medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Herwig, why can't we assume that --originally at least-- the single word is,
> indeed, an error for "i perpet*", the scribe more or less automatically
> expanding the "i" into "im"?
prepositions are often written connected to the following word, words
are spelt as pronounced, therefore I prefer to regard it as usage and
not as error, just as e for ae, c for t, and the like (AASS and PL
editors most likely would purify all this). As editor, I do not hesitate
to print imperpetuum without any comment, if it is there in a manuscript.
Best, Herwig
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