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Bruce:
'Rosa sine spina' I am familiar with. But 'Rosa mundi sine spina' I am
not. Can you point to a source where you have encountered it?
Cheers,
Martin Howley
Martin Howley, Humanities Librarian, Tel: (709) 737-8514
QE II Library, Memorial Univ of Newfoundland FAX: (709) 737-2153
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Bruce McClintock wrote:
> Rosa Mundi:
>
> A common jingle is rosa mundi sine spina, but I have long been intrigued
> as to the origin of the supplementary expression 'fish without spine'.
> Is there any mediaeval or other origin for this latter expression?
> I first came across it in David Selborne's play 'Alison Mary Fagan'
> (written for the daughter of musicologist Roger Fiske).
> I have not been able to source any 'piscis sine spina' - is this merely
> an attempt at a joke? [The play has AMF reciting:
> rose without thorn, fish without spine'...]
>
> I hope this is not (too) off topic...
>
> Bruce McClintock
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