs900
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/future-of-cru ... n-1.998625

Information on the Cecil in the City's heritage inventory:
http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/LUPP/Pages/He ... ourceId=46

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Postby LauraGrace » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:50 am

City still has no plans for old Cecil Hotel (with video): Site acquired in 2009 but now used for storage

By Sherri Zickefoose, Calgary Herald
October 21, 2012

CALGARY — Years after a crime-ridden downtown tavern was shuttered, the city-owned Cecil Hotel continues to languish with no immediate plans for demolition or redevelopment.

When the city purchased the site for $10.9 million in 2009, there was talk of tearing down the worn-down building in favour of parking or condos as part of East Village revitalization.

With peeling paint and boarded up windows, the dingy site is now being used as a convenient construction hub for the city’s 7th Avenue LRT project.

But area residents and businesses say the homely hotel needs to go.

“It’s a bad first impression of the city — something needs to be done,” said Lance Hurtubise, who runs Bookers BBQ Grill & Crab Shack across the way on 4th Avenue and 3rd Street S.E.

“It’s brutal. It looks like an eyesore. It’s really the gateway to downtown for people coming straight from the airport.”

The city yanked the notorious tavern’s business licence in 2008 after officials became fed up with high crime rates, including a fatal stabbing and open drug transactions inside the bar. Police officials said they responded to 1,700 there calls a year.

For now, city officials say there are no solid plans for the hotel site’s future.

“It’s being used as a storage grounds for construction materials and equipment relating to the 7th Avenue work being done on the train line,” said Sean Somers from the city’s transportation department, which has stewardship of the hotel’s property.

As that wraps up over the course of the next few months, Somers said they “don’t really know” what the future holds for the site.

“The long story short is that we don’t really know what that’s going to look like going ahead,” said Somers.

“At this point the future is undetermined.”

For condominium residents inside Pointe of View, which overlooks the boarded up hotel, the vacant spot doesn’t exactly add curb appeal.

“They can tear down a hospital, I’m sure they can tear down a shack,” said Nabila Al-Yafi, adding she’s holding out hope the city will demolish the vacant hotel after LRT construction is finished.

The Cecil Hotel was built in 1912 to cater to labourers.

The hotel’s heritage value is considered minimal due to a fire in 1982 that destroyed its historical significance.

With future East Village plans now in the works, the area’s alderman says redevelopment will happen but it’s a waiting game.

“We’re still determining what to do with it,” said Ward 7 Ald. Druh Farrell.

“I think people are relieved it’s not occupied anymore. It’s all part of the East Village plan and that’s a long-term strategy. Now that we’ve secured the site there will be a good time. It’s not now. The time will be right when we look at redevelopment. It’s one step at a time with the East Village.”

There has been some interest in the nearby Calgary police union lot, she said.

The waiting game will pay off, said Calgary Downtown Association president Maggie Schofield.

“We’d sure like to see something happen with it, some sort of revitalization,” Schofield said. “We hope when the East Village develops that will be one of the pieces that develops with it.”

For now, with construction activity behind the hotel, the area is in good hands, she added.

“If it was just a building standing completely alone and there was nothing going on around it, I’d be quite concerned. But there is a lot of foot traffic. It hasn’t been a concern,” she said.

“It’s not that bad in the grand scheme of things.”

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Postby newsposter » Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:31 am

More of the negativity campaign regarding the Cecil hotel...

Editorial: Cecil Hotel should go
Calgary Herald October 22, 2012
Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Editorial+ ... z2AQ40aPhT

Calgary’s ‘epicentre’ of evil, death and darkness :roll: may soon become a frightening piece of the past
National Post
Jen Gerson | Oct 26, 2012 2:25 AM ET |
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/26 ... -darkness/

The Herald's new editorial position (demolish) is contrary to the position they took back in 2008, of restoration and reuse:
http://www.calgaryheritage.org/CHIForum/vi ... =1482#1482
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Re: Cecil hotel news

Postby newsposter » Fri Aug 23, 2013 12:07 pm

Been a long time since there was an update on the Cecil Hotel! As if it needed more trouble, the Cecil Hotel was impacted by the June floods. It was not "pumped out", but the water drained out naturally.

Found this article from the East Village Free Press blog from late last year, Nov. 26 2012. http://www.evfreepress.com/2012/11/ceci ... olish.html

Here is a more recent report (August 1, 2013) from the Calgary Gay History project, that the Cecil was gathering place of the lesbian community in the 1960s, when gay life was still pretty underground here. http://calgaryqueerhistory.ca/2013/08/0 ... cil-hotel/

Here is the transcript of a twitter exchange on August 8, 2013 including Mayor Nenshi:

Citizen asks: @nenshi As the city owns the Cecil Hotel, does the City have present plans to demolish it? #yyc
Mayor responds: not yet. but that is eventually likely

Stay tuned...
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Re: Cecil hotel news

Postby Fragile » Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:26 am

There is some news today on the future of the Cecil Hotel. Although neglected since before the 2013 flood and still under demolition threat, there are plans afoot to transfer this heritage asset to the developers of the East Village, CMLC. Check out the featured story in today's Herald:

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Re: Cecil hotel news

Postby Admin » Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:34 pm

Some examples of how a restored Cecil might look along with new development:

With parkade (click here for full sized http://i.imgur.com/ZOzvFza.jpg )

With condo (click here for full sized http://i.imgur.com/8kahl70.jpg )
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Re: Cecil hotel news

Postby Fragile » Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:39 pm

Today's interview with CHI President, Cynthia Klaassen on Global morning news:

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Re: Cecil hotel news

Postby Admin » Mon Oct 06, 2014 5:59 am

http://globalnews.ca/news/1588742/cecil ... e-history/

Cecil Hotel could be history

By Doug Vaessen and Jenna Freeman Global News

The days of a downtown landmark could be numbered as the city is in the process of selling the land where the Cecil Hotel sits.

