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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta charset="utf-8"/> <title>Roger Pearse's Pages</title> <style> </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <img src="rainban.gif" width="600" height="5"> Roger Pearse's Pages <img src="rainban.gif" width="600" height="5"> Thanks for visiting this site. There's no theme to the subjects discussed below, except that I'm interested in them and think maybe someone else might be too, or for some reason I have some information to hand which might be useful to someone.  [Note: most of this is now almost 20 years old.] <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="90%"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <blockquote> PROJECTS </blockquote> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.tertullian.org">The Tertullian Project</a> - A personal perspective on this ancient Latin writer. Manuscripts, Latin, Rare Books, Lost Works, and other things about one of the funniest writers of antiquity. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog">My blog</a> About the ancient world, the fathers, and more. </li> </ul><ul> <li><a href="http://www.quicklatin.com">QuickLatin</a>. A Latin-to-English Translation Assistant program I've produced to ease the Latin-to-English gap. </li> <li> <a href="../fathers">Early Church Fathers - Additional</a>  -  English translations of the fathers which aren't available elsewhere online, collected.  Also a mirror of the now unavailable CCEL <a href="https://www.tertullian.org/fathers2">Early Church Fathers</a> in the v2 form. </li> <li><a href="thesyriaclibrary"> The Syriac Library</a>  -  Syriac public domain texts. </li> <li><a href="manuscripts/index.htm">Manuscripts of ancient authors</a> - How did these texts get to us?  Here are some notes on what physical remains there are of various authors.  Just what manuscripts actually exist, and of what date?</li> </ul><ul> <li><a href="eusebius/index.htm">Eusebius of Caesarea</a> - various pages which I've written or scanned more or less ad hoc.  Including: <ul> <li> <a href="eusebius/eusebius_the_liar.htm">Eusebius the Liar? </a>- An analysis of some common slanders. </li> <li> <a href="eusebius/lightfoot.htm">J.B. Lightfoot on Eusebius' sincerity</a>, often doubted online without much reason. </li> </ul> </ul><ul> <li> <a href="oriental/index.htm">The Oriental Fathers</a> - some notes on Syriac, Armenian, Arabic Georgian, Coptic and Ethiopian literature. </li> <li> <a href="scanned/library.htm">The Library</a> - Things I've scanned which don't belong with Tertullian or the Fathers. </li> <li><a href="song_of_the_gnostic_slave.html">The Song of the Gnostic Slave</a> - Some verses I posted to usenet, which I place here, now that the Deja archive is no more, because I didn't want to lose them. </li> <li> <a href="pdf.articles">Some PDFs</a> - PDF's of public domain journal articles and books. </li> <li> <a href="https://roger-pearse.com/weblog">My blog</a> - mostly on things ancient and patristic. </li> <li><a href="https://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/mithras/">Mithras</a>: my pages on Mithraic studies. </li> <li> <a href="mithras_body_and_blood/mithras_myth1.htm">The "Body and Blood of Mithras" myth</a> - a strange idea, my research notes </li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top" align="left" rowspan="3"> <blockquote> NOTES ABOUT THE ANCIENT WORLD </blockquote> <ul> <li><a href="lostgospel/index.htm">"A Lost Gospel"</a> - A manuscript find in Berlin in 1997 of a gnostic gospel, similar to the Coptic Gospel of Thomas. All the real information I can find, and an evaluation of it. </li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="incarnation.html">Did Christian writers of the Second Century believe in the Incarnation?</a> - A question I was asked. </li> <li><a href="josephus/josephus.htm"> How well did the pre-Eusebian Fathers know Josephus? </a>- Not very well, seems to be the answer, contrary to common report. I researched it, so here it is. </li> <li><a href="pliny_the_elder_on_the_world.htm">Did the ancients believe in a flat earth?</a> - An extract from Pliny the Elder</li> </ul><ul> <li><a href="josephus/slavonic.htm">The Old Slavonic Josephus</a> - some notes from the Russian </li> <li><a href="nicaea.html">The Council of Nicaea and the Bible</a> - Did the Council of Nicaea lay down the canon of scripture?  