Archaic Christianity

There. I said it. You now know where we've been photographing for the last three days. But I wasn't the first to spill the beans. We have been at the National Historical Museum. They were very gracious to us, bringing us drinks without our asking and doing whatever they could to make this thing go well.

Today began as day two of the manuscript shoot.

The day began earlier than the last several since we are on a schedule today. I woke at 7:00 and we left around 8:15 to head to the institution at which we will be photographing for the next three days. We got there without a hitch.

Since Easter is coming up in a few days, we have been unable to get to various places and see various people on these days. Since that was the case we stayed around our temporary living quarters and did some work.

Thus begins the epic saga of the Greece trip, day 4, Wednesday Apr 15.

Today we headed out around 9:00 to Athens. We had a meeting at 10:30 (ish...anyway) with Agamemnon at the National Bank Cultural Foundation Center for History and Paleography...

Thankfully, day 2 began late, giving us plenty of rest after the first day of travel. Normally the day will begin around 8, but today began at 10, at least for me. The others got up earlier but nobody woke me, so I was awakened by Dan at 10 who said it was time to leave. This wake up was a mixed blessing: Bad because a) I had apparently not finished sleeping and b) I was dreaming about eating delicious BBQ. It was nice, though, because I was eating BBQ in only my pajama bottoms at a relative's house on Sunday morning at 9:45 when I realized that I was late to the Sunday School class (which starts about that time). And I was teaching that day. Fortunately, Dan woke me up right after this revelation. It saved me a measure of stress.

You are getting this on day 2...but I was tired and decided not to stay up and post this. But regardless, here is day 1!

Just finished uploading five new manuscripts from the Scriptorium in Orlando up at CSNTM. Enjoy.

My first Greek New Testament manuscript photography expedition begins tomorrow. The trip will last from the 11th to the 28th, 17 days of awesomeness. The entire expedition will take place in Greece though all of the places we will go is still an unknown. I am going with the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, about which many who read this blog are already familiar.