By Lucie Lefler Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f.99v. Image is that of the verso side of folio 99 of the Nowell Codex in the Cotton Manuscript. Contains illuminations of a two headed serpent traversing the top centre of the page. On thecentred right-hand side is a bordered illumination of a horned serpent and a…Continue Reading Undesirable Reptiles: The use of Serpentine Imagery in Wonders of the East
The motto of University College Swansea and the Welsh spirit
The tradition for UK universities to have a motto goes back to the sixteenth century at least, when Oxford started using Dominus illuminatio mea, the Latin opening words of Psalm 27 (‘the Lord is my light’) as official motto. Cambridge followed suit and created the Latin phrase Hinc lucem et pocula clara (‘from here, light…Continue Reading The motto of University College Swansea and the Welsh spirit