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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Tom, I have only looked at one collection that is similar in terms of importance and size (and gender of author): Hildegard of Bingen's letter collection follows the same structure. All good wishes, George *** George Ferzoco [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture on behalf of F. Thomas Luongo Sent: Sun 2003-11-09 13:50 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [M-R] Organization of medieval letter-collections I have a question about medieval letter-collections with which I hope someone can help me. Some early manuscripts of the letters of Catherine of Siena, completed at the end of the fourteenth century and beginning of the fifteenth century, organize her letters ad statum. Letters to ecclesiastics are presented separated from letters to seculars, and within each larger grouping the letters are presented according to a hierarchy of recipients: from Popes to nuns, and from kings to ordinary secular women. (I can give more details if anyone is interested.) This ordering principle was adopted for the first large edition of Catherine's letters, by Aldus in 1500, and remained the standard way of presenting Catherine's letters until the first attempts at a chronological edition in the mid-19th century. My question: can anyone give me examples of other medieval letter collections (of any kind) ordered in this way? Thanks in advance, Tom Luongo ********************************************************************** 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