11-08-2022, 11:18 PM
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Hi, Koen, is it possible that there was a relationship between the Bogomil (Cathari, Patareni) women being persecuted would re-surface as a Catholic religious sect. I studied the Bogomils for an article I wrote a couple of years ago, and I learned that Bogomil women were founding schools and hospitals and lived in comunes. They were originally iconoclasts and their interpreted the bible symbolically.
There are several towns and villages in the present day Slovenia called Begunje, one of the main one being near Bled, which in the 15th century was in the possession of the Bishop of Brixen.
In Slovenian, beg means 'running away from danger'.
One more thing, the medieval spirituality in Slovenia in the 15th century was greatly influenced by Via Moderna and German mysics, such as Nicholas of Cusa and Henry Susa.
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Nicholas of Cusa was Bishop of Brixen. So he was bishop of Bled and other Slovenian areas for a time. There was the opportunity for his influence to be direct and substantial. On this point, I find the cosmology in the Voynich to be well-described as 'Cusean' and so I detect the influence of Nicholas. But his influence was widespread and may have proceeded his appointment to the region.
Hi, Koen, is it possible that there was a relationship between the Bogomil (Cathari, Patareni) women being persecuted would re-surface as a Catholic religious sect. I studied the Bogomils for an article I wrote a couple of years ago, and I learned that Bogomil women were founding schools and hospitals and lived in comunes. They were originally iconoclasts and their interpreted the bible symbolically.
There are several towns and villages in the present day Slovenia called Begunje, one of the main one being near Bled, which in the 15th century was in the possession of the Bishop of Brixen.
In Slovenian, beg means 'running away from danger'.
One more thing, the medieval spirituality in Slovenia in the 15th century was greatly influenced by Via Moderna and German mysics, such as Nicholas of Cusa and Henry Susa.
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Nicholas of Cusa was Bishop of Brixen. So he was bishop of Bled and other Slovenian areas for a time. There was the opportunity for his influence to be direct and substantial. On this point, I find the cosmology in the Voynich to be well-described as 'Cusean' and so I detect the influence of Nicholas. But his influence was widespread and may have proceeded his appointment to the region.