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Dear Matt,
The only reference I have so far is to a relatively late citation, in English, in Scot's
Discoverie of Witchcraft. That version starts out:
"The epistle of St. Saviour, which Pope Leo sent to King Charles, saienge, that
whoseover carrieth the same about him, or in what daie so euer he shall read it, or
shall see it, he shall not be killed with anie iron toole, nor be burned with fier, nor be
drowned with water, neither anie euill man or other creature maie hurt him. The
crosse of Christ is a wonderfull defense + the crosse of Christ be alwaies with me +
the crosse is it which I doo always worship + the crosse of Christ is true health + the
crosse of Christ lose the bands of death + the crosse of Christ is the truth and the
waie + I take my iourney upon the crosse of the Lord + he crosse of Christ beateth
downe euerie euill + the crosse of Christ giueth all good things + the crosse of
Christ saue me + O Crosse of Christ be upon me, before me, and behind me +
because the ancient enimie cannot abide the sight of thee + the crosse of Christ
saue me, Keepe me, gouerne me, direct me + *Thomas* bearing this note of thy
divine maiestie + *Alpha* + *Omega* first + & last + middest + & end + beginning +
& first begotten + wisedome + & vertue +"
What I would like to find is an earlier Latin version of this text, and if possible, some
sort of commentary on it.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
On 16 Sep 2006 at 21:20, Matthew Gabriele wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Jim,
>
> Do you have a reference to the originial?
>
> Best,
> Matt Gabriele
>
>
> On 9/16/06 11:06 AM, "Jim Bugslag" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> > Esteemed list,
> > I wonder if any of you know of sources for or studies on the so-called Epistle
> > of St
> > Saviour, a text supposedly vouchsafed to Pope Leo by an angel and sent by him
> > to
> > Charlemagne. Undoubtedly dating from much later in the Middle Ages, it
> > communicated various inscriptions which were considered to have apotropaic
> > power
> > when recited or used on various forms of amulets, or even just carried about
> > on
> > one's person.
> > Many thanks in advance.
> > Jim Bugslag
> >
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