medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I've seen it used as a description for a kind of ring for holding up
curtains around an altar--riddle rings.
Kit French
On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 08:33:17 -0700, Andrea Luxenburg <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
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> 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:
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>> 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
>> discussions of medieval religion and culture
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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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