Church in Prague receives relic of Czech Marco Polo [Odoric of Pordenone]

Radio Czech ^ | September 12, 2018 | Tom McEnchroe

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Odoric of Pordenone relic was delivered to the Church of Our Lady of the Snows, photo: Zdenka Kuchynová

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Why do catholic clergy wear dresses? You would think with all the sex scandals that they would wear big boy pants.

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The City of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo by Jacob D'Ancona tr by David Selbourne

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Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng by Xin Xu tr by Beverly Friend illus by Ting Cheng reviewed

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Christians in China: A.D. 600 to 2000 by Father Jean Charbonnier, contributions by David Notley, tr. by M. N. L. Couve de Murville

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Being Italian and into Aramaic studies, I found the following article about Pasta in the Talmud nothing less than fascinating. ?

The first clear Western reference to boiled noodles, Perry says, is in the Jerusalem Talmud of the fifth century A.D., written in Aramaic. The authors debated whether or not noodles violated Jewish dietary laws. (Today only noodles made of matzoh meal are kosher for Passover.) They used the word itriyah, thought by some scholars to derive from the Greek itrion, which referred to a kind of flatbread used in religious ceremonies. By the tenth century, it appears, itriyah in many Arabic sources referred to dried noodles bought from a vendor, as opposed to fresh ones made at home. Other Arabic sources of the time refer to fresh noodles as lakhsha, a Persian word that was the basis for words in Russian, Hungarian, and Yiddish. (By comparison with these words, noodle, which dates from sixteenth-century German, originated yesterday.)

Pasta in the Talmud | Steve Caruso | September 15, 2007

• http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198607/pasta

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Why do Scotsmen wear kilts?.

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Mongolian tent

Yo, Gurt, that's a yert.

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Interesting piece of historical information. It’s too bad he is not more widely known.

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Catholic vestments are derived from the every-day clothes of ancient Rome (with a few exceptions, for example the surplice originates from the Celtic alb). Originally clergy wore what was regular clothing, albeit their nicest set. Fashion gradually changed, while the Church retained vestments for various reasons. The cassock was originally a vestis talaris, a regular tunic worn every day. The cope has been mostly discarded by the Latin rite, except in Tridentine rite. But when used, the priest wears in when approaching the altar, in outdoor processions, and removes it when mass begins -- originated simply as a cloak, which is reflected in it's modern ceremonial use.

May as well ask why Scots wear kilts or Japanese wear Kimonos. Some traditions endure.

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Q: How many birds can fit under a Scotsman’s kilt?

A: Depends on the size of the perch.

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Sorry. Just grabbed the first thing that came to mind to show priests wearing suits to show that poster. So I just left it the size that it was. :(

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Thx.

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Chinese and Italian racists colluding for noodles.

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I hadn’t heard of this guy. According to Wiki, he visited lots of places besides China. Are there any English translations of his diaries?

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Probably, I haven’t had time to look yet. :^)

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“colluding for noodles” sounds like a reality show idea... hmm...