tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post3974241614925368050..comments2023-10-04T09:50:08.070-05:00Comments on Logismoi: 'There Magdalene Hath Left Her Moan'—St Mary Magdalene in the WestAaron Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-57509797600717958672009-08-06T16:22:39.814-05:002009-08-06T16:22:39.814-05:00You're my kind of guy, Edgecomb!You're my kind of guy, Edgecomb!Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-44193911843503569492009-08-06T16:13:43.781-05:002009-08-06T16:13:43.781-05:00Obviously no! Very nice! I missed that whole para...Obviously no! Very nice! I missed that whole paragraph somehow. I think I skipped ahead to the poetry too eagerly....Kevin P. Edgecombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590490181739464401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-24969595060134049952009-08-05T13:00:37.144-05:002009-08-05T13:00:37.144-05:00Did you see my quote from C.S. Lewis in the first ...Did you see my quote from C.S. Lewis in the first post about St Mary and the Oxford and Cambridge colleges?Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-28523607129191343372009-08-05T12:54:01.560-05:002009-08-05T12:54:01.560-05:00Ah! And now for the Oxonian connection.
A friend...Ah! And now for the Oxonian connection.<br /><br />A friend of mine years ago was at Magdalen College, Oxford. Many don't realize that the college's name "Magdalen" is pronounced "maudlin." School tradition includes the putting on of various plays, and these are generally quite sappy and overwrought. So, a "maudlin" something-or-other was of the same character. That's one Magdalen tradition for maudlin, anyway.<br /><br />It's surely correct, however, that the connection lies in the conception of the penitential weeping of <i>the</i> Magdalene.<br /><br />In case folks weren't aware, St Mary's hometown is now being excavated. <a href="http://www.magdalaproject.org/WP/" rel="nofollow">The Magdala Project</a> is the official website for the excavations. They're finding goodies.Kevin P. Edgecombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590490181739464401noreply@blogger.com