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If "siclas" were to mean "penis", then your inventory could be of ex votos in precious
materials, which would mean that they had been donated by important people (most usually,
genital ex votos were made of wax and have not survived, although there are descriptions of
specialized chapels that were filled with them). Such ex votos are sometimes listed in
inventories. Precious belts, too, were often donated as ex votos by noble women.
Cheers,
Jim
On 31 Jul 2009 at 11:02, Nancy Spies wrote:
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> Good suggestion, Henk. I thought of that, too, but in the context of
> the inventory, it doesn't seem to fit. All it says is "Siclas. i.
> argenteus." There are a couple of other fabric references, but they
> specifically refer to types of flags, and the albs, etc. are not
> designated by fabric or color, alas.
>
> If you want to see this inventory, it is available on Google Books. I
> assume you'd type in Garufi, then find pp. 80-81.
>
> P.S. If anyone does look at the inventory and sees "P....." right
> after "Manipuli viij.", I am thinking this might stand for "poias",
> which is the Greek Orthodox word for cincture/cingulum/belt. Or ...?
> It seems to fit in the list of things, i.e. stole, then maniple,
> then "P" (cingulum?).
>
> Nancy
>
>
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> In a message dated 7/31/2009 9:26:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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> `siclas´ might also be a form of `cyclas´ or `cyclat´,
> `sigelat´, ` siglas´, which was a two-coloured silk cloth,
> often woven through with gold- or silver thread. Your typical cloth
> for rich vestments or even wrappings for
> relics.
> Henk
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