The Cecil is perched on the edge of downtown and the hotel’s windows have been boarded up since 2009 when the city purchased the land.

The building has been around for more than one hundred years, but for many the nostalgia associated with the hotel is hardly reminiscent of similar buildings that that have been preserved like the nearby King Eddy.

“In my lifetime nothing good has really taken place in the Cecil,” said Michael Brown, CEO of Calgary Municipal Land Corporation.

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#NaNoWriMo2017, Day 15 or Where’s the Delete Button?

Sigh. Fortunately, this doesn’t happen to me often, but it is today. I wrote 530 words yesterday and most of them are going to get deleted. (Okay, probably not deleted. Probably moved to a different section outside of the manuscript and possibly recycled for a bonus scene for the newsletter or some such thing.)

Sigh more.

But the scene doesn’t really work. I had Benjamin and Katrin going to a birthday bash for the king with dancing and all of that, but I have specific reasons for Katrin not dancing with a bunch of people yet, but I don’t want them to give some excuse like a sprained ankle for her to sit out. So it’s changing to something else.

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I DID get the calendaring done yesterday. So Reclaiming Hearts is all on the calendar and so is In Concert with the King, at least what’s already written. So that’s a yay!

Leaving the official stats for now, but will make note of it tomorrow…

Yesterday’s Stats:

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Yesterday: 530
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1. VALLA, Laurentius
De elegantia Latinae linguae
[Louvain : Jan Valdener, c. 1478]. fol.
Rhodes 1791.
(References to Rhodes throughout refer to D.E.R. Rhodes, A catalogue of incunabula in all the libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian (Oxford, 1981).)
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] A.2.7
Given by Richard Fox, Founder of the College. Fox himself has added the initial Q on folio 10.

The presence of RF (Ricardus Fox) and RE (Ricardus Econiensis) within the initial Q show that Fox first added his personal initials before he was translated to the see of Exeter in 1487. RE, evidently inscribed with a different pen, and arguably at a later date, was added between 1487 and 1492 when he was Bishop of Exeter. J.G. Milne surmises that Fox may well have purchased this book hot from the press - the subject of the book being just what a man with his sights on a place in public service might need (J.G. Milne, The early history of Corpus Christi College, Oxford (Oxford, 1946), p. 40).

The De elegantia is a work on Latinprose style, and we should not be surprised to find it in the library of the College whose Reader of Humanity was to cast out all "barbarity" from this garden of learning.

2. CICERO, Marcus Tullius
Brutus. De oratore
Rome : In domo Petri de Maximo [Conrad Sweynheym & Arnold Pannartz], 12 January 1469. 4o.
Rhodes 578.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] C.2.1
Wanting leaves 1 and 2. Illuminated.
On the final leaf is inscribed: "Liber Jo. Shirwood sedis apostolice praetorii emptus Romae anno domini 1477."

Illuminated text at beginning of De oratore
Although there is no reference to Fox's ownership or gift in the book (possibly it has been lost with the first two leaves), we must believe that this volume came to the College via Fox, who had inherited Shirwood's library. (For details of Shirwood's library, see P.S. Allen, "Bishop Shirwood of Durham and his library", in English historical review, vol. XXV (1910), pp. 445-456.) John Shirwood was Bishop of Durham, 1494-1501. Fox succeeded him in that see in 1502, and inherited his Latin books.

Cicero's De oratore was one of the texts that Fox's statutes listed as to be taught by the Reader of Humanity to students who had made some progress in their studies.

The illuminated initial shown here at the beginning of the text of the De oratore is one of three in the book. There is red and blue rubrication throughout.

The first printers, copying the style of manuscripts, often left the space for large capitals at the beginning of a book or section blank (or marked with a lower case letter) so that the purchaser could, if he wished, have his books illuminated in the manner of his manuscripts. Less well-off customers would leave the spaces blank; a young man of limited means might try his hand at filling in his own initials, as Fox did in his copy of Valla. Whether Shirwood had this book illuminated, or purchased it second-hand already decorated, we cannot know. Shirwood's library certainly contained other illuminated items (nos. 3-4).

The marginalia are the typical signs of Fox at work on his books. This was obviously a text he had had in his own library and had studied in detail.

3. PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius
Comeodiae / ed. Georgius Merula

Venice : Vindelinus de Spira for Johannes de Colonia, 1472. fol.
Rhodes 1431.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] C.5.4

Given by Richard Fox.

Bought by John Shirwood in Rome on 15 May, 1481.

The first page of the text is lavishly illuminated. At the foot is a coat of arms that has been tentatively identified with a bishop of the Della Rovere family. Was it this owner who had the Plautus so decorated?

3a. AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius, Saint

Milan: Johannes Bonus, 21 July 1475. 4o.
Rhodes 203.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] C.1.16

Given by Richard Fox.

Bought by John Shirwood.

Showing the typical provenance note that Shirwood wrote in the end of his books:

"Liber Jo Shirwood se[dis] ap[ostoli]caeprotonotarii archidia[con]i Richemu[n]diae; emptus ligatus Romae... AugustiA[nn]o Do[mini], 1481."

Epistolae / ed. Joannes Andreae, Bishop of Aleria. 2 vol.

