medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: LAURIE POSTLEWATE <[log in to unmask]>
>....There are very few differences in vocabulary or
syntax between the two copies; one of the few differences is in this episode,
which is identical to the first manuscript, except that “freres menours”
has been replaced by “freres prechours.” (
> a....(“Menours” does in fact sound reasonably close to “prechours”!)
absolutely and blissfully unencumbered by any actual knowledge of the subject
whatsoever, i can confidently suggest that an Occamesque explanation might be
that the scribe was copying from dictation, and that he simply mis-heard the
spoken word, writing one "-ours" for another.
against this brilliant hypothesis might be lanced the presumed fact that the
book was not the sort which might have been "published" in a commercial
scriptorium which would have made use of a single reader dictating to a bank
of scribes in order to obtain multiple copies of the work in the cheapest
fashion possible.
whatever.
c
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