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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture But A and Z are the functional equivalents of Alpha and Omega. And Latin, of course, came naturally to Weaterners at this point. Andrew E. Larsen On Mar 30, 2010, at 9:30 AM, John Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > That comes into it, of course, as does the diagonal or St Andrew's > Cross (chi) - but doesn't help much with A - Z :-) > > John Briggs > > > On 30/03/2010 14:57, Andrew Larsen wrote: >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >> culture >> >> Might the use of the abcedarium be related to Christ's status as >> the Alpha and the Omega, ie the totality of the alphabet? >> >> Andrew E. Larsen >> >> On Mar 30, 2010, at 7:34 AM, John Briggs >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >>> culture >>> >>> On 30/03/2010 12:04, Cate Gunn wrote: >>>> The consecration ceremonies (in the 10th cent. Pontificale >>>> Lanaletense and the 12th century Pontifical of Magdalen college) >>>> require the 'abcdarium' to be inscribed in the corners of the >>>> church - would this be the whole alphabet? What was the >>>> significance of this? >>> >>> The abcedarium (the whole alphabet) is inscribed (in ashes or >>> sand) diagonally across the church from corner to corner, once in >>> the Latin alphabet and the other time in the Greek alphabet. What >>> was the significance of this? Well, the best guess (see John >>> Wordsworth, On the Consectration of Churches, Especially in the >>> Church of England: A Lecture [1899]) is that this is replicating >>> the initiation ceremonies (baptism, confirmation, first communion) >>> i.e. welcoming the church building as a member of the Christian >>> community! The earliest ordos have the catechism with elements >>> (e.g. the Creed) in both Latin and Greek. >>> >>> John Briggs >>> >>> *** >>> ******************************************************************* >>> 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 >> >> *** >> ******************************************************************* >> 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 >> > > ********************************************************************** > 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 ********************************************************************** 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