medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Here is the solution (thanks to Gyorgy Gereby):
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume7/v7i3/angels-7-3.htm
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 7:57 PM, John Shinners <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> I posed this same question to the list back in Nov. 1999 (!). To see the
> thread of answers, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion and
> type "dancing angels" into the search box.
>
> Suddenly feeling sorta old,
> John
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 1:11 PM, John Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>> On 30/06/2013 14:20, Jane Stemp Wickenden wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Regarding the angels, for once in a while Wikipedia has a useful article
>>> on that exact question:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_many_angels_can_dance_on_the_head_of_a_pin
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, that Wikipedia entry contains what they stigmatise as
>> "original research" (a theory is floated without references.) It gives no
>> earlier quotation than the Chillingworth one.
>>
>> John Briggs
>>
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