Monday, July 27, 2026

25.02.27: Level 4; literature; Mediaeval; Carmina Burana: Fortune plango vulnera [3]: the Wheel of Fortune

Image: the Wheel of Fortune from the Carmina Burana

Going from the left in a clockwise direction … three important tenses in one Mediaeval wheel of Doom

Left: regnā │I shall reign

Top: regnō │ I reign

Right: regnā │ I (have) reigned

Bottom: sum sine regnō │ I am without a kingdom

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