Rome: Conrad Sweynheym & Arnold Pannartz, 13 December 1468. fol.
Rhodes 910.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] E.3.1-2
Fox Jerome
Bought by John Shirwood in Rome, 1476.

Given by Richard Fox.

Volume 1. The first leaf. The style of illumination can be compared with the Plautus (no. 3). The wreath at the bottom of the page is of a similar style but awaits a coat of arms.

Jerome is one of the Fathers to be used in the interpretation of the Scriptures, according to Fox's statutes.

Opera / comm. Christophorus Landinus

Venice : Joannes [de Gregoriis] & socii, 17 May 1483. fol.
Rhodes 942.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] C.4.8(1)

Given by Richard Fox, 1519.

At the foot of the second leaf:

"Orate pro anima Reverendi in ChristoPatris ac D[omi]ni Ric[ard]i Fox olim Winton[ensis] Ep[iscop]i CollegiiCorporis Christi in universitate oxon[iense] Fundatoris qui hu[n]c libru[m]dedit eidem. 1519."

This inscription is common in most books given by Fox, although the date of the donation rarely appears. This dated example is good evidence of Fox giving to his college books that he expected to be studied. Horace was to be studied on Feast days in the afternoon.

The Horace is bound with:

Venice : Lucas Venetus Dominic F., 2 August 1481. fol.
Rhodes 1487.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] C.4.8(2)

The book has been rebound since Fox gave the Horace to the library, and it is no longer evident whether the Quintilian was part of Fox's gift. The text was one of those prescribed by Fox in his statutes, but there is no inscription of ownership, nor the usual marks made by Fox on his own books.

Strasburg: Johannes Gruninger, 1 November 1496. fol.
Rhodes 1680.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] C.5.12(1)

Terence is among the Latin authors to be explicated by the Reader of Humanity on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

John Claymond, the first President, filled some of the gaps in the provision Fox had made.

7. JUVENALIS, Decimus Junius

Venice: Baptista de Blavis, de Alexandria, 19 July 1483. fol.
Rhodes 1056.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] C.5.5(1)
Given by John Claymond.

On the fly leaf:

"Claymondo debetur. Solui per singuliscontentis in colligatione vjs xd."

Open at the 8th Satire, showing the typical layout of a mediaeval book: text in columns with surrounding commentary.

The marginalia are in the hand of John Claymond.

Epistolae / ed. Joannes Andreae, Bishop of Aleria. 2 vol.
Basle : Nicolaus Kesler, 8 August 1497. fol.
Rhodes 911.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] F.4.6
Given by John Claymond.

On the fly leaf is inscribed:

"Liber Claymondi emptus 4 s."
("Bought by Claymond for 4 shillings.")

Fox had already given his library an edition of this work printed in Rome in 1468.

The inscription at the base of the title page is evidence of the practice of a lending library:

"Orate pro anima Iohannis Claymondialuarii Corporis Christi primi presidis qui vsum huius libri dedit M. Scalateroquam diu manserit in dicto Collegio ut in electione preferantur IohannesGarrattus et Iohannes Claymondus cognati mei dum illic manserint."

Claymond seems to have given use of the book to Thomas Sclater for as long as he remains in the College. The book then seems to have been bought by Claymond for the College as a circulating copy. It does not bear marks of Claymond's own working books. Scalter
Fox's statutes allowed for books that were duplicates or works unworthy to be chained in the library to be circulated.

The woodcut of St. Jerome gives a pleasing picture of his personal trilinguis bibliotheca.

The book retains its original binding in which Claymond bought it.

The woodcut in this item serves as a useful pointer towards Greek and Hebrew books in the Corpus Library.

[Works. Greek]
Florence: Bernardus Nerlius, Nerius Nerlius, Demetrius Damilas, [not before 13 January 1488/9]. fol.
Rhodes 942.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] C.3.5-6

Given by Richard Fox.

Open at the beginning of Book XVI of the Odyssey: Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachus.

This is the first printed Greek edition of Homer. Fox endowed his library with this fine copy: Homer was to be taught on Holy Days, on which days Plato could also be taught.

The first book printed entirely in Greek was the Greek grammar of Constantine Lascaris printed in Milan by Dionigi de Paravicino. It is assumed that the typeface used was designed by Demetrius Damilas, who was resident in Milan at that time. We here see the same Demetrius Damilas printing this Homer in Florence at the expense of the brothers Nerlii.

Florence: in aedibus Philippi Iuntae, 1516. fol.
British Museum STC Italy p. 738
(British Museum, Short title catalogue of books printed in Italy... from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum (London, 1958))
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [delta] 6.4(1)

Given by Richard Fox.

This item is bound with:

Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1503. fol.
British Museum STC Italy p. 738
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [delta] 6.4(2)

Only the first work bears the inscription recording Fox's gift. It seems likely that Fox bought it straight off the press for his college library. This Florentine edition is the first Greek edition of the author. The book is not marked with Fox's marginalia, as are other books he gave to the College which had once been part of his own working library. The College still holds a string of early sixteenth century editions, most from the Aldine press, which were given by Fox. None bear much annotation. This is perhaps evidence of Fox buying specifically for the library. We know it was his intention that the library should be endowed with resources for the study of Greek as well as Latin.

Medea. Hippolytus. Alecestis. Andromache

[Florence: Laurentius de Alopa, before 18 June 1485]. 4o.
Rhodes 742.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] B.6.5(1)

The interest of this item is in the Greek typeface. the simple majuscules contrast with the much less readable text of the Aldine fonts based on a cursive script (no.12).

12. GAZA, Theodorus
[Grammatike eisagoge]

Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1495. fol.
Rhodes 812.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] A.3.5

Given by Richard Fox.

