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Item Subject: Message text > > In one of the pantocrator mandorle which I am studying (XIIth-XIIIth c.) I am > > finding a special kind of inscriptions who are called by an author "leonine > > hexameters". This author does not give further explanations about the origin o > f > > this kind of hexameters. Does anyone know something about this? Is there any > > bibliographical useful reference to consult with? > > Thanks, > > > > Alfonso > > [log in to unmask] > > > Dear Alfonso, > > Leonine hexameters have internal rhyme and were used often in this > period. I myself am studying an English thirteenth-century effigy > which holds a scroll inscribed with leonine verse. > > Sophie Oosterwijk > Dept of the History of Art > University of Leicester > Dear Sophie: Thanks for your reply. Would you mind if you send me some bibliographical references about these leonin hexameters? Thanks again in advance, Alfonso %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%