Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Questions of a Hermit
Jerome, Life of Paul the Hermit 10 (tr.W.H. Freemantle):
You can see a raven bringing the two old men a little snack. That detail appears later in the same chapter of Jerome's Life of Paul the Hermit.
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Tell me therefore, I pray you, how fares the human race? Are new homes springing up in the ancient cities? What government directs the world? Are there still some remaining for the demons to carry away by their delusions?Paul the Hermit is questioning Anthony the Abbot. This painting by Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) depicts the scene.
Narra mihi, quaeso, ut se habeat humanum genus. An in antiquis urbibus nova tecta consurgant; quo mundus regatur imperio; an supersint aliqui, qui daemonum errore rapiantur.
You can see a raven bringing the two old men a little snack. That detail appears later in the same chapter of Jerome's Life of Paul the Hermit.
