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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Good day, eh? Stan wrote: > (There is of course debate surrounding the origins, dating and other > aspects of the evolution of the Roman lectionary, which eventually > became the norm after Trent. Whence the caveat about whether > anything was a norm in 14c Italy.) Your caveat is very necessary. I spent an exhausting day in the library of the Pontifical Institute in Toronto searching for the Gospel lesson for St. Nicholas day as used by the Dominicans in Italy. I came away knowing that while the one in the lectionary devised post-Trent was a serious contender, there were at least six or seven other possibilities, given the lectionaries I had examined. That said, most lectionaries spoke of the last judgement at the end of the Pentecost season. Too, the second coming was the subject of Advent lessons. Some lectionaries use texts speaking of the judgement at the end of the Pentecost season and texts stressing the Lord's ultimate rescue of His chosen in Advent. I strongly urge a day or two in a library containing the lectionaries in use through the Middle Ages to discover the complexity of any response to this query. And if anybody out there knows which lessons were read on St. Nicholas Day by Dominicans in southern Italy in the 1270s, please illuminate me! Cordially, Frank ********************************************************************** 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