In his Commentary on Jonah, Jerome refers (4:6) to “gourds of small cups/vessels” on which images of the Apostles are sketched:
Et revera in ipsis cucurbitis vasculorum, quas vulgo saucomarias vocant, solent apostolorum imagines adumbrari…
I’d never heard of such an object. Has anyone else, and can you point me to where I might go to find out more?
Hello,
Can the phrase “Vivamus atque Amemus” really be shortened to “Vivemus et amemus” or “Vivamus amemus”?
Thank you.
-Christian Ramos
Dear friend,
You will find some interesting clues in these two papers:
-HAMBLENNE, P., «Relectures de philologue sur le «scandale» du lierre/ricin (Hier., In lon., 4, 6)», Evprhosyne, 16 (1988), 183–223.
-HELLER, J. L., «Notes on the meaning of kolokynté», Ill. Class. Stud. 10 (1985), 67-117, now online:
My best