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“Junior scholar” has multiple meanings in the hierarchy of professors and advisors and deans, most of them relating to or synonymous with “heavy lifter”. Mark Lilly, a divinity and theology student at Jordan College, has been given a task by his teachers: go to the market and come back with the necessary supplies for the new school term.
It’s a large job for one man and he is tottering around the marketplace under arms laden with books, sheaves of blank paper, pens and pen-knives, sealing-wax and candles. The pile has already grown so high he has trouble seeing over the top, made more difficult by Annie perched on top of it. He knows better than to grumble, but looks distinctly un-amused as a box of pen nips falls from his arms and spills open over the ground.
JORDAN COLLEGE
Like any student Mark spends most of his time in classes or in discussion with professors around his school. Jordan College demands a lot of its scholars and Mark strives to meet the expectations, always attentive in his classes regardless of how little sleep he’s gotten, always quick to answer a question even if he’s unsure he’s correct. Annie mirrors his enthusiasm, flapping her wings or hopping on his shoulder to sound out in excitement whenever he answers correctly. Occasionally, someone else’s daemon hisses for her to calm down.
His studies this term are theology and European traditions, the ethics of peace and war, the history of saints, and modern criticism of the Magisterium. He’s pressing himself hard, asking questions of every scholar who might be more knowledgeable than he is.
BODLEIAN LIBRARY
Although his heart, brain, and money belong to Jordan College, sometimes the place just doesn’t have exactly what he needs. The Bodleian Library’s selection of books on divinity, ethics, and Magisterium history is much more complete, and when he can get away between classes Mark is frequently found wandering the stacks, poring over old texts and referencing them against more modern interpretations and criticisms. Annie flits through the high bookshelves, calling out to Mark whenever she finds a title that might prove promising.
THE IVORY SCORPION
The scholastic life isn’t all studying and work, however. Oxford has an ancient history of taking in the uneducated, shaping their minds, and letting them go out at night for a little drink. Mark favors the Ivory Scorpion for his evening imbibing, comfortable in the setting and enjoying the eccentric innkeeper‘s company. Oddly, much of the time Annie is the one sitting on the rim of his glass, dipping her beak into his pint of ale, but after the glass is partially empty he seems to be feeling the effects nonetheless.]
“Junior scholar” has multiple meanings in the hierarchy of professors and advisors and deans, most of them relating to or synonymous with “heavy lifter”. Mark Lilly, a divinity and theology student at Jordan College, has been given a task by his teachers: go to the market and come back with the necessary supplies for the new school term.
It’s a large job for one man and he is tottering around the marketplace under arms laden with books, sheaves of blank paper, pens and pen-knives, sealing-wax and candles. The pile has already grown so high he has trouble seeing over the top, made more difficult by Annie perched on top of it. He knows better than to grumble, but looks distinctly un-amused as a box of pen nips falls from his arms and spills open over the ground.
JORDAN COLLEGE
Like any student Mark spends most of his time in classes or in discussion with professors around his school. Jordan College demands a lot of its scholars and Mark strives to meet the expectations, always attentive in his classes regardless of how little sleep he’s gotten, always quick to answer a question even if he’s unsure he’s correct. Annie mirrors his enthusiasm, flapping her wings or hopping on his shoulder to sound out in excitement whenever he answers correctly. Occasionally, someone else’s daemon hisses for her to calm down.
His studies this term are theology and European traditions, the ethics of peace and war, the history of saints, and modern criticism of the Magisterium. He’s pressing himself hard, asking questions of every scholar who might be more knowledgeable than he is.
BODLEIAN LIBRARY
Although his heart, brain, and money belong to Jordan College, sometimes the place just doesn’t have exactly what he needs. The Bodleian Library’s selection of books on divinity, ethics, and Magisterium history is much more complete, and when he can get away between classes Mark is frequently found wandering the stacks, poring over old texts and referencing them against more modern interpretations and criticisms. Annie flits through the high bookshelves, calling out to Mark whenever she finds a title that might prove promising.
THE IVORY SCORPION
The scholastic life isn’t all studying and work, however. Oxford has an ancient history of taking in the uneducated, shaping their minds, and letting them go out at night for a little drink. Mark favors the Ivory Scorpion for his evening imbibing, comfortable in the setting and enjoying the eccentric innkeeper‘s company. Oddly, much of the time Annie is the one sitting on the rim of his glass, dipping her beak into his pint of ale, but after the glass is partially empty he seems to be feeling the effects nonetheless.]
