medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I may have missed some entries to this fascinating problem; forgive me
if I repeat what's been said already:
If the provenance of the MS gives no help as to the odd structure,
perhaps the key is in the commentary. After all, that's why the Trinity
is in this illuminated D. The Trinity figures not at all in the psalm
(unsurprisingly) until you get to the exegesis: Augustine dwells on
Christ and the Father in his comments, and Cassiodorus brings in also
the Spirit towards the end of his comments; I don't have the Glossa O on
hand, but I seem to recall that the Trinity plays in that set of glosses
as well.
I admit I tried hard to see that structure as a "scabellum"
(footstool) but alas it remains perversely un-footstool-like. Also if
you squint, maybe you can convince yourself that it really is an
aqueduct as is suggested by the " de torrente" but that's stretching it
even further. But maybe some popular commentary will give you a
clue.
Good luck, and do let us know if you figure it out!!!
TGD
>>> Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> 2/8/2007 12:50 PM >>>
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
culture
There have been "aqueduct" suggestions. But at the moment, a suggestion
that
we have OT and NT combinations is on the table and someone thought the
strange structure might be a befuddled version of the Tabernacle or
Tent of
Meeting.
MG
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