I'm totally running out of steam. What a weekend! Tomorrow being monday and all, I'm calling it a night in the homework department, but I had to share this with you; I found it in an article I'm reading for my proposal.
"There's an ancestor for [the practice of academic journal keeping] in the florilegium (literally: "flowers of reading") in evidence throughout the classical, medieval, and Renaissance periods. The florilegium was a small compendium, a collection of proverbs, of quotations that strike one for whatever reason. These were later reread, thus serving to focus attention on their substance" (409). From Silence: Reflection, Literacy, Learning and Teaching by Pat Belanoff
...I totally thought of our quote books! I guess we're on to something...a Renaissance something. Huh. :)
1 comment:
good for us. i always knew we were brilliant.
really, the blog is a sort of substitute for the quote books . . .i see something i need to tell you but don't quite want to call and tell you--ta da-- blog post.
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