Magic Boomerang

The Story of New Norcia

$14.99

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A Town Like No Other

$24.99

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The Letters of Santos Salvado: 1869-1879

$29.99

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The Chronicles of New Norcia Volume 1: 1901 - 1906

$29.99

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Archival Research Services and Fees

$25.00

{"id":6752411189294,"title":"Archival Research Services and Fees","handle":"archival-research-services-and-fees","description":"\u003cp class=\"xmsonormal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew Norcia’s Archives is a private archive which exists to serve the monastery, its community and various stakeholders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"xmsonormal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eResearchers and members of the public are able to submit research enquiries, which may include requests for the electronic reproduction of images and texts. In some cases, the Abbot's permission will be needed before records are released.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"xmsonormal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHowever, following the large volume of research enquiries recently and in view of our limited resources, we have introduced a fee structure for Archival Research and Services of $25\/hour, which is half the commercial rate. 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However, increasingly the diaries, chronicles, photographs, maps, letters and reports from the New Norcia Archives are being made available in Journals and books, which can be purchased from our Museum \u0026amp; Art Gallery or online at \u003ca href=\"www.newnorcia.wa.edu.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ewww.newnorcia.wa.edu.au\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","published_at":"2022-02-24T12:13:15+08:00","created_at":"2022-02-24T12:13:13+08:00","vendor":"New Norcia Archives","type":"Books","tags":["archives"],"price":2500,"price_min":2500,"price_max":2500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39726925840430,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Archival Research Services and Fees","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":199,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1189\/3492\/products\/Paxlogoblack.jpg?v=1645676073"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1189\/3492\/products\/Paxlogoblack.jpg?v=1645676073","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21277943758894,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.09,"height":782,"width":852,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1189\/3492\/products\/Paxlogoblack.jpg?v=1645676073"},"aspect_ratio":1.09,"height":782,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1189\/3492\/products\/Paxlogoblack.jpg?v=1645676073","width":852}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp class=\"xmsonormal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew Norcia’s Archives is a private archive which exists to serve the monastery, its community and various stakeholders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"xmsonormal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eResearchers and members of the public are able to submit research enquiries, which may include requests for the electronic reproduction of images and texts. 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New Norcia Studies Journal 27 (2021)

$35.00

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Pope Urban VIII and Pope Alexander VII: Selected Poetry

$16.00

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Robert Nixon, employing strictly the medium of English heroic verse, comprises a choice cornucopia of the lyrical musings of these two baroque pontiffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEndorsements \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A wonderful achievement. The Latin poetry of Baroque popes has never been so readable. Nixon’s heroic couplets and lexical pyrotechnics bring this verse, on topics high and low, within easy reach. Here is translation as creation, at a high level, and what delights it offers.”\u003cbr\u003e —John J. Kinder, University of Western Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Maffeo Barberini (1568–1644) and Fabio Chigi (1599–1667), Popes Urban VIII and Alexander VII respectively, embracing everything from a humorous poem on the gift of a cat to devout meditations on the Lord’s Passion, then let translator Dom Robert, a true master of English prosody of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, be your very able impresario.”\u003cbr\u003e —Anna Silvas, University of New England, Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Walking in the footsteps of his Benedictine forebears, Dom Robert Nixon has rendered an immense service to classical education. These exceptional translations of two great popes both convey the meditative aura of the originals and incite to return to them. May they help rediscovery of Latin as part of a living tradition—vehicle of history, culture, and faith—especially through its use in the liturgy.”\u003cbr\u003e —Pius Mary Noonan, OSB, Notre Dame Priory, Tasmania\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePope Urban VIII (Author)\u003cbr\u003ePope Alexander VII (Author)\u003cbr\u003eFr. Robert Nixon, osb (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Paperback, 68 pages\u003cbr\u003e- Dimensions 15.1 x 22.9cm\u003cbr\u003e- Publication date 18 June 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-07-31T11:21:47+08:00","created_at":"2020-07-09T09:12:51+08:00","vendor":"resource pub. 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They were also sensitive, inspired, and highly accomplished poets. The cultural milieu from which they sprang was a halcyon era in which literature and the arts flourished with all the apollonian refulgence of a splendid, and sometimes extravagant, opulence. The present work of adaptation by New Norcia’s Fr. Robert Nixon, employing strictly the medium of English heroic verse, comprises a choice cornucopia of the lyrical musings of these two baroque pontiffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEndorsements \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A wonderful achievement. The Latin poetry of Baroque popes has never been so readable. Nixon’s heroic couplets and lexical pyrotechnics bring this verse, on topics high and low, within easy reach. Here is translation as creation, at a high level, and what delights it offers.”\u003cbr\u003e —John J. Kinder, University of Western Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Maffeo Barberini (1568–1644) and Fabio Chigi (1599–1667), Popes Urban VIII and Alexander VII respectively, embracing everything from a humorous poem on the gift of a cat to devout meditations on the Lord’s Passion, then let translator Dom Robert, a true master of English prosody of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, be your very able impresario.”\u003cbr\u003e —Anna Silvas, University of New England, Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Walking in the footsteps of his Benedictine forebears, Dom Robert Nixon has rendered an immense service to classical education. These exceptional translations of two great popes both convey the meditative aura of the originals and incite to return to them. May they help rediscovery of Latin as part of a living tradition—vehicle of history, culture, and faith—especially through its use in the liturgy.”\u003cbr\u003e —Pius Mary Noonan, OSB, Notre Dame Priory, Tasmania\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePope Urban VIII (Author)\u003cbr\u003ePope Alexander VII (Author)\u003cbr\u003eFr. Robert Nixon, osb (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Paperback, 68 pages\u003cbr\u003e- Dimensions 15.1 x 22.9cm\u003cbr\u003e- Publication date 18 June 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}