I can’t help but feel lifted by this thread because where there is little to no boundary between prayer & magic in early Medieval Latin texts, so too is there little to no boundary between drama, liturgy, and ritual—esp. in monastic contexts where each served in the work of erudition & soteriology
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Arthur Westwell
In a blessing copied in an eighth century manuscript, we can see boundaries between prayer and magic blur, showing us that these categories didn't exist in opposition in the Early Middle Ages, and are more often than not indistinguishable (today Vienna, ÖNB, Cod. lat.563). 1/
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