With some otherwise unavailable excerpts from: <ul> <li> <a href="eusebius/eusebius_de_solemnitate_paschalis.html">Eusebius De solemnitate paschalis</a> </li> <li> <a href="epiphanius.html">Epiphanius Panarion</a> </li> <li> <a href="rufinus_he.html">Rufinus, HE</a> </li> <li> <a href="philostorgius_epitome.html">Philostorgius, HE</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="reviews/reviews1.html">Reviews</a> - Some book reviews I posted on Amazon.</li> </ul><ul> <li><a href="justus.htm">Photius' Review of the history of Justus of Tiberias</a> - because most people haven't got access to it. </li> <li><a href="lucian/lucian_intro.htm">Lucian of Samosata: Introduction</a> - and MS tradition. </li> <li><a href="lucian/peregrinus.htm">Lucian of Samosata: The Passing of Peregrinus</a> - English only. </li> <li><a href="lucian/lucian_alexander.htm">Lucian of Samosata: Alexander the False Prophet</a> - English only </li> <li><a href="scanned/lupus_letter5.htm">Lupus of Ferrières - Letter 5 (To Einhard)</a> - Mentions Uncial letters. </li> <li><a href="porphyry/hoffmann.htm">Hoffmann's Porphyry</a> - a review of a recent translation. </li> <li><a href="celsus/celsus.htm">Hoffmann's Celsus</a> - some errors in translation. </li> <li><a href="donation/donation_of_constantine.htm">The Donation of Constantine and the critique of Lorenzo Valla</a> - just why is it a forgery?  (It is!) </li> <li><a href="loeb_intro.htm">The Loeb Classical Library</a> - an introduction from 1912 by James Loeb, explaining the genesis of the collection. </li> <li><a href="wheless/wheless_intro.htm">Joseph Wheless: Forgery in Christianity</a> - How accurate are the quotations in this oft-quoted book?   </li> <li><a href="syncellus/index.htm">George Syncellus: Some excerpts from the Chronography</a> - Much referenced, but little read, so I've put some quotes online. </li> <li><a href="scanned/strauss.htm">An old account of the Strauss controversy</a> - anatomy of a rogue. </li> <li><a href="scanned/notovitch.htm">The Notovitch Hoax</a> - contemporary articles on it. </li> <li><a href="p52.htm">Implications of P52 for NT dating</a> - some thoughts. </li> <li><a href="Barnabas_and_Jews.htm">Barnabas and the Jews</a> - minutes of a meeting </li> <li><a href="sol_invictus.htm">Sol Invictus</a> - in progress </li> <li><a href="mohammed.html">Mohammed</a> - Brockelmann's material on the Arabic biographers of Mohammed </li> <li> <a href="galen_on_jews_and_christians.htm">Galen on Jews and Christians</a> - the primary sources in English. </li> <li> <a href="keston/index.htm"> Books by Michael Bourdeaux</a> - some books in PDF form by the founder of Keston College </li> <li><a href="scanned/yeznik_refutation.htm">Yeznik of Kolb, Refutation of the Sects</a> -- translated and retold by Thomas Samuelian. </li> <li><a href="bede_on_eostre.htm">Bede, on 'Eostre'</a> -- all that is known about this anglo-saxon goddess. </li> <li> <a href="attis/attis_literary_testimonies.htm">Attis: The Literary Testimonies</a> </li> </ul> <blockquote> MISCELLANEOUS </blockquote> <ul> <li> <a href="life/index.htm">How to get more out of life</a> Getting on for 40? Tired of running on the hamster-wheel? Here are some tentative personal ideas on how to avoid doing nothing with your life. </li> <li> <a href="copying/index.htm">How to copy Rare Books and Manuscripts</a> - Some initial notes for those who have to do it but don't know how.</li> <li> <a href="copyrights.htm">How to find out about copyrights</a> - if you want to scan something, is it in the public domain? </li> <li> <a href="scanned/ramshackle_room.htm">A Ramshackle Room</a> - a 1910 poem from Punch.</li> <li> <a href="kendrick/index.htm">Graham Kendrick</a> - some old pages I didn't want to disappear from the web. </li> <li> <a href="scanned/strauss.htm">An old account of the Strauss controversy</a> -- an article I thought interesting in the 1864 Journal of Sacred Literature.</li> <li> <a href="languages/greek_verb_stems.htm">Greek verbs and principal parts</a> -- how to work out the stem for an irregular verb</li> <li> <a href="reviews/carlson_gospel_hoax.htm">Carlson's The Gospel Hoax</a> -  a review of this book about Secret Mark.</li> <li> <a href="reviews/hannam_gods_philosophers.htm">Hannam's God's Philosophers</a> - a review of this book about medieval science.</li> <li> <a href="mark_ashton/index.htm">Mark Ashton's sermons</a> -- links to all the MP3's of his sermons </li> <li> <a href="scanned/old_paths_in_perilous_times.htm">Old Paths in Perilous Times</a> -- the manifesto of the CICCU (Cambridge Inter-collegiate Christian Union) in 1932.