tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post5500613777039727317..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Style Wars - Part 3 - redeeming LowthRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-50270337215305339932010-06-22T14:29:59.122-07:002010-06-22T14:29:59.122-07:00Interesting body language in the portrait. I am no...Interesting body language in the portrait. I am not sure what it means to have one hand on the other upper arm, but it does fit in with curmudgeonly and judgmental.Dr. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-34640011060420044372010-06-22T19:11:49.398-07:002010-06-22T19:11:49.398-07:00Upper arm?makes note: don't be vaccinated by D...Upper arm?<br><br><i>makes note: don't be vaccinated by Dr C, since it'll probably involve getting a needle in the chest</i><br><br>But seriously, I don't know what it means. It could be some kind of standard pious gesture: here are <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Augustine_Portrait.jpg" rel="nofollow">St Augustine</a> and the archbishop <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XnjD39MreWo/SMoUVCEKY5I/AAAAAAAAA1w/o0YcKFrb3qA/s1600-h/RIGAUD_Hyacinthe_Portrait_Charles_de_Saint-Albin_Archbishop_of_Cambrai_1723__Getty_source_sandstead_d2h_36.jpg" rel="nofollow">Charles de Saint-Albin</a> doing much the same.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-50046955518559835012010-06-24T04:56:22.409-07:002010-06-24T04:56:22.409-07:00Fascinating. Thanks for posting this, Ray. I'v...Fascinating. Thanks for posting this, Ray. I've been guilty on occasion of referring dismissively to Lowth; I ought to have guessed that a figure so controversial would have attracted some myths along the way. <br><br>And well spotted — I love the comparison with Jeffrey Jones.Stanhttp://stancarey.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-47731402697134908082010-12-22T06:30:01.540-08:002010-12-22T06:30:01.540-08:00The Bishop's Grammar was published a few days ...The Bishop's Grammar was published a few days before what would have been Lowth's 300th birthday, on 27 November 2010. To commemorate this anniversary, a symposium was held at Winchester College (Lowth is an "old boy" from the College), where first copies were presented to the Master of the College and to Anthony Lowth, one of the bishop's descendants.<br><br>Ingrid Tieken.ingridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13704996505750020822noreply@blogger.com