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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture At 08:38 AM 07/27/2002 -0700, you wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >I seem to be contradicting myself here, but, if the >"Hear us" is directed to two saints, wouldn't "audi >nos" [singular,if I remember my Latin] be incorrect? >Or didn't such grammatical niceties apply when space >was at a premium? >MG > >>I believe the words surrounding >> the >> central image are as follows: >> >> top: d[omin]us d[eu]s virtutum >> left side: XP[for christ]oforus >> right side: georgius >> >> Which means that reading "audino" as "audi no[s]" >> makes a >> lot of sense. >> I read it as the top and bottom forming one phrase: "dominus deus virtutum audi nos." The names on the side identify the saints, but are not part of the prayer as such. 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