>Fernando Carvalhaes Duarte
wrote...
>- numerological thinking of the period: is 32 a symbolic "tag" or was it
>a belief at the time that Christ lived 32 years("J.Christ lived 32 years
>in this world...")?
>
This is very minor, but I was under the impression that Christ was 33 when
he died... and I've been telling undergrads this for some time. Am I
wrong!? (gasp!) At least, what did medieval people beleive?
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Nicole Morgan Schulman Omittamus studia dulce est desipere,
Dept. of History, U. of Toronto et carpamus dulcia iuventutis tenere!
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