At 09.31 18/04/97 EST5EDT, you wrote:
>> Also, aside from Exultet scrolls, was scroll format preserved for any
>>other practical use in Western Christian circles?
>>
>>tom izbicki
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>One prominent use was the genealogical roll, many of which survive
>from the later Middle Ages for both royal and noble families. This
>usage was also extrapolated back into a biblical context in, for
>
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Yes, there's a fascinating genealogical roll in the Bodleian, giving
Birgitta of Sweden's prophecy concerning the Hundred Years' War. She was
thought of as a Sibyl. It refers to Dionysius the Areopagite,
Pseudo-Dionysius swallowed hook, line and sinker. It's Ashmole Roll 26,
formerly/olim 27, but one got lost, and the number was moved up.
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