medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thanks Denis and George!
George, the author of the sermon is "my" good old Gilbert of Tournai ;)
For the record, here is a more substantial chunk to give a little more
context:
"Sed infirmis et inassuetis oculis odiosa est lux. Ideo, cum assurgere
creditur in deum palpitante lumine cito resilimus in tenebris mentium
nostrarum, et querimus sapientiam in foraminibus quaternorum pellium
ovinarum."
Knowing Gilbert, it is most probably a way of opposing "contemplatio"
and knowledge acquired from books, but still, it is bizarre to speak of
the holes in the quires rather than, say, the letters drawn on them.
Best wishes, M.
George FERZOCO wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Dear Marjorie,
>
> Four types of holes in manuscripts come to mind:
>
> 1) worm holes (as you state)
> 2) holes resulting from people cutting out either errors/misreadings
> or 'ex libris'es
> 3) holes resulting from the makers of the manuscript, in making the
> lines on which the text is written
> 4) holes that one occasionally finds when, e.g., the skin was either
> overly stretched, or scraped too thin at the time the material was
> being prepared for use as a support for writing
>
> It would be interesting to know more about the author of the sermon,
> eventually.
>
> Best wishes, George
>
> --
> George FERZOCO
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> On 24 Mar 2010, at 03:17, Marjorie Burghart wrote:
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>> culture
>>
>> Dear list(s) members,
>>
>> May I ask your opinion on a particular latin line? In a 13th century
>> sermon, I found this sentence:
>>
>> "querimus sapientiam in foraminibus quaternorum pellium ovinarum"
>> with, for the record, a different reading in one of the manuscript:
>> "querimus sapientiam in foraminibus cysternarum pellium ovinarum
>> picturis"
>>
>> The only interpretation I came up with for this sentence is that it
>> is about people who look for wisdom in books and intellectual
>> experience instead of the more mystic approach dear to the author,
>> "in foraminibus quaternorum pellium ovinarum" being there a
>> disparaging description of a worn book half-eaten by worms (why else
>> the "in foraminibus?).
>>
>> But I wonder if there couldn't be another explanation...
>> Any idea? :)
>>
>> Best, M.
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