medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Sandy Vaughan wrote:
> Laura Jacobus wrote:
>
>> I'm using a description of sacra rappresentatione in which
>> the holy spirit in the form of a dove descends
>> 'per clero'. Normally these things wizz
>> down from high places, so I wonder whether this could in
>> some way have the meaning of 'from a clerestory'.
>
> I happened to be looking something else up in Latham's Word-List from
> British sources and came across 'historia clara' for clerestory,
> usage dated to 1482. But I don't know if this is anywhere near your
> source in terms of date or place!
Remarkably, that seems to be correct. 'Storey' ('story' for any American
visitors) does indeed seem to be derived from 'historia' - apparently from
the rows of sculpture, or pictorial stained glass windows.
John Briggs
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