Laudator Temporis Acti

"A peculiar anthologic maze, an amusing literary chaos, a farrago of quotations, a mere olla podrida of quaintness, a pot pourri of pleasant delites, a florilegium of elegant extracts, a tangled fardel of old-world flowers of thought, a faggot of odd fancies, quips, facetiae, loosely tied" (Holbrook Jackson, Anatomy of Bibliomania) by a "laudator temporis acti," a "praiser of time past" (Horace, Ars Poetica 173).

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Quaint and Curious Volumes of Forgotten Lore

I found the following pictures, from the movie version of The Lord of the Rings, as illustrations to Alaric Hall's lecture The Lord of the Rings and its Medieval Origins: The Bones in the Soup. They remind me of the room in which I'm now typing these words.

Michael Gilleland at 4:53 AM

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Michael Gilleland: Michael Gilleland is an antediluvian, bibliomaniac, and curmudgeon.

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