Dear list, but particularly Christopher Crockett,
re: the struthiones in the Vita Oswaldi
I didn't expand on the point I made about the textual corruption
because
(a) the Vita will sooner or later be edited by
Michael Lapidge
(b) I know that somewhere recently, but I can't for the life of me
remember where, I came across a piece written by Michael Lapidge
which mentioned Oswald at Ripon and seemed to offer a different
interpretation of the deacons and ostriches phrase (and again I can't
remember what). I was hoping I could disguise my poor memory.
Regards
Julia Barrow
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