medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Does Gestas mean "west" in Syrian or Greek ?
I have not met those inscriptions; is there a biblical text as a source ?
> Dismas (1st cent.) The Good Thief, who shared the crucifixion. The
> unnamed gospel figure may have been gifted with the name "Dismas" because
> in early art the two thieves (especially in Syria) were depicted with sun
> and moon above them, sometimes with the words for "east" and "west"
> inscribed. "Dismas" is close to the Greek word for "east," so somebody
> may have mistaken the word for the good thief's name.
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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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