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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture John, I think I will have a second look at the MS this year with Wormald in hand. Unfortunately we only have volume 1. I will have to borrow volume 2. Tom At 01:56 PM 1/4/2002 -0600, you wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >Tom, > >In response to your question about your psalter, I did a quick check on >King Edward the Martyr and Richard of Chichester in Francis Wormald's >"English Benedictine Calendars After AD 1100," vols 1 & 2 (18 calendars >all together). Checking the dates that Farmer supplies in his Oxford >Dictionary of Saints (Edward 18 Mar, tr 20 Jun; Richard 3 Apr, tr 16 Jun), >I found no calendar that included all four commemorations. Edward alone >is fairly common, but by no means universal; Richard appears far less >frequently. I found only three calendars that included the primary feast >for both saints: one from Abbotsbury in Dorset (1:1-13); one from >Chertsey in Surrey (1:81-93); and one from Westminster Abbey (2:57-74). >I found only one entry for a translation, Richard's, and that was in the >Chertsey calendar as well. I'm not sure how reliable *Benedictine* >calendars are for determining the distribution of these feasts, especially >in the case of Richard, but it appears you may have identifed an unusual >combination that my be useful in localizing the ms. > >You might contact Richard Pfaff at the University of North Carolina, who >is very knowledgable about English calendars. > >Best wishes, >John > > >John M. McCulloh [log in to unmask] >History Department 785-532-0373 >Eisenhower Hall (Note new area code!) >Kansas State University >Manhattan, KS 66506 > >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html Thomas M. Izbicki Collection Development Coordinator Eisenhower Library Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 Telephone: 410-516-7173 Fax: 410-516-8399 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html