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Brother Cadfael (Click here for pronunciation notes) is a 12th Century Monk and Herbalist at the Abbey of St Peter & St Paul in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. In his youth he was a warrior and fought in the Crusades. He has now donned the cowl and solves mysteries with his friend, the Sherriff of Shropshire.
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Cadfael Links Some links unabashedly stolen
Pic of Hugh Beringar #3 (I miss Sean Pertwee!!)
- TV Soundtrack Track Listing
- My Cadfael Library
- Monastic Hours (or, when is Compline, anyway?)
- Betti Cogswell Loves Chinchillas (as pets!) and Brother Cadfael
- Alta Vista Search for "Cadfael Home Page"
- Steve Conrad's GREAT Cadfael Chronicles
- A Cadfael Connection
- CGS Success System - Cadfael Sites
- Shrewsbury Quest, Brother Cadfael visitor centre, Shropshire UK
- Jacobi Home Page
- Cadphiles Central
- Cadfael--Biography
- Brother Cadfael Videos
- More Brother Cadfael Videos
- Ellis Peters and Brother Cadfael
The music from the Cadfael series is available on a soundtrack album "Cadfael" (Angel 7243-8-370862-8). Here's a sample of the opening theme as a .WAV file (395k) or a .ZIP file (215k). You might also enjoy "Sinners & Saints" by Philip Pickett and the New London Consort. It is a collection of Medieval & Renaissance tunes just perfect for reading Cadfael. I put those two and a couple of Gregorian Chant CD's in the CD changer and hit "Random Play". Great!
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- O Filii Et Filiae
- Turn Thine Eyes To See
- Merry The Dance
- There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue
- Juggler's Stare, The
- All Out Of The World By Tomorrow
- Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum
- Flamed My Heart
- Hidden In The Well
- Sanctus And Benedictus
- Veni Sancte Spiritus
- Lumen And Revelationem - (Gregorian Chant)
- Light Of The Father's Light
- Glover Of Shotwick
- High Above The Heavens
- Salve Regina - (Gregorian Chant)
- Ave Maria Gratia Plena - (Gregorian Chant)
- Cry Aloud
- Falconer's Secret, The
- Hail St. Peter's Fair
- Perspice Christicola
- Cadfael Of Shrewsbury - (Closing Title Music)
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My Cadfael Library:
N = Need copy for my library
U = Have Copy, Haven't read it yet
S = Saw the PBS video
R = Read the Book (r= Currently reading)
| N | S | R | A Morbid Taste for Bones (1978) |
| S | R | One Corpse Too Many (1980) | |
| S | Monk's Hood (1981) | ||
| S | R | St. Peter's Fair (1981) | |
| S | The Leper of St. Giles (1981) | ||
| S | R | The Virgin in the Ice (1983) | |
| N | S | The Sanctuary Sparrow (1983) | |
| S | R | The Devil's Novice (1984) | |
| R | Dead Man's Ransom (1985) | ||
| N | R | The Pilgrim of Hate (1984) | |
| N | R | An Excellent Mystery (1985)(My favorite, So far) | |
| N | S | R | The Raven in the Foregate (1986) |
| N | S | R | The Rose Rent (1986) |
| R | The Hermit of Eyton Forest (1988) | ||
| R | The Confession of Brother Haluin (1989) | ||
| R | The Heretic's Apprentice (1990) | ||
| R | The Potter's Field (1990) | ||
| R | The Summer of the Danes (1991) | ||
| R | The Holy Thief (1992) | ||
| R | Brother Cadfael's Penance (1994) | ||
| R | A Rare Benedictine (Want the Hardcover!) | ||
| The Cadfael Companion | |||
| N | Brother Cadfael's Herb Garden |
Monastic Hours
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The times are approximate, there were no really reliable clocks in the
12th century
| Midnight | Matins |
| 3 AM | Lauds |
| 6 AM | Prime |
| 9 AM | Tierce |
| Noon | Sext |
| 3 PM | Nones |
| 6 PM | Vespers (Sunset) |
| 9 PM | Compline (Dark) |
Publicity Shot From Series IV
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Cadfael, (Derek Jacobi), Sheriff Beringar,
(Anthony Green) and Daalny (Louise Delamere) in a scene from "The Holy
Thief" This pic & credits stolen from
Steve Conrad's Page
Pronunciation Notes
Alaric Hall of Prestwood, Buckinghamshire UK has the following to say
regarding pronounciation of the good brother's Welsh name:
Re pronunciation of 'Cadfael' as 'CAD-file': while this is the
pronunciation used on the TV series, and for all I know the one Ellis
Peters used, I'm sure that it's wrong: that 'f' should, as usual in
modern Welsh spelling, be pronounced as Modern English 'v' --
'CAD-vile'. I've checked with my Celtic Philology friends and they all
agree... A sad mistake on the part of the TV crew, and a bee in my
bonnet! I'd love to see the error noted on your excellent site.
OK, Alaric, so noted!