Interesting example, _The Name of the Rose_. The situation early on in the novel, when the supposedly threatening Aristotle text is simply hidden in the library, hard to find and its existence known to few, is a better reflection of the real-life situation during the Middle Ages than the conflagration at the end of the book (if I remember rightly). It certainly happened that books sometimes languished neglected in medieval libraries. Randi Eldevik On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, David Wilson-Okamura wrote:
> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:37:14 -0400 > From: john dwyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Eco's _The Name of the Rose_? > > John Dwyer > > . . . > >was seldom if ever a matter of book-burning campaigns; simple neglect of > >texts that held little relevance to medieval Christendom was the main > >factor. Just to underscore Leofranc's point, there is a huge difference > >between failing to take good care of a book and deliberately burning it. > > How do these myths about medieval book-burnings come about, anyway? > > > >Randi Eldevik > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
