Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Juliana Berners
Born: 1388
Bio: Juliana Berners, O.S.B., , English writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting, is said to have been prioress of the Priory of St Mary of Sopwell, near St Albans in Hertfordshire.
Known for:
- Book of Saint Albans (1486)
- A Treatise of Fishing with an Angle (1496)