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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture<br><br>Yes, 'wood' rather than 'tree' would be a better translation, I would have<br>thought, in line with the Good Friday antiphon 'Ecce lignum crucis'. So<br>'blessed wood'/ 'bounteous wood'?<br>Jan<br><br>--<br><br>Dr Janice Pinder<br><br>Research Affiliate<br>School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies (SOPHIS)<br>20 Chancellor's Walk, Clayton Campus<br>Monash University, 3800<br>Australia [...]
2024-03-15T12:12:32+11:00Janice Pinderhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=MEDIEVAL-RELIGION;464f8257.2403Re: The cross as a tree (adjective needed!)
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture<br><br>I was just in India, where there are tree shrines everywhere. While medieval Europe is not usually considered in those terms, there is lots of peripheral evidence for tree shrines there, usually, of course, "baptized" by association with a saint - the tree of Saint-Claude in Picardy, for example. In particular, there were hundreds of Marian shrines all over western Europe focused on a statue of the Virgin and Child which had been found in a tree and which demanded a chapel to be built at the site. At Scherpenheuvel in Belgium, [...]
2024-03-15T00:05:48+00:00James Bugslaghttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=MEDIEVAL-RELIGION;784733da.2403Re: The cross as a tree (adjective needed!)
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture<br><br>Is the amulet made of wood? If so, my initial thought would be to read "per<br>omnia lingna benigna" as referring to the wood of the amulet, thus: "Seal<br>me by all [these] blessed [pieces of] wood."<br><br>--NMC
2024-03-14T19:04:30-04:00Nathaniel Campbellhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=MEDIEVAL-RELIGION;28eaafe1.2403