medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Just a random guess, but riddle is an archaic word for a sieve. Might it be a strainer for the wine?
Andromeda
Itinerant scholar
--- On Sat, 9/3/11, Dr Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Dr Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [M-R] riddel
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Saturday, September 3, 2011, 11:22 AM
> medieval-religion: Scholarly
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> Here's a riddle for the list. D.R. Dendy, in his book
> The Use of Lights in Christian Worship, uses the word
> "riddel". It is clear that this refers to an object,
> or objects, commonly associated with the altar, but it's not
> in my dictionary. Does anyone know precisely what it
> means?
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
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