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It occurred to me that what if it is Abaleard's joke? This wisdom about
the empty purse sounds so weird. A wonderful truism, after all. And he
had really good humour, I recon.
Something in the vein of ... the wise king Solomon said you can never
fail that opposite to the other side of a river lies this side.
Why not check in the Carmina burana and other goliard poetry first ...
Sorry for the frivolous idea, but I enjoyed imaging Abaelard making it
up.
best,
George
>>> Robert Kraft <[log in to unmask]> 08/24/07 5:22 PM >>>
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Sounds like perhaps the Solomon who was believed to be master of "magic"
and related matters (see the "Testament of Solomon" traditions, among
others). I'm away from my office, and thus unable to check sources.
Bob Kraft, UPenn
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> I have two lines [what ONLY 2??] from Peter Abelard's "Carmen ad
> Astralabium" which have foxed me as to the reference. They concern
> (presumably King) Solomon, he the exemplar of wisdom.
>
> ut Salomon meminit, pertusus saculus eius
> de quo produxit tanta fefellit eum.
>
> Which my faithful translator renders:
>
> As Solomon recalled, the purse from which he had brought forth very
many
> great things was of no use when it wore into a hole.
>
> Carmen ad Astralabium lines 923-4 (Rubingh-Bosscher edition)
>
> I have hunted through the OT and the Apocrypha, the Golden Legend and
some
> assorted reference books but cannot track the allusion to its source.
R-B
> gives Haggai 1.6 and Proverbs 7.20 but I think these are so vague they
> cannot be the source.
>
> Any ideas ? I suspect some mediaeval legend of King S but don't know
where
> else to look.
>
> Hopefully,
>
> Brenda M C
>
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