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But A and Z are the functional equivalents of Alpha and Omega. And
Latin, of course, came naturally to Weaterners at this point.
Andrew E. Larsen
On Mar 30, 2010, at 9:30 AM, John Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
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> That comes into it, of course, as does the diagonal or St Andrew's
> Cross (chi) - but doesn't help much with A - Z :-)
>
> John Briggs
>
>
> On 30/03/2010 14:57, Andrew Larsen wrote:
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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>> Might the use of the abcedarium be related to Christ's status as
>> the Alpha and the Omega, ie the totality of the alphabet?
>>
>> Andrew E. Larsen
>>
>> On Mar 30, 2010, at 7:34 AM, John Briggs
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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>>> On 30/03/2010 12:04, Cate Gunn wrote:
>>>> The consecration ceremonies (in the 10th cent. Pontificale
>>>> Lanaletense and the 12th century Pontifical of Magdalen college)
>>>> require the 'abcdarium' to be inscribed in the corners of the
>>>> church - would this be the whole alphabet? What was the
>>>> significance of this?
>>>
>>> The abcedarium (the whole alphabet) is inscribed (in ashes or
>>> sand) diagonally across the church from corner to corner, once in
>>> the Latin alphabet and the other time in the Greek alphabet. What
>>> was the significance of this? Well, the best guess (see John
>>> Wordsworth, On the Consectration of Churches, Especially in the
>>> Church of England: A Lecture [1899]) is that this is replicating
>>> the initiation ceremonies (baptism, confirmation, first communion)
>>> i.e. welcoming the church building as a member of the Christian
>>> community! The earliest ordos have the catechism with elements
>>> (e.g. the Creed) in both Latin and Greek.
>>>
>>> John Briggs
>>>
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