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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Dilectissimi sapientes > as a symbol of the immaculate virgin, I find the comparison with a bird > which is born from rotten wood floating on the sea: it has neither the > taste of rot nor the salt of the sea --> purity of the Virgin, though > she was conceived by "natural" ways. The bird, in my french poetry, is > name sap or sapinette (?) This is just a guess, but could it be the Barnacle Goose? I believe that it was actually classified as a vegetable, rather than meat, because of some such peculiarity in belief about its propagation. Cheers, Jim Bugslag Dr. Jim Bugslag, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MN, Canada, R3T 2N2 ********************************************************************** 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