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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Er, 'acheiropoietic'. Apologies for that typo. --JD I just wrote: > It's a typo for 'acheiropoetic', i.e. 'not created by human hands'. > If you look up 'acheiropoietos' (adj.) in Google you'll find some > familiar objects among the instances. > > Best, > John Dillon > > On Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at 7:42 am, christopher crockett wrote: > > > From: jbugslag <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > Possibly not, but this is a common and quite old topos. I'm currently > > reading Pausanias, and there are lots of references to such "achieropoietic" > > body prints in rocks, > > > > > > alas, the incompetent OED knows not from this Achieropoietic --nor > any > > other > > Achiero-whatever. > > > > wazzit mean? > > > > c ********************************************************************** 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