medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 4:31 PM -0600 12/28/04, John B. Dillon wrote:
>Symeon Metaphrastes' Life of Theodore Graptos (BHG 1746) quotes from a
>letter from Theodore to John, bp. of Cyzicus, in which the lines, said
>to have been cut into the brothers' _faces_, are given thus (w = omega;
>H = eta):
>
>Pantwn pothountwn prostrechein pros tHn polin,
>Hopou panagnoi tou Theou Logou podes
>... etc.
How on earth would you fit all that on someone's face? The letters
would have to be awfully small, which would certainly make it
difficult. I could kind of see doing it if you had a larger, er,
"canvas" to work with, such as someone's back or stomach. Or perhaps
it was something like a tattoo, where you wouldn't need actual "cuts"
but rather rows of pinpricks?
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