medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Correction: for: "10th-century king of the same name" read "9th-century
king of the same name". He's said to have been assassinated in 874.
Apologies for the slip.
I wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> I mean it in the OED's sense 2a: "Originating in fiction, created by the
> imagination, fictitious." (Sense 1 is active; e.g., 1b: "Adapted to or
> concerned with the creation of fiction; imaginatively creative"). This
> S. (cf. de Gaiffier, op. cit. in my previous post) is thought to have
> been suggested by the 10th-century king of the same name, who was in
> fact assassinated.
>
> Best again,
> John Dillon
>
> Ms Brenda M. Cook wrote:
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>>
>> the apostle Matthew,
>>
>> His Translation
>>
>>> (BHL 5694b) tells us that Breton sailors brought his remains to Armorica
>>> in the time of Valentinian III (so in the fifth century) during the
>>> reign there of a fictive king Solomon.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am unclear what you mean by "fictive". Do you mean "fictitious" or
>> "legendary" ?
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