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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Yes. And another possibility is the diminutive of "composta," whose meaning I forget. I believe the "field of stars" meaning has been rather thoroughly discredited. MG --- André-Yves Bourgès <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > > > J. Chocheyras, Saint-Jacques à Compostelle, Rennes, > 1985, p. 124, n. 1, says > that the name Compostelle (this is the oldest form) > could have been a common > word for a place where people have been buried (from > medieval latin componere, > "to arrange", which is an euphemism for "to bury"). > > I found tumulum componere in the first vita of > saint Mélar : André-Yves > Bourgès, Le dossier hagiographique de saint > Melar.Textes, traduction, commentaires > , Lanmeur-Landévennec, 1997 (= Britannia monastica, > vol. 5), p. 69. > > André-Yves Bourgès > > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ********************************************************************** 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