posted on October 16, 2000 01:37:08 PM new
I'm stumped too. I even tried some of the online databases that I have access to. My recommendation would be to try the reference librarians at your local library as they would like a challenge like this.
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posted on October 16, 2000 04:04:00 PM new
I found a reference to Meffreth under Ancient History Sourcebook: Aesop Fables. I bolded Meffreth's name so you can easily find it in the quoted text.
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"These fables, again, were among the books brought into an extended circulation by the agency of the printing press. Bonus Accursius, as early as 1475-1480, printed the collection of these fables, made by Planudes, which, within five years afterwards, Caxton translated into English, and printed at his press in West- minster Abbey, 1485. 10 It must be mentioned also that the learning of this age has left permanent traces of its influence on these fables, ll by causing the interpolation with them of some of those amusing stories which were so frequently introduced into the public discourses of the great preachers of those days, and of which specimens are yet to be found in the extant sermons of Jean Raulin, Meffreth, and Gabriel Barlette. 12 The publication of this era which most probably has influenced these fables, is the "Liber Facetiarum," l3 a book consisting of a hundred jests and stories, by the celebrated Poggio Bracciolini, published A.D. 1471, from which the two fables of the "Miller, his Son, and the Ass," and the "Fox and the Woodcutter," are undoubtedly selected."
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Here is the URL http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/aesop-fables.html. I didn't have time to read the entire article but the reference is located towards the bottom portion of the page. There are a number of sources listed so you may be able to find out more by doing some backtracking.
posted on October 16, 2000 04:30:47 PM new
Here's one more article that came up in a search for Meffreth which I think includes bibliographies but I'm afraid I can't read a word of it. Maybe you'll have better luck.
http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/p/pelbart_v_t.shtml
posted on October 16, 2000 11:13:30 PM new
Adrian, I am sorry I don't have a copy of the book he wrote about post medieval preachers.
He was a very prolific and his works include the 15 or 16 volumes The Lives of the Saints, poetry, short stories, and archaeological research. He also composed music and wrote Onward Christian Soldiers, among others.
You may have better luck searching the Cambridge libraries than the Library of Congress, I think he maintained an affiliation with Oxford. Another idea are the databases about the English Puritan churches that sprung up in Holland after the Puritans were tossed out of Britain and before they came to the Bay Colony. A good number of the sermons were published and referenced post medieval themes.
The only other sources I can think of is the database of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, (Mormons), or the library databases of the larger theological seminaries. Sorry I can't be of any real help.
posted on October 18, 2000 11:35:23 AM new
Hi Adrian. I found an article that mentions a Petrus Meffreth in a list of Latin Patres http://www.gwdg.de/~sub/ebene_1/sys_band/3_syplaa.htm I also found an article that mentions Petrus Meffreth in reference to Franciscus de Platea but I didn't bookmark the page and can't locate it again but I think there's a connection between the two.
Franciscus de Platea (Fra Francesco Piazza), born at Bologna, entered the order of the Friars in 1424. Later he became doctor of both laws and preached the crusade against the Turks. He died in 1460. http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/penningk/1298c-g.htm and http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/franautf.html#_Toc427588718 And OMObs. Son of the lawyer Alessandro Ariosvanni Piazza. Became Observant novice in 1432. Embarked on a career as preacher and authorn of moral theological works with a pastoral impact.>>>
