Dear Mrs. Rawson,
in fact I posed myself the same question. But "cenere"
has an extended meaning:
cenere s. m ................... 3 (spec. al pl.)
Polvere a cui si riducono i cadaveri, spec.
quelli un tempo arsi sul rogo ¦ (est., poet. al sing.
m.) Resti mortali: " 'ntorno al cener muto ... / stuol
di meste sirene ancor s'aggira" (MARINO) ¦ Ridurre
qc. in cenere, (fig.) farlo morire ¦ Risorgere
dalle ceneri, risuscitare.
(from lo Zingarelli 2000)
I may add the proverb: "Bacco, tabacco e Venere
riducono l'uomo in cenere"
Best regards
Lorenzo Enriques
Zanichelli editore
via Irnerio 34, 40126 Bologna, Italy
tel. (+39) 051.293.210
fax (+39) 051.293.311
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web: www.zanichelli.it
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Oggetto: Re: Italy Library Finds Dante Ashes
How can they be ashes anyway? Was anybody cremated at that time?
Judy Rawson.
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