medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Couple of mistakes of transcription I suspect -
See in context.
BMC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Drigsdahl" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> To make sure we know what we are talking about is here the relevent
> passage from the Life of S. Jerome, translated by William Caxton, and cut
> out of the Medieval Sourcebook (Legenda Aurea vol.5)
>
> "And when he was nine-and-twenty years old he was ordained cardinal priest
> in the church of Rome. And when Liberius was dead all the people cried to
> have S. Jerome sovereign priest. And when he began to blame the jollity
> and lavish life of some clerks and monks, they had indignation and despite
> of him, and lay in a wait to hurt and slander him. And as John Beleth
> saith: They scorned and mocked him by the clothing of a woman. For on a
> night when he arose to matins, as he was accustomed, he found a woman's
> clothing Iying by his bed which his enemies had laid there. And he
> *weeping*
Shouldn't this be WEENING ?? = Thinking
that they had been his own, did them on, and so clothed came in to the
church, and this did they that had envy at him because others should ween
that he had a woman in his chamber. And when he saw that, he eschewed their
*woodness*
Shouldn't this be WODENESS ?? = Madness
and went unto Gregory Nazianzen, bishop of Constantinople. [snip]
**********************************************************************
To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
to: [log in to unmask]
To send a message to the list, address it to:
[log in to unmask]
To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
to: [log in to unmask]
In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
[log in to unmask]
For further information, visit our web site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
|