medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Nonsense? come, come, aren't we being a bit judgmental? would you want to
pitch your Montrachet - or even your Stella Artois - just because there was
a mouse floating around it?
Bernadette Filotas
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From: "John Briggs" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [M-R] Blessings on wine
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Amy Neff wrote:
>>
>> Not long ago, we had a lovely (and no doubt useful) blessing to purify
>> wine
>> sullied by a drowned mouse or weasel, referring the miracle at Cana.
>> This > was from the 10th century. Does anyone know if this blessing, or
>> something > similar, can be found in later medieval use?
>
> Actually, it was in Egbert's Pontifical and it was *beer* - and this is
> important because the *daily* allowance for Anglo-Saxon monks was three
> gallons...
>
> It was a Northern European problem, because of an over-literal
> interpretation of Leviticus 11:29+ in the Irish Penitentials.
>
> It is probably the sort of nonsense that Durandus would have got rid of,
> so it would be best to look in later Anglo-Saxon (and Anglo-Norman)
> Pontificals.
>
> John Briggs
>
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