Open at the beginning of the Greek text.

Fox is here providing for the study of Greek. The founder's statutes require the Greek lecturer to read Greek grammar or rhetoric to interested students three or four times a week.

Aldus Manutius' main interest as a publisher was the printing of the Greek classics. This rather large font size shows off Aldus' Greek typeface well. He is believed to have based his Greek type design on the cursive hand of Immanuel Rhusotas (M. Davies, Aldus Manutius: printer and publisher of renaissance Venice (London, 1995), p. 14). Unfortunately, the hand of a Greek scribe, with numerous contractions and ligatures, well-suited for speedy note-taking, did not produce a very legible typeface. Compare this typeface with that of the Homer (no.9).

Venice : Aldus Manutius, June and [17] October 1499. fol.
Rhodes 777.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] A.3.11

Bought by John Claymond for the College, 1501. At foot of title page:

"Hic liber emptus fuit Anno Domini 1501 pro collegio Corporis Christi Claimonde preside."

Lincare's translation of Proclus' De sphaera begins with a dedicatory to Alberto Pio, prince of Carpi, wherein Aldus writes that he hopes Linacre

"will soon publish those and his other works on Physics and medicine, so that from that same Britain whence formerly a barbarous and unlearned literature made its way to us, occupying and still holding our Italian citadel, we who are now learning to speak in Latin, and as becomes men of learning, shall receive a knowledge of true science, and, having with British aid put barbarism to flight, win back our citadel. ... Admiring the latinity and eloquence of these men, I have thought it well to subjoin a certain learned and excellent letter, which William Grocyn, a man of exceeding skill and universal learning, even in Greek, not to say Latin, has sent me..."
(Translation taken from M. Burrows, "Linacre's catalogue of Grocyn's books, followed by a memoir of Grocyn", in Collectanea. 2nd series (Oxford, 1890), p. 350.)

The interest of this letter is twofold. It reveals what Aldus considers barbarous - the works of the Schoolmen- and it shows an early link between scholars in Oxford and the printers on the Continent, a link in which we shall see Corpus itself involved.

The study of natural philosophy was not overlooked in the Founder's statutes.

15th century hand on vellum
Ff. 164

Bound with:

De septem disciplinis
Ff. 41

Coxe CCC. 100.
(References to Coxe throughout are to H.O. Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque oxoniensibus hodie adservantur. Pars II (Oxford, 1852))
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Ms. 100

On fly leaf: "Liber W. Grocyn".

At base of contents page, fol.2:

"Hic liber emptus fuit abhaeredibus Guilielmi Grocini Anno Domini 1501 [sic] pro collegii CorporisChristi Claimonde praesidi."

One of the Greek manuscripts acquired by the College from the books of Grocyn after his death in 1519.

De physica
On vellum. Illuminated. fol.
15th century hand identified as that of John Thessalus Scutariota
Coxe CCC. 104.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Ms. 104

At the base of fol. 1:

"Hic liber emptus fuitab haeredibus Guilielmi Grocini Anno Domini 1521 pro collegio Corporis ChristiClaimonde preside."

This was one of a number of items purchased by the College from William Grocyn's executors.

13th century manuscript. On vellum

Hebrew text and Gallican text in parallel columns
There is also an interlinear literal Latin translation
Coxe. CCC. 10.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Ms. 10

Open at fol. 2, showing the inscription recording Claymond's gift:

"Orate pro anima Joannis Claymondi, prima praesidis hujus collegii Corporis Christi, qui hunc librumdedit eidem."

13th century manuscript. On vellum. 4o.

I Samuel. Hebrew with Vulgate translation in margin
Chronicles. Hebrew with interlinear Latin gloss
Coxe. CCC. 9
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Ms. 9

Given by John Claymond.

The margins contain notes with Latin and French renderings of Hebrew words often dependent on traditional Jewish interpretation. (Additional information from slips pasted in library's copy of Coxe from "Catalogue of Anglo-Jewish tercetenary exhibition, 1956".)

13th century manuscript. On vellum. fol.
Hebrew text and Vulgate in parallel
Coxe. CCC. 11
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Ms. 11

In place of the Gallican text are notes and collations bearing a resemblance to the Commentary on the Psalms by the English scholar Nicholas Trevet (1258?-1328). This manuscript was probably his working copy.

Diadochi in primum Elementorum Euclidis libri tres priori. Greek
15th century manuscript. 95 ff.

Coxe. CCC. 97
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Ms. 97

 Printers Mark
Open at folio 14, showing the red chalk marks of the printer in Basle in 1533, who has marked off the page endings of the printed edition. Compare the beginning of the text on page 14 of the printed edition (no.20).

Simon Grynaeus borrowed this manuscript from Corpus to provide the publisher of his printed edition with a text.

Grynaeus presented a copy of the printed work to John Claymond (no. 20).

Elements. Greek. With commentary of Proclus on Book I / edited by S. Grynaeus

Basle: Apud I. Hervagium, 1533. fol.
BM STC Germany 1455-1600, p. 288
(British Museum, Short title catalogue of books printed in German-speaking countries... 1455-1600 now in the British Museum (London, 1962.)
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [phi] F.3.10

Presented by the editor to John Claymond.

Given by John Claymond.

Open at page 14 of Proclus' commentary on Euclid. The text at the beginning matches that marked in the manuscript (no. 19).

The title page shows the editor's inscription.

This item shows Corpus supporting the work of editors and presses on the Continent.

Part 2: A selection of manuscripts from the College's collection

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Filming in morocco

The Centre Cinématographique Marocain was founded in 1944. It is one of the world’s oldest public establishments tasked with regulating and promoting film.

