5.0265 Rs: Averium; Vampires (4/46)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 31 Jul 1991 19:46:12 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0265. Wednesday, 31 Jul 1991.
(1) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 91 11:08:56 GMT (9 lines)
From: Christopher Currie (IHR) <THRA004@MVS.ULCC.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: 5.0258 avera, etc.
(2) Date: Tuesday, 30 Jul 1991 09:22:27 EDT (13 lines)
From: "Stephen McCluskey" <SCMCC@WVNVM>
Subject: Re: 5.0258 Qs: avera & averia
(3) Date: Mon, 29 Jul 91 17:50:22 CST (11 lines)
From: (James Marchand) <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: 5.0258 Qs: vampires ...
(4) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 91 09:22 EDT (13 lines)
From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology"
Subject: RE: 5.0258 Qs: avera & averia; ...
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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 91 11:08:56 GMT
From: Christopher Currie (IHR) <THRA004@MVS.ULCC.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: 5.0258 avera, etc.
Averium ( manoy variant forms) means a draught animal (see Latham,
Revised Medieval Latin Word-List). It can also mean, more specfically,
a draught horse (as opposed to an ox or a riding horse).
Christopher
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Date: Tuesday, 30 Jul 1991 09:22:27 EDT
From: "Stephen McCluskey" <SCMCC@WVNVM>
Subject: Re: 5.0258 Qs: avera & averia
R. E, Latham's _Revised Medieval Latin Word-List from British
and Irish Sources_ indicates many instances of "averium" (with a wide
range of spellings) from 1185 to 1583 with the meaning draught animal.
Since the resulting dictionary of Medieval Latin (sorry I don't
have the exact title) is through the "A"'s, you should be able to find
more precise citations there. Large academic libraries are buying individual
fascicules as they appear.
Steve McCluskey
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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 91 17:50:22 CST
From: (James Marchand) <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: 5.0258 Qs: vampires ... (7/135)
There's been so much written on vampires. You ought to start with Montague
Summers' two books, The Vampire and The Vampire in Europe, both available in
reprint. There are two bibliographies (which I have seen, there may be more):
Martin V. Riccardo, Vampires Unearthed: the Complete Multi-Media Vampire and
Dracula Bibliography (1983) and Margaret L. Carter, The Vampire in Literature:
A Critical Bibliography (1989). Bonne chance!
Jim Marchand
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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 91 09:22 EDT
From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology"
Subject: RE: 5.0258 Qs: avera & averia; ... (7/135)
In reply to the question about vampires, the obvious quick answer is to
check out Anne Rice's books on vampires: _Interview with a Vampire_, _The
Vampire Lastat_ and _Queen of the Damned_. They may not be the best source
for traditional information about vampires (she admits that she takes liberties
with the traditional views), but they're really good stories.
Mary Dee Harris