medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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--- Cecil T Ault <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
>
> Speaking with no authority whatever, I can only
> relate a similar
> circumstance. When I was a boy the Mass was said in
> Latin and one had
> a missal with Latin on the left page and English on
> the right. It did
> not take very long, whether or not one ever studied
> a word of Latin,
> though if one went to a Catholic school he certainly
> did, to know the
> whole Mass without the use of the missal. I suggest
> that your
> princesses may have had a similar experience. yrs,
> tom ault
>
>
> Mon, 2 Dec 2002 20:04:19 -0800
> Cecilia Gaposchkin <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of
> medieval religion and
> >culture
> >
> >Dear all,
> >
> >I am working on a group of five manuscripts, all
> Books of Hours
> >produced
> >between 1320 and 1345, four of which were made for
> queens or
> >princesses
> >(actually, probably all five of them were). The
> question that
> >interests
> >me is the latinity of these women. Would they have
> understood the
> >latin
> >that they were reciting daily? (The rubrics in
> several of the
> >volumes are
> >in French). Would they have partly underststood?
> Memorized just the
> >words? Might a confessor with the ability to read
> latin have
> >explained or
> >translated the prayers?
> >
> >I am interested, if possible, in specific examples.
> As far as I know,
> >we
> >don't know the actual status of these women in
> particular. (These
> >are:
> >Jeanne d'Evreux, Jeanne (II) de Navarre, Blanche of
> Savoy, and Marie
> >de
> >Navarre) But if there are any good comparanda, I
> would be grateful.
> >
> >sincerely,
> >Cecilia Gaposchkin
> >
>
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