Re: Medieval Leadplate with runes found in Skänninge

From: Hal (SpamThis1_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/15/04 

Date: 14 Dec 2004 17:36:02 -0800

Alan Crozier wrote:
> "David B" <tronospamchos@tesco.net> wrote in message
> news:HVBvd.81$_g5.73@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
> > I.E_Johansson wrote in message ...
> > >
> > >Wasn't it said that Ave Maria prays which AVM on KRS is believed
to
> > >refer to, wasn't used in Medieval Age Scandinavia..............
:-)
> >
> > Some may have said that, but the most common objection seems to be
that
> > there is a severe shortage of medieval examples of the use of the
> > _abbreviation_ AVM. Can anybody supply some quotations in context
> > (preferably from Scandinavia, but I'll take any)?
>
> Since Scandinavia was a part of the Catholic world in the Middle
Ages, the
> prayer Ave Maria *must* have been known. It's in the Bible after all.
No one
> sensible could have claimed that it was not known in medieval
Scandinavia
> (and no sensible person would imply that anyone had claimed that). As
you
> say, David, it must be the abbreviation AVM that would be considered
> unusual, especially in a runic inscription, and especially in one
purporting
> to come from medieval Minnesota.
>
> Alan
>
> --
> Alan Crozier
> Lund
> Sweden

>
Minnesota had a medieval period? Just before their Renaissance, and
just after their Dark Ages? Maybe this stone is from one of their
cathedral building projects. :-)
Hal