</li> <li> <a href="freelancer_windows7.htm">Freelancer on Windows 7</a> -- how to get the Freelance Mod Manager working. </li> <li> <a href="alison_cripps_derby.htm">Alison Cripps, Derby</a> -- obituary for school-fellow</li> <li> <a href="threeletters1.htm">Ben David, "Three Letters addressed to the editor of the Quarterly Review, in which is demonstrated the genuineness of the Three Heavenly Witnesses - I John v. 7", London, 1825.</a> -- Now offline, so saved here.  Nonsense tho.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <blockquote> PRACTICAL TIPS ON HOUSEHOLD THINGS </blockquote> <ul> <li><a href="bookcases/index.html">Bookcases</a> - How to alter MFI chipboard bookcases, and indeed make your own. DIY for the tired office worker. </li> <li>Gas Central Heating: <a href="heating/radiators.htm">Is your central heating doing its job?</a>  How to calculate this. </li> <li>Gas Central Heating: <a href="heating/overrun.htm">Pump overruns</a>.  What does it mean if the pump keeps running on and on. </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <blockquote> COMPUTER-RELATED TIPS </blockquote> <ul> <li><a href="frontpage/frontpage2000.html">FrontPage 2000 Locks Up!</a> - and some ideas to unlock it again. </li> <li><a href="frontpage/frontpage2000_spell.html">FrontPage 2000 and Office Proofing Tools</a> - Want to spell-check foreign-language web pages?  Fat chance!  But here's a way to do it. </li> <li><a href="frontpage/frontpage2000_macros.html">FrontPage 2000 Macros</a> - How to get started. </li> <li><a href="frontpage/frontpage2000_setup_macros.html">FrontPage 2000 Macros</a> - How to make a toolbar icon and a keyboard short-cut. </li> <li><a href="dreamweaver/dreamweaver_macros.htm">Dreamweaver Macros</a> - How to get started. </li> <li><a href="scanning_for_ocr.html">Scanning for OCR</a> - How I do my OCR for the Tertullian Project. </li> <li><a href="scanning_mono_pages.htm">Scanning black-and-white text, not for OCR</a> - settings needed for small images. </li> <li><a href="unicode.htm">Using unicode in webpages for ancient Greek and Syriac</a> - how I now write my webpages. </li> <li><a href="armada/index.htm">Upgrading the Compaq Armada 1130T</a> - what happened when my old laptop got a flat CMOS battery (and needed a bigger hard disk). </li> <li><a href="realbasic.htm">Visual Basic and Real Basic</a> - some notes, until I stopped working on this. </li> <li><a href="ada_dll/ada_dll.htm">Using ADA code with Visual Basic</a> - creating an Ada DLL.  The story until I abandoned the idea...  More  info now. </li> <li> <a href="ada_gnatstudio/ada_gnatstudio_howto_debug.htm">GNAT Studio - How to use the Debugger</a> - Debugging Ada code. </li> <li> <a href="ada_words/how_to_import_legacy_ada_code_into_gnat_studio.htm">How to import legacy Ada code into GNAT Studio</a> - Because GNAT Studio doesn't have an "import" menu option. </li> <li><a href="subclipse_windows.htm">Getting Subversion and Subclipse running on Windows XP</a> - working on your PC with subclipse and subversion. </li> <li><a href="cppnotes/index.htm">C++ Notes</a> - links etc </li> <li><a href="RightToLeft_Syriac/right_to_left.htm">Coding for Right-To-Left text in DotNet (using VB.NET and Syriac)</a> - pretty awful if you come to it for the first time. </li> <li><a href="RightToLeft_Syriac/resources.htm">Syriac Peshitta resources</a> - a fully vocalised text </li> <li> <a href="blackplayer_mp3u_playlists.htm">Blackplayer : Create a playlist from a folder using PC</a> </li> <li> <a href="RightToLeft_Syriac/nUnitVBNet.htm">Using VB.NET with nUnit</a> - getting setup</li> <li> <a href="cppnotes/cxxtest.htm">CXXTest with Visual C++ (VC6 and VC7)</a> - makefiles etc</li> <li> <a href="vista_and_tech_notes.htm">Technical Notes on Windows Vista &c.</a> - copy pro. etc.</li> <li> <a href="installing_vb6_on_win10.htm">Installing Visual Basic 6 on Windows 10</a></li> <li> <a href="vbdotnet_tips.htm">VB.Net Tips</a></li> <li> <a href="vbdotnet_and_moq.htm">VB.Net with Moq</a> - mocking in unit tests with Visual Basic</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> Like most things on the internet, these pages are the product of amateur interest (and so is the internet, come to think of it). This means there may be unintentional errors of fact or interpretation in them. I would welcome constructive comment, and corrections of matters of fact.  Many of these pages are now very old, it must be said, and I haven't looked at them in years.  Others are the subject of constant update. Last updated 21st of October 2014.  Updated 16th October 2020 to remove personal details. <img src="rainban.gif" width="600" height="5"> This page has been online since 22nd April 2000. <img src="rainban.gif" width="600" height="5"> </body> </html>

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