medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Lost can mean someone walked off with it, as in the case of the
Quedlinburg Gospels:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEEDD1439F932A35756C0A966958260
Tom Izbicki
Christopher Crockett wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> From: John Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
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>> The Rupertsberg manuscript was the "best" MS, rather than being necessarily
>>
> "the original" one. It was "lost" during the war, rather than being known to
> have been destroyed. There are only black and white photographs of it - the
> colour ones are from the modern copy.
>
>
> yes, "lost" now rings a bell.
>
> "lost" implies, at least theoretically, the possibility of being "found" --and
> recently an important Chartrain manuscript, also "lost" since the SACPE, has
> been "found," proving that Exceptions to Rules can, indeed, happen.
>
> as i said, however, the reproduction is astonishingly accurate --i literally
> could not tell the difference between the two in the photographs.
>
> thanks, John, for the reinforcement --these Senior Moments are painful enough,
> without actually being True.
>
> c
>
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