#Mirie it is while sumer ilast

[ochre-sunflower]

Mirie it is while sumer ilast

This beautiful song is from the first half of the 13th Century. It was written in Middle English possibly in or around modern-day Cambridgeshire.

The manuscript containing the song was found, just hanging out inside some book, in a Library at the University of Oxford.

Why settle for one video, when you can have two!

And here is the manuscript itself:

[thiefpodcast]

The Sword, Wærgwengléom

The sword is called Waergwengléom. It is a landright, like a head hung on a castle wall. "Dare not," it warns.

And although it is a trophy of Crwdón, slipping through time from father to son, its inheritor does not wield it.

It was carried from battle by Dórin Aelfdagna, who cut Róv Canhagwyn down - and it is cursed.

[evil-gu]

Uhhh… think this is censored enough??

Pose from @theposearchives

Mirie It Is While Sumer Ilast Chapter 26: Ride a Dragon Upon Saint George

Usopp/ Nami medieval royalty AU (fixed the photo quality issue!!!!)

[agnostic-angel]

I can sing 'Mirie it is while sumer ilast' (early 13th century) from memory. I don't think any of the liturgical music I know that well is any earlier.

please do look it up if you dont know the date bc there may be at least an approximate answer and otherwise the last option will completely dominate and this poll will be boring.

and dont be like 'but i cant sing'... just answer the earliest tune you know well enough that you COULD sing it

periods of western classical music provided only for reference

[terrifickid]

Vocantus - Mirie it is while sumer ilast

[genderdotcom]

13th century english musicians were literally right. it IS miri while sumer ilast

[yrlocalghost]

i am sure that in the 13th century miri it is while sumer ilast rang true but nowadays it is dread and headaches it is while sumer ilast

[chattering-magpie-uk]

Festival, Mirie It Is &  Sumer is A-Cumen In ~ Paul Giovanni and Magnet from the soundtrack of the Wicker Man (1973)

Merry it is while summer lasts Miri It Is ~ Mediaeval Baebes Sumer is icumen in ~ The Hilliard Ensemble Summer Is a Coming In – Paul Giovanni arrangement from the Wicker man (1973) Sumer Is Icumen In (instrumental) Sumer is acumen in ~ Hilliard Ensemble Summer is icumen in ~ Oxford Girls’ Choir In Taberna – Sumer is Icumen in Miri it is while sumer ilast ~ ensemble belladonna

[wodeward]

Mirie it is while sumer ilast -Merry it is while summer lasts with fugheles song. - With bird's song. oc nu necheth windes blast - But now nears the wind’s blast and weder strong. - And weather strong. Ey ey what this nicht is long. -Oh, oh! How this night is long! And ich with wel michel wrong -And I with very much wrong soregh and murne and fast. Sorrow and mourn and fast

[pmreaper]

matcha!

matcha: if you had the opportunity to meet one person from history, who would you choose and why?

this is really hard! i would love to meet someone from the proto-indo-european culture, but i understand if that's not in line with the question. I would love to meet the scribe that transcribed Miri it is while sumer ilast as well, just so i could sing it with them, but AGAIN idk the name so idk if that counts. I would love to speak with Virgil about what the fuck he was thinking when he wrote the Aeneid because that poem fucks me up, but i haven't read the entire thing so I'd feel bad speaking with him, yannow? maybe alexander the great. i dont really respect him but i think he'd be interesting to speak with.

[ochre-sunflower]

Chronicles of Autumn 1247, consolidation of things.

Because I can. Link to fic here.

Best representation of Crowley: Here.

Best representation of Aziraphale: Here.

Map of the Abbey: Here.

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Notes and Bits:

The story's title is because I read someone saying it would be easier to name your fic like old composers named their music, e.g. Symphony no. 9, and I liked that idea for some reason.

The chapter titles are from a song written in Middle English from the early 13th century, Mirie it is while sumer ilast (Merry it is while summer lasts).

Named demons are from the grimoire Ars Goetia, which was not written for another 200 years or so after the story ends.

Spoilers and Story bits:

Storywise, Brother Thomas/Taoma did not change his religion, he is still Sunni Muslim. The story takes place just before the 7th Crusade, and Taoma would have met his partner, Richard Lacy, between the 4th and 5th Crusades. In reality this would be a tragically doomed love story, and maybe there are a few doomed romances from the crusades, but we have demonic intervention on our side.

William went to the University of Cambridge which would have only been a few decades old at the time. That's where he met a gardener named Albert.

Robert was a merchant's son who left his small town to travel to the city, and John was his friend who tagged along. Romance followed them on their journey.

Nicholas sort of already tells you the story of him and Gregory. Gregory's side of the story is he really wanted to make it up to the handsome man he just run over, and things got out of hand and now he's in love!

[solomusica1]

Ver "Vocantus - Mirie it is while sumer ilast" en YouTube

[evil-gu]

Chapter 35: Just As In Chess

Mirie It Is While Sumer Ilast

Usopp/Nami medieval AU

[woodelf68]

"Sumer Is Icumen/Mirie It Is While Sumer Ilast," performed by the First ...

[livyamel]

Stealing this lol. I'm also using Youtube bc I like it more than spotify

Mustard Final Battle - Pokemon SwSh OST

Mirie It Is While Sumer Ilast - Vocantus

Get Down On It - Kool and the Gang

Be the One - Dua Lipa

East Province (walking ver.) - Pokemon SV OST

Requiem of the Dawn - Linked Horizon

Team Magma/Aqua - Pokemon ORAS OST

Everytime We Touch - Cascada

Rise - LUVGRAND

Victor's Piano Solo - Corpse Bride OST

Well, this is accurate to my personality, I think ... but it also exposes how wacky my taste in music is ... I don't actually listen to pokemon this often (though it does have a fire soundtrack lol), and my favorite singer (Ai Otsuka) and composer (Chopin) didn't appear!

Tagging @jojo-lolzies , @requtaylorsversion and @violetdawn001

shuffle your likes or your favorite playlist and post the first ten tracks

Fredag - Kjartan Lauritzen

First Love/Late spring - Mitski

La Suite Meurtrière - Vox Vulgaris

Die Polizei - Kaizers Orchestra

Maria/Korea - Laibach

Spis din syvende sans - Karpe

Why We Build The Wall - Anais Mitchell

Alene er ingen glad - Det tusende hjertet

Låst - No.4

Liti Kjersti og Elvekongen - Kirsten Bråten Berg

thanks to @academiaautumn for tagging me. i'm relatively new to tumblr and have never done something like this before.

I really didn't think i listened to this much Norwegian music, maybe the shuffle was feeling norwegian today.

tagging @peonypixiess, @duke-of-hellsite, @bees-n-bones, @energynotfound

[stoportotouch]

from what i've figured out most extant medieval music is either about how much winter sucks, getting drunk, or wanting to fuck, which, the three cardinal emotions