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I had turned to Prof. Mills first, of course, but he's unable to respond to my inquiry at the moment, and is not sure when he will be. So I thought I might open it up to the list in the meantime -- and, thanks to REED-L, I already have a couple of new leads! Still, I agree with Gloria's holiday sentiment (though there is not, alas, any snow in Berkeley) and am also thankful for this scholarly community, which has welcomed me and my fellow graduate students so graciously into the study of early drama, while never ceasing to inspire due awe. Here's to open discourse and exchange. Stay warm, Matthew On Fri, December 4, 2009 6:22 am, [log in to unmask] wrote: > LOL. Good call, Meg! I second that idea, Matthew. > > Of course, it's easier for those of us who have known "The Names on the > Spine" > (I love that image, Meg!) to make this call than for post-grads, > especially > students in the US, who don't circulate with the U.K. Spine Monikers as > much at > conferences. I recall being an awestruck Ph.D. student who often became a > bit > tongue-tied at conferences when encountering the big names of our small > part of > the academic world, like "Johnston," "Mills," "King," and "Twycross." > > Your suggestion, Meg, reminds me how thankful I am to be part of a > generous > community of scholars who are, more often than not, willing to answer > questions > from students and colleagues in the interest of furthering our > understanding of > early drama. > > I guess the holiday spirit and its warm sentiments have come with the > first > substantial snowfall here in Iowa. > > Happy Holidays, REED-L, > Gloria > >> Why not ask David himself? He's a human being as well as a name on a >> book spine. >> >> Actually I'm seeing him on Monday to present the second half of his > Festschift, so I'll try to remember to ask him them -- my memory is > sieve-like > at the moment. >> >> Meg Twycross >> >> Professor Emeritus of English Medieval Studies, >> Department of English and Creative Writing, >> Lancaster University, >> LANCASTER LA1 4YD >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion on behalf of >> Matthew Sergi >> Sent: Wed 02-Dec-09 21:00 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: One about Chester >> >> >> >> Dear REED list, >> >> I've been caught up on a minor point in the current EETS Edition of the >> Chester cycle, and thought I'd open it up to the list. >> >> For the Chester Passion, Mills and Lumiansky gloss the torturers' dice >> rolls of "dubletts," "cator-traye," and "synnce" as three twos, three >> fours, and three fives, respectively. I've been scanning various >> medieval >> and early modern sources and cannot figure out the source of those >> glosses >> -- all of my sources point to "a pair," "a three and a four," and "five" >> for the rolls (even though the rolls were on three dice -- I've found >> other cases in which a three-die roll is referred to by a functional >> pair >> within it, regardless of the value of the third die). >> >> However, my instinct is still to trust Mills and Lumiansky's reading; >> can >> anyone point me in the right direction to find further textual support >> for >> their gloss? >> >> Gratefully, >> >> Matthew Sergi >> Ph.D. Candidate, English and Medieval Studies >> University of California, Berkeley >> >