It’s not a spade, it’s a ferule or instrument to
slap lazy or unwilling pupils in school. In Dutch: a “plak”.
Henk
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Madeleine Gray
Verzonden: maandag 9 augustus 2010 19:58
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Onderwerp: Re: [M-R] priestīs spades
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
religion and culture
I think I still have the photos and could send them off list - but
also Marjorie Greene kindly put the photos on her medrelart site for me. I
think the problem with identifying the artifact as a spade is that it's quite
small - only about a foot long.
Maddy
Dr Madeleine Gray
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From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions
of medieval religious culture on behalf of Cormack, Margaret Jean
Sent: Mon 09/08/2010 5:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [M-R] priestīs spades
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of
medieval religion and culture
Some time ago there was a discussion on this list about something that looked
like a spade but
turned out to have an educational association (sorry, my mind was taken up with
other things at
the time, I do remember some nice pictures from I think Henk . . .)
I believe there was mention of a spade as a possible liturgical object, which
would have been used to
throw the first earth on the coffin of someone being buried. Can anyone provide
references for
this (or remind me what the thread was called, and how to get to the archive?)
Meg
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