Comments on: The Garden in Heraldry: The Great Oak of the Forest http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/12/08/the-garden-in-heraldry-the-great-oak-of-the-forest/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:59:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/12/08/the-garden-in-heraldry-the-great-oak-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-46264 Deirdre Larkin Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:12:40 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8257#comment-46264 Hi, Linda---I'm glad you enjoy the quotes. It's much more interesting to hear a medieval voice than it is to hear someone talking about the Middle Ages, and I like to use a lot of quotes on my tours here. Walahfrid Strabo's Hortulus is one of my favorite garden poems; not many people are familiar with it, since Raef Payne's English translation isn't widely available. Do you specialize at BBG, or do you give tours in all areas of the garden? I only get there once or twice a year, but it is always a pleasure. Deirdre Hi, Linda—I’m glad you enjoy the quotes. It’s much more interesting to hear a medieval voice than it is to hear someone talking about the Middle Ages, and I like to use a lot of quotes on my tours here. Walahfrid Strabo’s Hortulus is one of my favorite garden poems; not many people are familiar with it, since Raef Payne’s English translation isn’t widely available. Do you specialize at BBG, or do you give tours in all areas of the garden? I only get there once or twice a year, but it is always a pleasure.

Deirdre

]]> By: Linda Kelly http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/12/08/the-garden-in-heraldry-the-great-oak-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-45759 Linda Kelly Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:17:51 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8257#comment-45759 We are members of The Met and have visited The Cloisters many times. We have just discovered the wonderful blog. It's so personal and the information is beautifully written. I love the literary quotes. I'm a garden guide at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, so I can use some of the quotes and information for my tours. We are members of The Met and have visited The Cloisters many times. We have just discovered the wonderful blog. It’s so personal and the information is beautifully written. I love the literary quotes. I’m a
garden guide at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, so I can use some of the quotes and information for my tours.

]]> By: Frances E Reidy http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/12/08/the-garden-in-heraldry-the-great-oak-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-43568 Frances E Reidy Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:27:28 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8257#comment-43568 "Then here's to the Oak, the brave Old Oak, Who stands in his pride alone! And flourish he, a hale green tree, When a Hundred years are gone! Henry Fothergill Chorley “Then here’s to the Oak, the brave Old Oak,
Who stands in his pride alone!
And flourish he, a hale green tree,
When a Hundred years are gone! Henry Fothergill Chorley

]]> By: Eric Erb http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/12/08/the-garden-in-heraldry-the-great-oak-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-42848 Eric Erb Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:05:47 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8257#comment-42848 Wonderful essay on the oak, thank you. I do a bit of woodworking, and the wood of the red oak is not the same at all to the english oak Wonderful essay on the oak, thank you. I do a bit of woodworking, and the wood of the red oak is not the same at all to the english oak

]]> By: maggie http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/12/08/the-garden-in-heraldry-the-great-oak-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-42538 maggie Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:41:31 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8257#comment-42538 I just found this blog. I love it! Thanks. If readers are interested in more information about oak trees, there's a very nice book called the Life of an Oak by Glenn Keator and illustrated by Susan Bazell. I just found this blog. I love it! Thanks.

If readers are interested in more information about oak trees, there’s a very nice book called the Life of an Oak by Glenn Keator and illustrated by Susan Bazell.

]]> By: Anne Hall http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/12/08/the-garden-in-heraldry-the-great-oak-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-41799 Anne Hall Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:14:37 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8257#comment-41799 I love the description of the oak with the roots showing as 'eradicated'! I love the description of the oak with the roots showing as ‘eradicated’!

]]> By: Ann Cannon http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/12/08/the-garden-in-heraldry-the-great-oak-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-41701 Ann Cannon Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:06:39 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=8257#comment-41701 Wonderful information. And that picture! Glorious! My sister-in-law just visited The Cloisters for the first time a few weeks ago and raved and raved. Wonderful information. And that picture! Glorious!

My sister-in-law just visited The Cloisters for the first time a few weeks ago and raved and raved.

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