medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Bonjour,
Selon une autre interprétation, qui n'apparaît en fait que tardivement, les
officiers romains s'équipaient pour moitié à leurs propres frais, l'armée
fournissant l'autre moitié. Martin offre tout ce qu'il possède de son
manteau, et ne garde que la part "impériale".
"Chapelle" et tous les termes de la même famille ont effectivement comme
origine étymologique la capa, la chape de Martin anciennement conservé à
Tours.
Julien Louis
Strasbourg
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I always thought the point of the Martin of Tours story was that he was
wearing the huge Roman military cloak, half of which was large enough to
keep the beggar warm but still left him enough to keep himself from
freezing--the story makes the point that it was winter. Rhetorically,
halving the cloak also fits well, because it permitted him to recognize his
own cloak when Christ appeared to him in the dream--sort of like tearing a
document in half so that by matching the two halves one can prove
authenticity--though the story doesn't take it that far, still this could be
seen as residing in the rhetorical penumbra of the legend. Besides, if
Martin had not cut his cloak in half, it would have remained a capa rather
than capella (I'm ready to be corrected if I've misinterpreted the etymology
here) and think of the loss to all our Latinate languages: chapel, chaplain
etc.!
Dennis Martin
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Much more generous with his clothing than some saints (Martin's half a cloak
has always seemed chintzy to me), Marcian stripped himself of everything but
his chasuble and gave it to the beggar.
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