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There's also an account of the founding of Thebes in Lydgate's "Siege
of Thebes" (also his continuation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales) in
which the founder measures the land with an ox hide.
Dan
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Date: Sunday, November 7, 2004 4:17 am
Subject: Re: land donations and measurements
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> There are I believe various legendary accounts (Geoffrey of
Monmouth?)
> of people who obtained a "hide" of land - the amoung that could be
> circumscribedby an ox-hide - and cut it into a very thin strip -
> did Dido do this?
> Meg
>
> Like Dido in Cartago, Vergil Aen. I 368 (cf. Heinrich von Veldeke,
> Eneas 25, 25ff.) with the skin of a cow or bull? Only an associtation
> ...
> b.k.
>
> Am 7. Nov 2004 um 11:27 Uhr schrieb Cormack, Margaret Jean:
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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> > While we´re on the subject, does anyone know of saints (or others)
> > who measure out land (or church foundations) with their cloak?
> > Thanks,
> > Meg
> >
> >
> >
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