Any Italian instances might be useful, too, as they should (?) distinguish
between Domenica (Sunday) and Domenico (Dominic). Does Spanish offer a
similar distinction?? Does Latin help in any of the medieval records?
Medieval Latin Word-List has Dominica, dies Dominica or Dominicus or
Dominicalis, or dies Solis for Sunday. And, if the personification of Sunday
goes so far, was the 'saint' regarded as male or female, do we know?
I'm also curious to know whether Reiss is able to track back to a particular
date and/or area for the Sunday Christ. Sunday observance was a long-term,
general concern, but was this particular attempt at a solution tried in some
places (dioceses?) but not others?
James, have you done any research on Richard Wilkes? He was an antiquarian
who knew Charles Lyttelton, and some of their correspondence is printed in
Stebbing Shaw's 'History and Antiquities of Staffordshire'. I don't know if
any of his papers survive. I think he practised medicine in or near
Wolverhampton, but I'm not at all up to speed on Staffs history.
Willenhall's a few miles away from here (with the West Midlands proviso of
'Ah,but you can't get there from here').
Christine Buckley
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