medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In the last issue (2004) of Locvs Amoenus, there is a paper by Daniel
Rico Camps with some references to P. Alfonso, and some
bibliographical references. Sorry, don't have the issue at hand...
Carlos
On 7/5/05, John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> On Monday, July 4, 2005, at 8:12 pm, Nancy Spies wrote:
>
> > Walter of England, who was actually not English at all, is also
> > known as
> > Walter of the Mill. He was archbishop of Palermo, initiating the
> > buiding of
> > Palermo Cathedral. He is associated (not necessarily as
> > translator) with a
> > collection of Aesopic fables, and he was the teacher of poetry and
> > literary arts
> > for young William II.
>
> Er, Nancy, the identification of the fabulist Gualterus Anglicus with
> the archbishop of Palermo (and advisor to the young Wm. II) is doubtful.
> Neither, as far as anyone really knows, was ever known in his lifetime
> as "Walter of the Mill". The latter is an early twentieth-century
> scholarly conjecture, subsequently repeated as fact, attempting to
> explain the archbishop's Latin surname 'Ophamil'. It has no documentary
> foundation and was exploded by L. J. A. Loewenthal, "For the biography
> of Walter Ophamil, archbishop of Palermo 1169-1190," _English Historical
> Review_ 87 (1972), 75-82.
>
> Gualterus Anglicus used to be known as the Anonymous Neveleti. That
> doesn't tell you anything about him but it will be helpful in dealing
> with references in the earlier scholarly literature.
>
> Best,
> John Dillon
>
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