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> I don't know when the feast was established but I have heard (where I
> can't remember) that the linkage with midsummer day was deliberate and
> based on the biblical quotation, "You must increase and I must decrease."
> These words are specifically linked to John in the Isenheim altarpiece,
> btw.
>
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll see what I can find along these
lines.
Francine Nicholson
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