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hydriola

hydriola , small vessel for water (in quot., for holy water). in ~a quam ut ministris altaris lympham funderet fabricari fecit [S. Dunstanus], haec vidimus metrice scripta: “hydriolam hanc fundi Dunstan mandaverat archi- / praesul ut in templo sancto serviret Adelmo” F. Malm. V. Aldh. 76B (cf. W. Malm. Dunst. II 10: de fulvo ere vas aquatile fusili opere in quo scriptum erat cernere: “idriolam hanc ‥”; id. GP V 255: poterunt hi versus suffragari, quos conspicati sumus impressos vasculo quod ministris altaris famulabatur aque obsequio: “idriolam hanc ‥”, in quibus licentia poetica subtracta e nomine sancti priori[s] L littera, ut versus staret, ingeniaverat. in neutro [sc. ewer nor organ] enim insculptum erat Aldhelmo sed Adelmo; Higd. V 22 p. 182: in hydria aquatica sic inscripsit: “hydriolam hanc ‥”; W. Malm. Glast. 67: in urceolo altaris: “idriolam hanc fundi Dunstan mandaverat archipresul, cunctipotens quem salvet in evum”).

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