“She has centered on the topic of the sky…”

More than twenty years ago, I met Wandalbert of Prüm, a calendar-obsessed monk who was born the year before Charlemagne died. A loose translation of his long poem De mensium duodecim nominibus signis culturis aerisque qualitatibus (“On the Names, the Signs, the Labors, and the Weather Conditions of the Twelve Months”) caught my eye in … Continue reading “She has centered on the topic of the sky…”