medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 12/27/11, Genevra Kornbluth wrote:
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> I should have mentioned that Linda's work concentrates on the Greek
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> and Latin inscriptions in frescoes and wall mosaics.
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> Linda Safran has worked on the implications of language in southern
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> Italy and, I think, Sicily. I'm not sure exactly which of her
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> publications would be most relevant, but I suspect: "Public Textual
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> Cultures: A Case Study in Southern Italy" in W.R. Robins, Textual
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> cultures of medieval Italy (Toronto, 2011).
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Linda Safran's recent work has focused on southern Italy (chiefly the Salento) and deals with incised inscriptions in public spaces as well as with painted ones (whether fresco or mosaic). "Public Textual Cultures..." is available on the free Web here (but for the Greek texts one may prefer the printed book):
http://tinyurl.com/6wvf8ko
I have a couple of quibbles but on the whole it's a very fine article.
Best again,
John Dillon
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