Karen,
I've wondered whether the elaborate interlacing might
have been a way to develop concentration. Have you
found anything along these lines? Is this the sort of
thing you have in mind when you write "as a focus for
their meditation"?
Tim Romano
Karen Jolly asked:
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> My query: is it possible that the more elaborate display texts (I
> am working on the Eadwine Psalter) were placed in side chapels or
> altars, and that meditative monks would repair to these areas not only
> to engage in prayer (meditating on the psalms as the Rule suggests) but
> also to peruse such a text for study as a focus for their meditation?
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