Il Filostrato | 
pickI haven‘t been super festive the last couple of days for #wintergames because grad school reading has been dragging me away, but I have finally finished going through this long Italian poem in parallel translation for my paper! It‘s a lot of readathon hours for sure, and super relevant for my essay, so I can‘t complain too much.
#snowangels
so-soImage is from a 1414 illustrated manuscript.
A random library find, and curiosity. This is a translation of a 1335-ish epic poem, considered Chaucer‘s main source of his Troilus and Criseyde. The poetry is translated as prose, which is odd, but made for quick reading. It has its moments, and a vivid sex scene, but felt a little plot heavy and slow, with extended bits on really really desperate love/lust pangs and tears.
Ok, when was the Toyota Cressida considered a luxury car? (This introduction is from 1986)
My first library book since Covid. And it‘s entertaining so far. (My pup isn‘t impressed, though.)
