Steve--
I'd cross-reference your findings with Preacher's manuals and
other indexes under "ludo." I talk about some of these--and the golden
calf ref--in my essay, "Miracula and the Tretise of Miraclis Pleying," in
Speculum (1990).
Larry
On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Steven J. Killings wrote:
> At 03:16 PM 1/22/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Steve--
> >
> > I seriously doubt the interpretation of #4 that you offer. It
> >probably refers to the "playing" before the golden calf; see the OT Latin
> >text.
> > Further, I'd hesitate to call any of these definitions of the
> >enactment of scripts.
> >
> > Larry Clopper
> >
>
>
>
> On thinking about #4, you're probably right. I would have to
> disagree, however, with the general tendency to discount possible dramatic
> references because of their supposed lack of specificity. Clearly "to tell
> a story" "narrare" can have a broad meaning as inclusive of "to tell a story
> as part of a play" as not. Caveat lector, as always. It is telling I believe
> that the author of the glossary chose "narrare" to illuminate "ludo", a verb
> that classically has connotations of mocking and derision (decipere?) but in
> this case is synonymous with "telling" and "describing". It is also
> important to note that the glossary is of German not English origin.
> Narration as part of a figural or iconographic procession is rare in
> medieval English drama, not so on the continent. Whether these processions
> count as drama is another kettle of fish altogether...
>
>
> -Steve K.
>
> Steven James Killings
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