Since the 1920s, Morocco has had a long tradition of welcoming foreign film shoots, from “Mektoub” by J. Pinchon and Daniel Quintin, filmed in Tangier in 1919, to “The man who knew too much” by Alfred Hitchcock in 1955, via “Othello” by Orson Welles in 1952 (awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes in 1952 as a Moroccan film).

That love story between Morocco and film makers has never ended.

Over the last 40 years, Morocco has become one of the world’s major film-shooting sites, whether for cinema or for television, whether for big-budget blockbusters or for small-scale productions.

The list of our foreign guests is so long that it would be almost easier to list the people who have not shot films in Morocco.

Nonetheless, let us pay homage to our prestigious guests: John Huston, Martin Scorsese, Ridley and Tony Scott, Philippe de Broca, Jackie Chan, Alain Chabat, Paul Greengrass, Oliver Stone, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mike Newell, Clint Eastwood, Bernardo Bertolucci, Vittorio Storaro, Franco Zefirelli, Bruce Willis, Sean Connery, Brad Pitt, Robert Redford, Nicole Kidman, Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig, Sam Mendes, Sophia Loren, Monica Bellucci, Billie August, Leonardo DiCaprio…

Part of Morocco’s attractiveness lies in the wide variety of its landscapes:

Snow-covered mountains, sandy deserts, palaces out of “The Thousand and One Nights”, “Art Deco” buildings, qasba, Californian town, ultra-modern airports, fisherfolk villages, motorways, landing strips in the middle of the desert… Martin Scorsese found Tibet and Tian an Men Square for filming in Morocco (“Kundun”), where he also found Biblical settings (“The Last Temptation of Christ”).

In Morocco, Clint Eastwood found Falluja (for “American Sniper”), and Ridley Scott found Somalia (for “Black Hawk Down”) and Ancient Rome (for “Gladiator”).

John Huston, found Kafiristan, an imaginary region in Afghanistan (for “The Man who would be King”). "Cubby" Broccoli also found Afghanistan in Morocco (for the James Bond film “The Living Daylights”). Since the early 2000s, Morocco has been the setting for innumerable film shoots that depict Afghanistan.

Egypt appears in “Mission Cléopâtre” by Alain Chabat and "Un pique-nique chez Osiris" by Nina Companeez, and in Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign (in “Napoléon” by Yves Simoneau and “Napoleon and Josephine – a love story”, produced by Warner Bros.) Even the imaginary kingdom of Westeros from "Game of Thrones" found a home in Morocco.

Closer to home, the fifth “Mission: Impossible” film was shot in 2014 in Marrakesh, and Sam Mendes is currently shooting the 24th James Bond film.

For all those reasons, in April 2015, the British daily newspaper “The Guardian” chose Morocco as the world’s second-best destination for film shoots.

  • Participation under excellent conditions by all the official bodies of the State, i.e. the Royal Armed Forces, the Royal Moroccan Air Force, the Royal Moroccan Navy, the Royal Gendarmerie, and the National Security Service
  • Simplification of the procedure for temporary imports of arms and munitions required for film shoots
  • Rebates granted by Royal Air Maroc for the air transport of goods and passengers
  • Symbolic tariffs for shooting films at historic sites and monuments
  • VAT exemption for all goods and services acquired in Morocco
  • Simplification of the customs-clearance procedure for importing and exporting film-shooting equipment
  • Within the CCM, setting up departments that further facilitate procedures and contacts with departments and authorities involved in film shoots

All the foregoing has meant that increasing numbers of foreign film companies choose Morocco as a destination to make their productions. That, in turn, will certainly play a role in the development of the film sector and, beyond that, the national economy.

To help that vital sector to flourish, several Moroccan and foreign investors have set up well-equipped film studios in CASABLANCA and OUARZAZATE, (ATLAS Studios, KAN ZAMANE Studios, CINEDINA Studios, ESTER ANDROMEDA Studios, CLA Studio). In January 2005, His Majesty King MOHAMMED V inaugurated the CINECITTÀ Studio in OUARZAZATE.

Informed interest on the part of the country’s Highest Authority in film matters encourages public authorities, professionals, and artists to work in order to lengthen and even amplify the wish that is common to all: the flowering of a film industry in Morocco.


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2014 Conference Abstracts

“Faith Journey” by Mrs Trish Acres

With my personal spiritual experiences in mind while creating each piece, this collection of paintings is an abstract expression of feelings, thoughts, and memories. Within each painting I’ve used various design elements to express this collection of spiritually fuelled emotions; whether it be joy and revelation when I first came to faith, emptiness and confusion recalled while living a lifestyle that was not God-honouring, or awe and wonder upon experiencing God’s grace beyond forgiveness. Although these expressions are my own, my hope would be that the viewer could relate emotions from their own faith journey to individual paintings and connect  with the series on a personal level.

Painting in abstraction uses visual design elements such as colour, line, texture, movement or space (to name a few) as the subject matter rather than a recognizable object. Within this series, I have given each painting a one-word title for the viewer to reflect on as they become engaged in the painting, exploring their own thoughts, feelings, or experiences. Each of the 6 paintings is finished on sanded paper using various tools to move, etch, and blend the pastel.

“’With Glowing Hearts’” – Canadian Congregational Song” by Dr Joy Berg

Congregation song has been part of Worship life since the beginning of humanity! Still, music and text for the congregation continues to be composed today, and even within our specific culture. This presentation will give a very quick overview of Canadian hymnody through four stages – from “‘Twas in the moon of Wintertime” through to the multitude of composers and authors from across Canada now! Included will be a very brief discussion on what makes us distinctive – what makes a “Canadian” hymn!

