medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Christopher,
the text is Alan's Anticlaudianus. As much as I like the text, I'll let
you run down the quote!!
See you at Kzoo.
best
Grover
--On Monday, March 22, 2004 2:31 PM -0500 Christopher Crockett
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> perhaps someone on this larnéd list can help me re-find a passage in one
> of Alan of Lille's writings which i came across ("by accident", as they
> say) some decades ago.
>
> i have, somewhere, an ancient Hard Copy on a large, yellow (and no doubt
> by now, yellowing) index card --it's in my files, i know, because i
> never, ever throw anything away.
>
> which is why i have little hope of finding it.
>
> however, the virtual copy of the passage has been safely preserved in my
> Neuronic Memory Banks, where it has been constantly re-accessed many times
> over the years, no doubt thus obliterating any relationship to the
> original text which it may once have had.
>
> in any event, that memory has it that Alan gives a lengthy, very detailed
> description of some sort of elaborate "chariot" or cart/wagon, which was
> wonderfully decorated with all sorts of fine and elaborate ornamental
> artwork --down to details about the allegorical figures on the reins of
> the horses, for example.
>
> as i recall, he mentions, somewhere in this description, that "the artisan
> first conceived the figures in his mind, then executed them in the fine
> material" --or words to that effect. that's the part i'm interested in
> revisiting in precise detail.
>
> does anyone have an idea as to which one of Alan's works this sort of
> thing might have been in, so that i can try and run it down again from
> scratch ?
>
> all help appreciated.
>
> best from here,
>
> christopher
>
>
> "What about the older ones [Indians] ?"
>
> "Well, we can't seem to cure them of the idea that our Everyday Life is
> only an Illusion, behind which is the Reality of Dreams"
>
> --Werner Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo"
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