medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Sorry, forgot to add that I sort of assume that Arthusia is the first
name of the owner, (a female) and not part of the place name, but of
course I might be wrong.
Erik Drigsdahl wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Dear List
>
> In a Book of Hours in the Musée Benedictine (Fécamp) ´
> has the former owner written on the first folio:
> ARTVSIÆ VILLENOVÆ (ARTVSIAE VILLENOVAE)
>
> It is in a fine hand, apparently imitating Italian printing types
> from the 16th cent. - but is probably more likely written in the
> 18th cent. This I can't tell for sure.
>
> Now - where is this location?
> The old edition of Orbis Latinus does not give a satisfactory
> answer. There are two options:
> It could mean Villeneuve-les-Avignon (as the calendar points
> to Southern France)
> or: it could mean Artois (Arthesia) close to where it is now.
>
> Any other suggestions?
> Thanks
> Erik Drigsdahl
>
> PS: Looking at the picture of the page does it suddenly strike
> me now, that a first letter perhaps has been effaced, so that
> it from the beginning could have read: CARTVSIÆ (!) - which not
> will be very helpful in finding the right Villeneuve, I guess?
> So it really helps writing to this wonderful list - even before
> the mail has been send:-)
>
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