“Mystery of Faith” by Mr Erik Cheung

I believe faith is a “realization” that grows stronger with experience. In religion, it is life experience. In art, it is about creative experience. These are parallel experiences that radiate from a point – the self.

Trusting in the mastery gained from the years and believing in an aesthetic outcome, I have no intention to try to represent anything in my work, not realism nor abstraction. My art is about the idea of being freed from style and forms; I simply live the process of every work and let it “be”, faith carries it through. That is how each work is made unique and the moments I spent with each piece say a part of me.

Doodle art shares the same ideals but it loiters around in freedom without an aim; my art possesses a structure, build upon aesthetic decisions, which contains freedom. When arcs and streamlines collide with organic shapes, images are born from the “chemistry”. I then base my knowledge to manipulate the elements and land choices accordingly. As intention is the soul of Chinese art, “Having no intention as intention” is my developed philosophy and theme behind. Strangely enough, this shares a parallel idea with another philosophy from the East: Using no way as way, having “no limitation as limitation” Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee.

My art is also a discipline that could be taught; practical sessions were experimented; a 74 old person who has never drawn in her life and believes she does not have a talent for art, tried it and accomplished an amazing. The secret lies in letting go and clinging to faith.

God has put creativity in my genes, led me around to collect necessary pieces of skills in the past 30 years, left me in the dark to do my own reflection, research and development; I trust that He would have prepared a stage to spread these findings when it is time.

“Conclusive Separation of the Visual Arts in Western Society from the Church in the Late Nineteenth Century” by Revd Daniel Deyell

Just at the point where the western European church experiences its rupture of homogeneous theology, in the century of Renaissance/Reformation, the visual arts experience a cataclysmic break with the Holy Christian Church. The fractures grow to drive artists away from the churchly subject matter of biblical and religious legends. Artists not only recognize the centricity of human beings, but they recoil from engaging subject matter that may return them to the authority of any church, especially the Roman Catholic Church. More and more, the whole process of art production is extricated from churchly patronage until the 19th century revels in “l’art pour l’art”. Art that is produced for church patrons assumes subservience to styles developed by increasingly independent visual thinkers alienated and segregated from religious attachment.

Non-western church arts rigorously adhere to entrenched rules of portrayal, like Russian Orthodox icons, or they glibly imitate local indigenous craft forms. By the beginning of the 20th century visual art for Christian audiences is either insipid pastiche of the established academic schools or is completely disassociated from the heterodox theology of the western world. Ironically, artists of the late nineteenth century who show the greatest interest in the spiritual in their art and who exhibit the most innovation with Christian subject matter are artists who are far from the orthodox dogmas of the Church. On the contrary, their spiritual quests lead them into individualistic mysticism and fringe confessions that reflect little, if any, obeisance to the confessions of Christendom. Societies like La Rose Croix and the Nabis attract esoteric individuals like J.K. Huysmans and Sar Peladan. Individuals like Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin work in their own studios but not in isolation of the ferment that yields twentieth century modernism.

“Visual Journaling Prayer Book” by Kim Fjordbotten

Find joy in small daily activities. Try visual journaling. Learn how to start your own prayer book. Enjoy a quick presentation where layouts are shown page-by-page. We will discuss how to gather thoughts, words and images then combine them to create interesting layouts. Enjoy the freedom to combine drawing, painting, lettering and collage. Don’t worry if you can’t draw. We will collage images. Think you can’t paint? Inconceivable, anyone can colour a page. The process is contemplative and playful. It is two-parts storytelling and poetry and one-part goal setting and problem solving. Take home instructions for making a book out of one piece of paper. This is a “crash course” in methods and materials for art-making to encourage people to get started in art and helping professionals to get the most from their materials.

“Trust: Lessons from Psalm 139” by Mrs Marilyn Nilsson Grabinsky

Art is the personal expression of an artist’s ideas and feelings about life. Every time artists present their artwork to the public, they make themselves vulnerable to public opinion about the worth of both the artwork and the artist’s intent. In the face of society’s definitions of success and failure in the secular art world, it is often difficult for Christian artists to confidently trust in God’s purpose for their lives. This visual presentation of paintings, drawings, and installation by the artist is given together with the narrative of how the poetry of Psalm 139 has reinforced and influenced her decisions and her artistic practice from hopeful beginnings through difficult circumstances until today.

“Performing Hildegard, The Ordo Collective” by Revd Gwen Bright and Ms Caroline Howarth

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the pre-eminent figures of 12th century Europe. Abbess, mystic, healer, naturalist, author, and composer, Hildegard influenced the lives of the powerful in both Church and state and left a legacy of music, art and writing that is as eclectic as that of Leonardo da Vinci. Among her musical works is Ordo Virtutum, the “Way of the Virtues”, one of the earliest musical dramas or operas ever performed. Ordo Virtutum dramatizes the struggle between the virtues and the devil for the soul of a young novice. It may have been first performed in 1152 by Hildegard’s nuns on the occasion of the dedication of her new abbey at St. Rupertsberg near Bingen on the Rhine River. Rev. Gwen Bright will discuss the piece in the it’s historical context and stage director, Caroline Howarth will discuss the approach taken in staging the piece for a modern audience. A full performance of Ordo Virtutum will be presented by the Ordo Collective on Friday evening of the conference.

“Little Froggy Explores the BIG World” by Revd David Kitz

Little Froggy Explores the BIG World is an award-winning children’s book written by David Kitz. David draws on his wealth of experience as a pastor, teacher, and storyteller to deliver a truly entertaining presentation of this story. “Boring” is not a word that is used to describe Little Froggy.

