medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture John, The text was added right after I said it would be. I am now proceeding to the corrections. MG Marjorie Greene http://medrelart.shutterfly.com/ --- On Sat, 3/13/10, John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 12. March To: [log in to unmask] Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 8:53 PM medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Saturday, March 13, 2010, at 1:20 pm, I wrote (and sent too quickly): > It's just possible that the _viva signa_ of the inscription could > refer not to the carved _signa_ on the upper part of the altar just > below the sarcophagus but rather to the paintings, i.e. that _paries > vivaque signa_ is an hyperbole. Er, an hendiadys. I had mentioned hyperbole a little earlier in my response. Apparently, the word just got stuck in my cerebral cortex. > Secondarily, it is at least possible and perhaps likely that > Cantalicio knew that the inscription was to be place above an altar... Er, placed above an altar.... Apologies for these slips. Best again, JD PS: Marjorie, if you really are going to add this exchange to your site would you please incorporate these corrections? Thanks, JD ********************************************************************** 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