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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture "Buona pulcella fut Eulalia": that's the first line of the oldest surviving poem (written shortly after 878) in the French language and after the Strasbourg Oaths one of the chief monuments of Old French, remembered with varying degrees of fondness by many, at least, who have studied that tongue. For those who don't know the poem (which is in sequence form), here's a site with text, translation into modern French, photographs of the manuscript, and some bibliography: http://www.restena.lu/cul/BABEL/T_CANTILENE.html I envy Theresa her experience of the site. Best, John Dillon On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 18:28:40 -0600 Theresa Gross-Diaz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Ste Eulalia has been a favorite of mine since visiting her shrine (her "oven") in Merida. The excavations under the church, and the development of a burg around her grave, are fascinatingly reminiscent of the necropolis below and "Borgo" around that of St Peters in Rome. > ********************************************************************** 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