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Merci infiniment, Denis. I wonder why Zola misspelled his name...
MG
>From: Denis Hue <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: [M-R] Saint Mittre
>Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:22:06 +0300
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Mitre : martyr in Aix en Provence, IVth cent.. Nom grec "Mitrias" ou
>"Demetrios". his attributes are " grappe de raison, aumone faite à un
>pauvre
>ou parce qu'il gardait les vignes de celui qui le tua, sous prétexte
>d'infidélité; tête coupée, qu'il portait dans ses mains" (from
>http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jean-claude.brenac/Saints.htm, and L. Barbier de
>Montault, traité d'iconographie chrétienne).
>
>Saint-Mitre is the name of a district in various provencal towns. There is
>a
>quartier saint Mitre in Marseille, and I think there is one in Aix (the
>Zola's Plassans). You'll find a "legende de Saint Mitre" in the Aix
>Cathedral
>Anyway, the "aire" is just a plane place; in the french rural tradition, it
>was the clear place where the wheat was threshed.
>Nowadays, it is the resting place bordering the highways.
>In old french, the "aire" is just a place non cultivated. I figure myself
>the aire saint Mitre as a sort of "terrain vague", where Miette and Silvere
>meet and love each other -- and die
>***********************
>N'en sai plus dire
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>Denis Hüe,
>responsable du Master Lettres Langues Communication
>Centre d'Etude des Textes Médiévaux, (CETM-CELAM)
>Université de Haute Bretagne
>http://www.uhb.fr/alc/medieval
>
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>From: Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 12:50 AM
>Subject: [M-R] Saint Mittre
>
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Doctissimi,
>
>In the opening tome of Zola's _Les Rougon-Macquart_, there is a former
>cemetery located in the "aire Saint-Mittre." I'm wondering if this is a
>name
>Zola invented or if there is some obscure saint whose name could possibly
>be
>rendered "Mittre" in French. A search of the Cath. En. turned up nothing
>but
>"mitre" and a search of saints' names was equally fruitless. I'm currently
>writing a review of a book on Zola and any assistance on this would be
>helpful.
>Here is a description of how Saint-Mittre figures in the novel:
>"Zola donne pour cadre [du roman] la campagne de Plassans et l'aire
>Saint-Mittre, extraordinaire cimetière désaffecté."
>As you see, the name is applied to a former cemetery. As an aside (and
>linking this query somewhat to medieval religion), I'll note that in the
>opening scene, youngsters are stealing pears from trees that grow "over the
>bones." I do wonder if Zola was in any way acquainted with Augustine's
>writings or if this element was completely fortuitous.
>MG
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