medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Thursday, July 9, 2009, at 11:54 pm, I wrote:
> 1) Eusanius (d. ca. 304, supposedly).
>
> Herewith an illustrated, Italian-language account, four single views,
> and a page of views of the originally late twelfth-century chiesa di
> Sant'Eusanio at Sant'Eusanio Forconese (AQ) with its facade from 1463:
> http://tinyurl.com/lwx282
> http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5824454
That last is a view (also pre-earthquake) of the chiesa degli Angeli in the same town.
> The originally twelfth-century crypt (frescoses from ca. 1540-1550):
> http://tinyurl.com/mysrvk
> http://tinyurl.com/nfrxs4
I rather like "frescoses". The question is, is the penultimate 's' voiced (as in "roses") or unvoiced (as in "neuroses")? If the latter, is this a technique pioneered by the utterly obscure (er, wholly imaginary) St. Frescosis?
> 2) Dominic Serra (Bl.; d. 1348). D., whose family name is also given
> as Serrano, was born in Montepellier...
Montpellier, of course.
> 4) Adrian Fortescue (Bl.; d. 1539).
> ... A.'s missal and book of hours show that
> he had conformed to Henry VII's creation of a national church, with
> the king rather than the pope at its head.
Henry VIII, of course.
--JD
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