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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture At 09:40 AM 08/24/2001 +0200, you wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >Dear learned ones, > >Perhaps it's a simple question, but I just don't have the answer: 3 is the >number of God (Father-Son-Holy Spirit), 5 is the number of Mary >(Maria-Virgo-Mater) and 2 is the number of the devil. But why is that? > >Bas Jongenelen > I don't have an answer to this specific question, but you might be able to find one in: Heinz Meyer and Rudolf Suntrup, _Lexicon der mittelalterlichen Zahlenbedeutungen_ (Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1987). This is an exhaustive resource, to put it mildly, and one that should be able to point you in the right direction. Stephen A. Allen [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html