Post by Jenny on Jan 20, 2020 14:28:10 GMT -5
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Station III
THE MONASTERY AT BOBBIO. Ibn (p. 74) says, "Station the third -- finding the Hesed." On p. 40 we discover that the relic (Hesed the Abiding, the lost Periadam) lies at a monastery at _____ (with Brother Severinus), which lies some distance from "here." On Feb. 5 (p. 43), Magnalucius reaches the monastery, only to find that the Abbot, Severinus, and a servant were killed in a mountainslide "returning from Lemieux." This could be the modern village Limeux or De Limeux, in the ancient department of Cher in the Somme, but other clues are more compelling and lead us elsewhere. On February 13, Magnalucius finds the Hesed in the antiquarium of the monastery. What monastery? Also found among the antiquarium relics is a Celtic broach which provides a connection back to Irish clerical spread into Gaul and Italy during this time period. The Irish Columbanus established a monastery in Bobbio in c. 613. There are seven St. Columbanus monasteries, scattered throughout France and Switzerland, but only one in Italy. The mountains have yet to be crossed in the story which helps to eliminate France and Switzerland. The new Abbott spoke in the venacular Italian. The monastery at Bobbio, Italy was renowned for its library, and is a few days away from both Milan and Brescia. Bobbio apparently served as one inspiration for the monastery in The Name of the Rose. The Antiquarium "started the year of their blessed founder's death, that being all of nine hundred and two years ago." If Quest was written approximately 1517, that means the Antiquarium was begun circa 615 AD, when the monastery's founder died. Columbanus died in 615; Bobbio was founded in 614, within a year of Columbanus' death.
We leave Italy and go to France...
Station III
THE MONASTERY AT BOBBIO. Ibn (p. 74) says, "Station the third -- finding the Hesed." On p. 40 we discover that the relic (Hesed the Abiding, the lost Periadam) lies at a monastery at _____ (with Brother Severinus), which lies some distance from "here." On Feb. 5 (p. 43), Magnalucius reaches the monastery, only to find that the Abbot, Severinus, and a servant were killed in a mountainslide "returning from Lemieux." This could be the modern village Limeux or De Limeux, in the ancient department of Cher in the Somme, but other clues are more compelling and lead us elsewhere. On February 13, Magnalucius finds the Hesed in the antiquarium of the monastery. What monastery? Also found among the antiquarium relics is a Celtic broach which provides a connection back to Irish clerical spread into Gaul and Italy during this time period. The Irish Columbanus established a monastery in Bobbio in c. 613. There are seven St. Columbanus monasteries, scattered throughout France and Switzerland, but only one in Italy. The mountains have yet to be crossed in the story which helps to eliminate France and Switzerland. The new Abbott spoke in the venacular Italian. The monastery at Bobbio, Italy was renowned for its library, and is a few days away from both Milan and Brescia. Bobbio apparently served as one inspiration for the monastery in The Name of the Rose. The Antiquarium "started the year of their blessed founder's death, that being all of nine hundred and two years ago." If Quest was written approximately 1517, that means the Antiquarium was begun circa 615 AD, when the monastery's founder died. Columbanus died in 615; Bobbio was founded in 614, within a year of Columbanus' death.
We leave Italy and go to France...