Patrick
Thanks.
i) Gregory - I could say that I just wanted to check if anyone was
reading.............but the truth would be otherwise.........Ooops. Just
goes to show the truth of the old adage (as do one or two other slips in
those first two posts) - "before pressing 'send', engage brian"
ii) > But do you suppose Geoffrey's audience knew that Silchester was a
Celtic
> settlement and never a Saxon one, and for this reason Geoffrey
associated
> Arthur with Silchester to lend him Celtic credibility
No, probably not. I think GoM used Silchester because it was in his
source
(for this early part of his life of Arthur) and also (possibly) because he
knew that it had been a major British centre, and so saw no reason to
change
this to something bigger or better.
iii) > Also, do you know what actual word Geoffrey used to indicate
Silchester?
No. Unfortunately I do not have a Latin copy of Geoffrey, and so when I
have needed the Latin I have had to ask on the net. Most frustrating,
but
I haven't yet been able to pick up a Latin copy of Geoffrey. Maybe in this
group Tom Green <hrothgar_cyning@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> has a copy (or access
thereto)
and would provide the answer?
> Thanks again for the work you have put into this reply and the breadth
of
> understanding you present so articulately in this area.
Thanks for that. Having read it again, once it was posted on to the NG I
realised there are one or two aspects I should have re-worded to make my
points clearer, but brian just didn't see them beforehand pressed
.............'send'......
Kind regards
Malcolm
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