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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> > > Luca Ricossa wrote: >> Needless to say, the software creating those html is badly written, >> then it repeats the same formatting instructions for every >> line instead to give the code at the beginning and at the end >> of the message parts with the same formatting... > > May I suggest that machine-(ill)formatted HTML may > provide modern justification for the medieval belief > in demons? > . . . > Cheers! > Frank If demons are what we're up against, maybe we have to roll out the heavy artillery. I therefore offer the following amalgamation from the LT-ANTIQ list: >Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:24:20 +0200 >From: Angel Fuentes <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: St. Isidore on Internet >To: [log in to unmask] > >I've heard that St. Isidore is up for patron of Internet users. On TV I've >also heard that S. Peter Regalado is a candidate. St. Peter Regalado, who >lived in the 16 century (?) can run 80 kilometers in fifteen minutes. For >that reason, he is the fastest saint ever seen, and as such he is also up >for Internet patron. >Angel Fuentes. University Autonoma of Madrid > >Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:14:23 -0500 (CDT) >From: "John L. Speller" <[log in to unmask]> > >(snip, snip) >... I will come out of hiding to mention the person commemorated >tomorrow, October 15th., in the Episcopal Calendar. This is Samuel >Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1906. He was a >Lithuanian Jew who was converted to Christianity and emigrated to the >United States to study for the Presbyterian ministry. After two years >he became an Episcopalian and went to General Seminary. After he was >ordained he became a missionary priest in China. He translated the >Bible into a number Chinese dialects and was later consecrated Bishop >of Shanghai. Shortly after this, however, he had a stroke which left >him palalyzed except for the middle finger of his left hand. >Determined that this minor inconvenience should not interfere with >his translation work, he spent the next several decades typing >thousands and thousands of pages of Chinese with one finger in order >to complete his life's work. In the 1890's he wrote: "I have been >sitting in this chair now for twenty years. At first it seemed hard >..." Because he spent decades sitting in front of a keyboard, a >number of Anglican groups have made him a kind of unofficial Patron >Saint of the Internet. Perhaps he should be the patron saint of our >list too. > >John. >Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 20:41:15 -0500 >From: Timothy Bratton <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: St. Isidore on Internet >To: [log in to unmask] > >Dear Angel: > For those of us cursed with a 28.8 Kbps connection at best and >servers that are often too busy to access, S. Peter Regalado does not seem >appropriate. Wasn't St. Jude the patron of lost causes? > >Dr. Timothy L. Bratton [log in to unmask] So even us moderns have weapons against medieval demons (or were you talking about UNIX deamons?) Cheers, -John ********************************************************************** 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