Brilliant illustrations by watercolour artist Mircea Gabor draw kids right into the story. Through the magic of power point projection, the same high-resolution images, which the artist created for the book, are used to transport you right to the pond. You can almost smell the pond water. The characters and the story come alive. Children are enthralled.

But Little Froggy is not just a pretty story. It touches on the big issues: sin, disobedience, and finding our way back to God. It’s both a cautionary tale and a parable about the pitfalls and triumphs of the human journey told in a format that even a four-year-old can understand.

“Psalms Alive! Connecting Heaven and Earth” by David Kitz

In the Psalms we find the wellspring of praise. This has been the churches’ fount of worship, from ancient hymns, to stately concertos, to modern praise choruses, they all find their source in the Psalms. Let all that is within me praise His holy name! “Psalms Alive!” is a one-man drama presentation by David Kitz. David draws on his years of experience as a pastor, teacher, and actor to deliver a direct Word based appeal to the hearts and minds of his audience. The Holy Spirit moves upon His Word to bring the Scriptures to life with truth and power. Consequently, lives are changed by the Spirit and the Word. The purpose of the presentation is for the audience to experience the power and dramatic passion of the Psalms.

“Music Therapy – Incorporating Faith into My Professional and Person-Centered  Practice” by Mr John Lawrence

When I first began training to become a music therapist, we were instructed to “avoid spiritual and religious interventions at all costs”, in order to avoid the possibility of “influencing your client through a position of authority in the therapeutic relationship”. As music therapy has grown and developed, spirituality has regained a measure of appropriateness and acceptability, particularly when working in palliative/hospice situations. It can also arise in family oriented work, and is one of the underpinnings of why I choose to work as a music therapist. This presentation will demonstrate how incorporate my faith in my professional, person-centered practice. My method will be a combination of PowerPoint, musical recital and commentary. I wish the audience to learn that: 1) Music is an incredible tool, not merely entertainment or a skill to be learned, that music therapists employ on a daily basis. 2) Music therapists serve those that are often marginalized or disregarded, in order to assist them in reaching their full potential. 3) God is the one, and true, creator of music—not only is it used to give him praise and to share our knowledge of him, but it used by fellow Christians, of many faiths, throughout the world for the betterment of individuals and society in general.

“An Embattled Soul: César Franck’s Piano Quintet in F Minor” by Dr Danielle Lisboa

The presentation explores the dichotomy between sacred and profane in César Franck’s Piano Quintet in F minor in the light of new biographical research. As a leader of the new French School, César Franck’s teachings influenced an entire generation of composers in the second half of the nineteenth century. In the article, the author investigates the role of the Franckian movement on the rebirth of chamber music in France, focusing on the analysis of the Piano Quintet in F minor as a vehicle for the composer’s liberation towards an ultra-Romantic trend, the very object of antagonism displayed in his sacred compositions.

Premièred in the same year as the oratorio Les Béatitudes, the pinnacle of Franck’s liturgical output, the Piano Quintet exposes an often overlooked side of the composer’s personality. The work presents traces of linear voice-leading, thematic transformations, and modulatory procedures indebted to the Wagner/Liszt models in a time of fierce anti-Germanic campaigns in France. The author suggests the interpretation of the quintet as a reflection of an embattled soul: Franck’s deep sense of righteousness, rooted in his Christian faith, and suppressed desires amid links between the composition of the piano quintet and Franck’s pupil Augusta Holmès.

Claude Debussy’s La cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral). Préludes (Book I): Performance (piano solo) and commentary.

“‘Ears to Hear’: Designs of Faith in Bach’s Music” by Mrs Jennifer Maxfield

As the consummate church musician, Johann Sebastian Bach is perhaps the prime example of a Christian expressing his faith through music, often in very specific ways. He was the highest practitioner of an art devoted to both apprehending and reflecting divine significance in patterns. In incorporating theologically resonant numbers, musical figures, and images, Bach embedded in his music a very personal testimony for those “who have ears to hear”.

This practice is beautifully illustrated by the second movement of a cantata he composed in the midpoint of his career, for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost 1725, on the hymn of the day, “Lobe den Herren” (Praise to the Lord). In this setting the day’s prescribed Scripture on the work of the Holy Spirit is expressed by violin, voice, and continuo in a vivid “floating” motif.

Twenty-some years later, as his life was drawing to a close, the composer transcribed this piece for organ, under a different title and text corresponding to a different liturgical season, in an adaptation organists and musicologists often have lamented as ungainly at best, ill-suited to the medium, even ill-considered. But its publication as the last of the six so-called Schuebler Chorales, among his late masterworks, bespeaks a more profound sense of design.

This presentation invites consideration of Bach’s expression of faith in these two pieces in the light of their texts and the theology implicit in them, the musical figures he employed, voicing and performance implications, and their context in the life of both the composer and the church. Ultimately a performance of the organ setting, “Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter”, points to a rhetorical yearning for Jesus’ return amidst the challenges, sorrows, and gentle joy of
a believer’s life.

