medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Should "Dominus" not then be in the vocative "Domine"?
As for "Deus," I think "Deus" was the vocative. But
again, I may be applying rules (assuming I'm correct
in the first place) that were no longer in place at
the time of the inscription.
MG
--- "Stephen A. Allen" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
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> At 08:38 AM 07/27/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of
> medieval
> religion and culture
> >
> >I seem to be contradicting myself here, but, if the
> >"Hear us" is directed to two saints, wouldn't "audi
> >nos" [singular,if I remember my Latin] be
> incorrect?
> >Or didn't such grammatical niceties apply when
> space
> >was at a premium?
> >MG
> >
> >>I believe the words surrounding
> >> the
> >> central image are as follows:
> >>
> >> top: d[omin]us d[eu]s virtutum
> >> left side: XP[for christ]oforus
> >> right side: georgius
> >>
> >> Which means that reading "audino" as "audi no[s]"
> >> makes a
> >> lot of sense.
> >>
>
> I read it as the top and bottom forming one phrase:
> "dominus deus virtutum audi nos." The names on the
> side
> identify the saints, but are not part of the prayer
> as such.
>
> Stephen A. Allen
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