medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Marjorie Schulenburg <[log in to unmask]>
> Along with other English parishes of that name, "Peter ad Vincula" is
believed to have given rise to another literary place of fame in Thomas
Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge. A pub known as "Peter's Finger," the site
of an important conspiracy in the novel, is probably a corruption of " Peter
ad Vincula"
> Hardy was very interested in the prehistoric and medieval roots of settings
in his novels generally.
he was also a serious student of the local dialect of his region.
i recall seeing, in an English antiquarian book dealer's catalog in the early
'80s of the last century of the last millennium, Hardy's copy of the 1928 OED
offered for sale, the dealer noting that the blank pages at the back of each
volume were filled with manuscript additions which Hardy had made of words in
the West Country dialect which had slipped through James Murray's fine net.
the price for the set was, it seemed to me, ridiculously modest --a few
thousand pounds-- for such a unique and historically important item.
alas, i was just starting out in the used book bidness and couldn't spare the
change at the time.
c
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