Lauraine Hazelett
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Lauraine Hazelett
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Thinking about books, medieval manuscripts, & the 16th century | Art History Student | Writer | Loves Languages | 🍉
The polemic's name is derived from 'Areopagus', the principal council of ancient Athens. Areopagus is the Latin form of the original Greek 'Areios Pagos', which is translated as the 'Hill of Athens'. Saint Paul apparently also gave a sermon here.

(Raphael, 1515)
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The colour orange was named after the fruit. The French like to name colours after fruits that appear in the same colours, like marron (chestnut), olive, and abricot (apricot). The town Orange predates 🍊 in Europe.

The colour orange was referred to as red, hence "red hair".
September 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My professor for medieval manuscript studies used this as a special teaching moment (our classes took place almost a year after it happened), reminding us that digital doesn't mean forever.

We'd do well to still have our books ready. We're studying books, after all.
September 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
- it perishes. This obviously left carnage in the home, so when the knight comes home, he assumes his dog k*lled his son. They k*ll Guinefort before they discover the truth. As a result, Guinefort becomes sort of a martyr for loyalty in dogs, but also as a protector of infants.
September 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The story shares its motif with that of the Welsh Saint Gelert. Guinefort's master was said to be a knight who goes out hunting, leaving his dog and his infant son home. A snake approaches the crib where the child is sleeping, and Guinefort violently attacks the snake until -
September 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM