medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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As an example,Tutivilus, the devil who had the duty of
> taking down notes on the conversations of gossiping women.
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And also, I believe, the duty of collecting scribal errors from monastic
scriptoria. Later after J. Gutenberg has inventing printing, Tuti expanded
into the world of the mis-print. What's the betting he is also the grand
father of the computer virus ?
Brenda M. C.
BTW we have patron saints - has anyone (in the M A of course!) done a list
of diabolic areas of responsibility ? I believe there is a list of
traditional Guernsey devils and their attributes in Victor Hugo's "Les
travaillers de la Mer" but I no longer have my copy.
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