After the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, Charles d’Orléans was captured by Henry V and spent some 25 years in prison, hoping to be ransomed. He was a fine poet and at that time became very close to various English Franciscans. This Antiphon, probably composed for the nuns of St Clare at Coimbra, appearsContinue reading “Antiphon for Use in Time of Plague 1430 A.D.”
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Gregory of Tours Describes the Plague at Rome 590 A.D
From the account by his deacon, Agiulf, who was there Pope Pelagius died of the plague in February, 590 A.D. His reluctant successor, then only a deacon, who was to be known as St Gregory the Great, ordered penances and processions – the normal recourse for many centuries – to plead for itsContinue reading “Gregory of Tours Describes the Plague at Rome 590 A.D”
Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic of 1785-6 January to June
The plague slowly comes to an end. January 20th, 1786 On the calm resignation of the Muslims to their fate, simply saying “maktub – it has been written” January 30th, 1786 On the shortage of boards for coffins and their exorbitant price; the two daughters of one noble lady die before their marriages, withContinue reading “Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic of 1785-6 January to June”
Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic of 1785-6 – January 18th
January 18th, 1786 Their troubles are compounded by a plague of locusts We have at this time such a scarcity of wheat, that the Christians are glad to buy up all the biscuit from the ships in the harbour; and if the plague had not swept off the chief part of the inhabitants, theyContinue reading “Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic of 1785-6 – January 18th”
Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic 1785-6
In subsequent letters, Miss Tully reports on corsair attacks; cases of the same person enduring repeated bouts of the plague; the Tully family’s friend Hadgi Abderrahman’s 104-day quarantine off Malta, and the doctor who fled with him’s method of treating the plague, learned from a Moorish woman, which “gained him great popularity in Malta.”Continue reading “Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic 1785-6”
Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic of 1785 – June
June 28th, 1785 The organization of quarantine in Christian houses and the superior charity of the Muslims. It is impossible to give you a just description of this place at present; the general horror that prevails cannot be described. Hadgi Abderrahman sailed from the harbour of Tripoli on the 20th of this month, as ambassadorContinue reading “Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic of 1785 – June”
Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic of 1785 – May
May 27th, 1785 A royal funeral and the Christians prepare for quarantine. The prime minister Mustapha Scriven’s house is at present as much in a state of quarantine as he can put it, consistent with the ideas of the Moors; yet he will not admit to any one, nor to the Bashaw, the necessity ofContinue reading “Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic of 1785 – May”
Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic of 1785 – April
April 29th, 1785 The plague reaches Tripoli and the members of the royal family go to the tomb of the local marabut [saint] to pray for his intercession. In the last few weeks, several couriers have crossed the deserts from Tunis to this city, disseminating the plague on their way; and consequently the country roundContinue reading “Miss Tully: Letters from Tripoli during the plague epidemic of 1785 – April”
A Prayer By Pope Francis
Tonight before falling asleep think about when we will return to the street.When we hug again, when all the shopping together will seem like a party.Let’s think about when the coffees will return to the bar, the small talk, the photos close to each other.We think about when it will all be a memory butContinue reading “A Prayer By Pope Francis”
Plague Anthology 