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Hall's A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

John Richard Clark Hall (1855–1931) was a British scholar of Old English, and a barrister. Hall's A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (pictured) became a widely used work upon its 1894 publication, and after multiple revisions remains in print. His 1901 prose translation of Beowulf was still the canonical introduction to the poem into the 1960s; some later editions included a prefatory essay by J. R. R. Tolkien. Hall's other work on Beowulf included a metrical translation in 1914, and the translation and collection of Knut Stjerna's Swedish papers on the poem in the 1912 work Essays on Questions Connected with the Old English Poem of Beowulf. In the final decade of his life, Hall's writings took to a Christian theme. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge published two of his works in this time: Herbert Tingle, and Especially his Boyhood, and Birth-Control and Self-Control. Hall worked as a clerk at the Local Government Board in Whitehall, becoming principal clerk in 1898. (Full article...)

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Moissac Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, in south-western France. A number of its medieval buildings survive, including the abbey church, which has a notable Romanesque sculpture around the entrance. This picture shows the abbey's cloisters.

Photograph credit: Benh Lieu Song

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In 2015, 35 singles reached number one on the Music Bank Chart, and 27 acts were awarded first-place trophies. The Music Bank Chart is a record chart established in 1998 on the South Korean KBS television music program Music Bank. Every week during its live broadcast, the show gives an award for the best-performing single on the South Korean chart. Of all releases for the year, "Call Me Baby" by Exo (pictured) acquired the highest point total on the April 10 broadcast, with a score of 12,681, and along with "Lion Heart" by Girls' Generation was ranked number one on the chart for four consecutive weeks, making both singles the most-awarded songs of the year. The first winner of the year was "December, 2014 (The Winter's Tale)" by Exo, which debuted at number one on the January 2 broadcast. The group had four number one singles on the chart in 2015. Girls' Generation had their 100th music-show win on the July 17 broadcast with their win for "Party", becoming the first artist to do so in South Korean music show history. (Full list...)

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