“The Visual Arts as Sources for Reformation History and Theology” by Dr John Maxfield

In the sixteenth-century Reformation, artists such as Martin Luther’s friend Lucas Cranach and his workshop conveyed the message of the Protestant Reformation through popular woodcut prints and fine painted altarpieces and other works of art displayed in the churches that adopted the Reformation. My presentation will show numerous artworks from the period and analyze their use, from popular propaganda (in the sixteenth-century equivalent of the newspaper cartoon, the popular woodcut featured on an inexpensive broadsheet), to the fine artworks that conveyed the rich soteriological themes of the Lutheran Reformation. The presentation will be structured to illustrate the various uses and themes of propaganda, and to analyze in detail major Reformation themes such as Law and Gospel, Christ as the only mediator between the sinner and God, and the atonement and resurrection victory of Jesus. I will also show various memorial epitaphs displayed in Lutheran churches that portrayed both Protestant clergy and laypeople as saints, that is, as people made holy before God through the gift of baptism and faith.

“In My Father’s House” by Geneva Moore

Here we have a copper plate etching, done with non-toxic printmaking technique (low voltage direct electricity), printed, by hand, with an etching press on high quality 100% cotton paper.

There is an extremely small house in my neighbourhood that I have been walking past for over twenty years. I have often marveled at just how incredibly small this house is! I began to have a compulsion to draw this house. After I worked on this etching for a long time, it came to me that this etching symbolizes Jesus’ words, John 14: 1-2 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you”.

In this passage, “Mansions”, also translates as “abiding place”, or “secure dwelling”. Even in the tiniest of dwellings there is a secure abiding place, for Jesus said: “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them”. Matthew 18:20. The trees may be menacing, but the figures are secure inside their “Mansion”.

“The Triumphal Entry” by Geneva Moore

Here is a copper plate etching, done with non-toxic printmaking techniques (low voltage direct current electricity) and printed, by hand, with an etching press on high quality 100% cotton paper.

The composition of this etching is modeled on a medieval construct, of which I am fond. The etching portrays Christ entering the gates of Jerusalem, the week before his Crucifixion, an event now known as “Palm Sunday” and recorded in all four Gospels of the New Testament. Matt 21: 1-11, “. . . others cut branches from the tress and spread them on the road”. Mark 11:8a-10, Luke 19:35a-40, & John 12: 12, “Jesus sitting on a donkey to fulfill the prophecy found in Zech. 9:9, “Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold your King is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt”. This act was a symbolic proclamation that Jesus is the Messiah. Also, I particularly wished to emphasize Luke 19:39-40, “And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, ‘Teacher, rebuke Your disciples’”. But He (Jesus) answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out”. This is why I put so many stones in the pathway in this etching.

In this rendition, people observe from atop sycamore trees, as did Zaccaeus, in Jericho, the previous day (Luke 19: 1-4). Also, the sycamore tree leaves harken to our own Canadian maple leaves.

One other point I wish to relate is the effect it had on me, personally, to render a “likeness” of our Lord. I feel that at this time, ego really did leave me and my hand was guided to portray Jesus as the perfect Lamb of God, serene, but knowing what lay ahead, and willing to fulfill his mission.

“Spirit(s)-Filled Work? The Case of Johann Heinrich Heil (1706-1764) Organist at St. Bartholomäi Lutheran Church in Zerbst, Germany” by Dr Barbara Reul

Little research has been carried out on how church administrators of the past dealt with employees whose work ethic and performance were affected or compromised by substance abuse. To what extent did Christian principles such as compassion and charity inform their actions and at which point were authorities asked to become involved?

This paper provides a valuable historical perspective by examining little-known archival sources extant at the Landeshauptarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt in Dessau, Germany. They detail the final years of Johann Heinrich Heil, supposedly a student of the famous Thomaskantor J. S. Bach in Leipzig. In autumn 1758 Heil was appointed organist at the Lutheran church of St. Bartholomäi in the small town of Zerbst, ruled by the princely family of Anhalt-Zerbst. Heil, also a gifted violinist, had managed to impress local court musicians and church officials during the challenging audition process.

A much less favourable picture emerged in late 1762, when Heil officially admitted to severe alcohol abuse. Nevertheless, the Consistory refrained from penalizing him, most likely because this would affect musical programming at the church negatively. Primary sources documenting Heil’s behaviour and work ethic in 1763/1764 reveal that he continued to struggle with leading the kind of virtuous, Christ-centred life that was expected from church employees. Neither eight days of arrest “with bread and water” nor continued prayer for his battered soul ultimately made a difference. Heil died on 18 October 1764, leaving behind not only huge debts, but also authorities whose actions compel us to draw contemporary connections and conclusions.

“To Serve and To Witness” by Daniel vanHeyst

As a painter, I stand in the Western fine arts tradition of making works of art for personal exploration and self-expression. But as a Christian, I also paint as a servant and a witness. As a servant to the church and society I can offer gifts of aesthetic pleasure and communications of truth. As a witness, I can collaborate with fellow-artists, teachers, and prophets in giving visible expression to faith concepts and questions. The paintings—whether in acrylic on canvas or encaustic on board—I will show at the conference are motivated by the call to serve and to bear witness.

“Jesus Figure as Modern Visual Art in Video Games” by the Visual Arts Club of CUCA

Jesus has been seen as an inspiration for visual media for visual art since his existence. However, we have explored his presents or rather a representation of him in modern video games. Specifically, we used the HALO series by Microsoft/Bungie/343 Industries main character master chief as an example. We explored several characteristics that they have in common. First of all we made a direct correlation between the main character “Master Chief” John 117 from the HALO series to Jesus Christ. Next we compared the actions they both made and the outcomes that came as a result. John displays the same mental determination and other traits and characteristics that are comparable through quotes from both the games and the bible to Christ. Lastly, even when given the choice John makes the same choice as Jesus to make what he thought would be the ultimate sacrifice. We feel the HALO series is a accurate representation of the video game industry as many choose to make their plot and main characters follow similar paths as Jesus Christ did.