Well, the Norwich inventory does pair "apis skinns" with an "angel cote," but I
took it to be a contrast. Perhaps not. That's a very interesting possibility.
Alan B.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence M. Clopper [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 8:53 AM
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Subject: Re: "Apis skinns"?
I don't remember where this idea came from, but I thought that
the apis
skinnes were the lower body covering of the angels. They would
have wings
above and a shaggy lower body (instead of feathers). Check the
iconography.
Larry Clopper
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Tiner, Elza wrote:
> However, at some point the apes would die and their skins
might be available
> then, no?
>
> Elza C. Tiner
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Baragona, Alan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 1:25 PM
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> Subject: Re: "Apis skinns"?
>
>
> This surprises me. It's very interesting. I would think,
though, that apes
> would be too rare and precious, having their own wards even,
to skin or that
> such skins would make it into the inventory of a guild in a
rural township.
> What do we know about apes in England?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tiner, Elza
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 12:29 PM
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> Subject: Re: "Apis skinns"?
>
> Also, note that the royal households of
Richard II,
> Elizabeth I,
> and James I
> maintained "apewards," so ape skins would very
likely have
> been
> available in
> the realm. From the REED volumes:
>
> Richard II
> Apeward in Cambridge 1382-3
>
> Elizabeth I
> Apeward in Coventry 1577-78
>
> James I
> Apeward in York 1607
>
> Elza C. Tiner
>
> Professor of English
> School of Humanities and Social Sciences
> Lynchburg College
>
