The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

[MarcoP]

I cannot judge the main text; but the red text in that clip ("Here ends Bonaventura's Dialogue  Between Soul and Reason") has five spelling errors in 7 words, which were corrected by another scribe -- an error rate of 71%.  Obviously the monk who had been anointed as The Exclusive Keeper Of The Red Inkwell did not know Latin -- not even enough to tell that "Bonaventura" was a proper name; that, being a genitive, the ending should be "-æ", "-ae", or "-ę" (as corrected), not "e"; and that "raaonem" was not a valid word.

You posted this several times and it really isn't a good example of scribal errors. There is only one error, the "e" in "bone" should be an "a". The missing loop of "b" is not an error, it was perfectly readable without it. Most (like 99%) late medieval manuscripts did not use any ę/æ/œ whatsoever, it was not a mistake to write "e" instead of "ę". It's not "raaonem" but "racionem", a medieval spelling, extremely frequent in "ti"+vowel patterns. The "ci" ligature was written without a dot, like the first one in Expli"ci"t.

Hi Nablator, of course I fully agree with what you write.

I investigated a little about the origins of the name "Bonaventura" and it's a nickname based on "bona ventura" (good luck). Therefore the genitive "boneventure" (or the equivalent "bonaeventurae") was clearly understandable to those familiar with Franciscan lore.

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

"Amoris stimulū Bonevēture"
Amoris stimulum Boneventure

   
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.