Dead Language Autodidact
Take a dash of Latin and Old English learning, a heap of Early Medieval history, and a pinch of sleep-deprived, caffeine-induced grad student ramblings. Where monastic manuscripts concerning computus, astronomy, astrology, and divination collide with learning the languages that they were written in!
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