Term beings...

[annwfyn]

*sighs*

You can tell I'm back in Oxford.

I got back today to discover a nice package from my supervisor for this term. She wants me to write an essay and hand it in by Wednesday 19th. That, for the record, is the day after my first lecture of the course.

Does anyone out there know anything about the architecture of the early christian church?

I am apparently about to find out.

I shall be enthused! I shall view this as a challenge! And it will all be good.

Comments

on that course

[hildekitten.livejournal.com]

It's entirely in Flemish and over 300 pages.
Don't expect me to translate it entirely.
I can, however, try to find the most important bits out of it.

Re: on that course

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Oh my! That would be amazing. Of course - you're an art historian, aren't you? Are you a Byzantine person? I'm doing the art and architecture of Byzantium at the moment, and it's all a bit of a crash course. It's terribly new and I'm pretty much terrified by it.

Re: on that course

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

Bad Sally.

Archaeologist, not historian! Find texts about chunks of the churches found, rather than texts about texts. Don't read, dig!

*Ben gets a shovel and a map of Istanbul out*

I'm sure no one would mind us digging up the foundations of the Hagia Sophia.

Re: on that course

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

It probably had it coming, anyway :p

Most places would be better off if someone just took a pickaxe to them.

Re: on that course

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

OK, I'll be evil archaeologist (though I'll need to find a fiendish and possibly nazi patron) and sneak off with the treasure we find whilst you can be good archaeologist and stay behind and explain to the nice Islamic people why we've just carved up their mosque.

Re: on that course

[quisalan.livejournal.com]

Don't you dare! That's one of my favourite buildings in the world, you!

*Defends the Aya Sophia against all comers with shovels*

Re: on that course

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

Talk to the nice archaeologist... I'm sure she'll allay any worries... and ignore any digging noises in the background.

Re: on that course

[quisalan.livejournal.com]

*growl*

*Grabs a Crusader Sword in one hand, and a copy of Anna Komena in the other*

Re: on that course

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

*grabs a watered steel turkish scimitar and a precious statue and legs it with pilfered booty*

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[quisalan.livejournal.com]

Oy! As a Crusader that'd my role! ;)

Re: on that course

[hildekitten.livejournal.com]

Erm, I'm not exactly since I never managed to actually graduate.
But I do have a course on Byzantium as well.
Somewhere ...

I'll go have a look after I've had food.

Oh btw, Robin (silver_bluejp) has my book on Gothic Architecture, that if I remember correctly, babbles a bit about the early Christian buildings at the beginning of it.