The College of Arms in London might also be a good place to check with.

That is why it is so important to change the national Dialogue away from this anti-western Euroweenie direction that the left has established.

By the way, in your post above re: Roman steamroller v Obama Wienermobile were you, perhaps referring to the Euroweenie mobile?

I wonder just how many such recruitment campaigns are underway and have been underway, and for how long? Meanwhile, of course, that clueless dolt Janet Nepolitano continues to tell us that things are just peach keen.

Utterly fascinating! I’m guessing neo is attending to things and will get around to forwarding your email sometime today. I’ll be sure to respond so you’ll know I received it.

I really would like to hear the story of how in the world you went from art history to financial services. I’ll wait for the email, however, to pester you with questions.

And P.S. – your dissertation sounds amazing, no fooling. I’m JUST starting to learn these styles in medieval art (mostly from Panofsky), so I know JUST enough for “…the evolution of late Carolingian painting to a full-fledged Romanesque style…” to sound enticing.

I hope people who know what you do are not a dying breed. (But now we’re back to my pessimism…)

“Wow… medieval manuscript painting. It must be a sign of my geekiness that that sounds very interesting . . . .”

Must be a sign of MY geekiness that I DID it!

Email on the way via neoneocon (I hope).

Dissertation on an 11th century mss family illustrating the evolution from late-Carolingian ptg to a full-fledged Romanesque style.

Master’s theses on the philological origin of the Hell-mouth in medieval art.

Fun stuff, love to have the chance to discuss it.(Good God, for your own sake don’t get me started!)

Now, financial services (can detail by email).

Will save autobiography for email, happy to help if I can.

I’m certainly open to ideas.

Funny you should mention medieval art, I just finished reading Panofsky’s “Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism” and Michael Clanchy’s “From Memory to Written Record” (the subject is distantly relevant to what I’m considering doing my dissertation on).

In any case: Wow… medieval manuscript painting. It must be a sign of my geekiness that that sounds very interesting to me. Back when I was a classicist-oriented philosophy grad student I briefly studied Greek vases and spent a year translating Plato’s Symposium, but never got much farther than that. Did you specialize in any particular period (early, high, late, etc.)?

I love that we began by talking about an English-only bill, sauntered through the Fall of Rome and its relation to current and past America, and arrived at medieval manuscript painting. That in a nutshell is why neo’s site is the saltshaker of the earth.

Mind if I ask what you wound up doing after leaving the University?

I am a former univ prof in the History of Art with a specialization in medieval manuscript painting (wanna talk unmarketable?). I, too loved what I did, but I also love what I do. I can’t suggest what you should do, but I’m living proof that options exist.

And yes, T’s suggestion is fine with me – I give neo permission.