different sev's and silk as seeker

matthew.malthouse · 10 Jul 2003, 10:01 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: matthew.malthouse at guardian.co.uk
Subject: Re: (urth) different sev's and silk as seeker
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:01:35 +0100
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On 10/07/2003 07:43:14 Andrew Bollen wrote:

>I think it makes moire thematic sense for the Torturers to be distinctly
>secular from the start. The historical inquisiition had to hand their
>victims over to the secular arm for punishment, for example. The Masters=20
of
>the Guild have no priestly functions, as far as I can see, and their
>ceremonies don't appear to have much to do with Christian ceremonies.

There's a thousand year history of pageant, masque and re-enactment buy=20
guilds, oratorical and chivalrous orders of scriptural events both in=20
religious and secular circumstances.  The mummers plays and mysteries of=20
England the the decenial cycle of mysteries in (some place I forget)=20
Germany remain to this day.

The description of the ceremonies given by Severian with St Catherine, her=20
wheel and execution are very much in accord with extant traditions.

Matthew

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