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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Marjorie, Four types of holes in manuscripts come to mind: 1) worm holes (as you state) 2) holes resulting from people cutting out either errors/misreadings or 'ex libris'es 3) holes resulting from the makers of the manuscript, in making the lines on which the text is written 4) holes that one occasionally finds when, e.g., the skin was either overly stretched, or scraped too thin at the time the material was being prepared for use as a support for writing It would be interesting to know more about the author of the sermon, eventually. Best wishes, George -- George FERZOCO [log in to unmask] On 24 Mar 2010, at 03:17, Marjorie Burghart wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > Dear list(s) members, > > May I ask your opinion on a particular latin line? In a 13th > century sermon, I found this sentence: > > "querimus sapientiam in foraminibus quaternorum pellium ovinarum" > with, for the record, a different reading in one of the manuscript: > "querimus sapientiam in foraminibus cysternarum pellium ovinarum > picturis" > > The only interpretation I came up with for this sentence is that it > is about people who look for wisdom in books and intellectual > experience instead of the more mystic approach dear to the author, > "in foraminibus quaternorum pellium ovinarum" being there a > disparaging description of a worn book half-eaten by worms (why > else the "in foraminibus?). > > But I wonder if there couldn't be another explanation... > Any idea? :) > > Best, M. > > ********************************************************************** > 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