Question about Boccacio's Decameron!?!?
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A scoundrel by the name of Berto della Massa moves to Venice and becomes a friar, taking the name Brother Alberto. He manages to fool everyone into believing that he is a very holy man. Brother Alberto then sets out to seduce the vain and gullible Madonna Lisetta, the wife of a wealthy merchant. Praising her beauty he leads her to believe that the Archangel Gabriel is in love with her and wants to pay her a visit in her bedroom. Brother Alberto tells her that the angel will visit her by taking possession of his body. Madonna Lisetta believes it all and receives numerous visits from the angel.
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I think it may be italian but have included my favorite site below for you to peruse. Domi has a reference to god in latin but "labae" and "mage" are not latin. If I were to guess, I'd say, eat the love of god.
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I want to read the book. The only thing I don't get is why would he write a hypothetical book about murder? This book is obviously his subtle confession!!! Why not call the book "I did it, this is how"\n\nDouble Jeopardy laws prevent him from getting put into jail. He just needs to flat out say: "I did it!" \n\nAnd seeing as this book is making a lot of money (seeing as he killed her) he should pay the families affected. If he didn't people would hate him, or at least I would.
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I watched the special on National Geographic. Have they made the text available to read anywhere?\n\nBased on the information that was given on the National Geographic premiere...I firmly believe that Jesus chose Judas to sacrifice him. Someone had to do it and he wanted Judas to be the one. The thing that gets me is that when Jesus tells Judas that he will be known as deceitful person for many, many years but in the END, the truth will be known. Wow, that means we know now....does that mean that we are really close to the end?\n\nI would love to look at it more in depth when they release it; if you know anywhere it has been published, please let me know.
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How does a person decide to look for a code in paintings? He is an artist too. Writing the code as he claims to find it. I believe the scrolls may be valid but not any code. Its a hoax.
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cheri_da_rn: he meant carpentry!\n\nI wonder, was it before or after he got married to Mary Magdalene? You couldn't really hold it against the guy if he was already married and THEN found out that he was supposed to be the Messiah, and die on the cross, etc.
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That is something from one of those horrible online translators - someone put in English and got that garbage.  The Latin was butchered, so it is hard to say what exactly it was supposed to say, but they generally retain the original word order.  So something like "The shadow/ghost of a man is onto me".  Those online translators ought to come with a warning.  What they do to Latin is just a crime.
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Salaam\nI had told you in your last question it’s a bad joke but for this time I translate it for you !\nI don’t know have I translated it good or not because my English is on Intermediate level yet !\n>>---------------<<\nOne caricaturist draws an ass without groove in a sexual intercourse and then the police take him to prison for 3 crimes he has committed :\n1. causing anxiety of the public minds !!!\n2. propagation of unfaithful !!\n3. Blasphemy and Desecration of the holy !!\n>>---------------<<\nYahoo answer automatically converts bad word letters to star "*"!!
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Most of the book is a fabrication.  The National Geographic channel and 60 min. recently had specials on this topic, exposing the completely fraudulent claims made in the book. \n\nThe thing I find the most humorous is that numerous non-Christians have exposed many of the false claims.  Any knowledgeable historian who has looked into the matter will tell you the same thing.\n\nA plethora of books have been published exposing the bogus claims of the book, including the "FACT PAGE".  \n\nThe title itself is repugnant to art historians.  da Vinci means "from Vinci", it is not a last name. Any art buff will tell you they refer to him as "Leonardo". Furthermore, Leonardo experts will tell you that he did not put hidden meanings into his paintings.  In his painting of the Last Supper, there is a picture of John to Jesus' left. The book claims that this is actually Mary Magdalene. John has a somewhat feminine appearance, but John was young. Leonardo and others painted what we know was John many other times with feminine looking features, we still have these paintings.\n\nThe book claims that there was a secret organization called the Priory of Scion created to protect documents that proved Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. THERE IS NO FACTUAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS CLAIM.) On a logical level, if this secert were so terrible, then why wouldn't they just destroy the documents? It doesn't make sense. \n\netc.etc.etc.
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He has killed two men about two months prior. He grew out two dreads in his beard to remind him... one for each man. Their deaths were on his conscience. \n\nBut when he confessed his sin, the guilt was then released. It was more of a Catholic confession / forgiveness analogy. So he could remove the reminder because he was freed from the guilt after confession.\n\nDoes this make sense?
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Roman please! Don't confuse the poor girl any more than she already is.  Which is  it, 23 or 24?\n  \nTat, Roman was on the right track with this one.  He had the right concept, but the wrong constant in the end.  Guess that's why the Caesars no longer rule.\n\nIf Greg now runs 35 miles today, then six weeks ago he started running 35 - 2(6) or 23 miles per week.  Letting m be the mileage run per week, and n the number of weeks he runs, then we come up with this equation for the mileage Greg runs each week he is on the program.:\n\nm = 23 + 2n.\n\nWe defy the normal convention of putting the constant at the end of the equation this time, because that was the mileage Greg started with, and everything else is added to it.
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I think the person who wrote this put it in Google and got a crappy MSN name out of it.\n\nI think they MEANT to say 'no mas Senora bueno chico'.\n\nIt literally means 'no more mister good people' which is NOT what was intended.
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If you are looking for people's interpretations of what Cohen's songs mean then try songmeanings.net for a few decent stabs.\n\nIn the example below for Famous Blue Raincoat the contributors are mostly very wrong - it seems that nobody reads his novels otherwise they would have read a long account of the relationship.\n\nOf course, if you really want tablatures then I've just wasted my time!
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Say what? Congratulations for asking the most confusing question of the day! I've read it three times and I still haven't got a clue. Congratulations also to the gentleman above who did understand and gave you that exhaustive response. I hope you understood it and it answered your question (whatever the hell that was!)
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In an interview with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse (the shows writers) they said that this question "will never, ever be answered". Here's the specific question and answer and find the whole article over at lost-forum.com by following the link in the source section.\n\nQuestion:Will we get any clarification about the numbers this season?\n\nDamon: Carlton might want to punch me for actually going on record and saying this, but I think that that question will never, ever be answered. I couldn't possibly imagine [how we would answer that question]. We will see more ramifications of the numbers and more usage of the numbers, but it boggles my mind when people ask me, "What do the numbers mean?"
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I found the idea of this story quite intriguing and I have tried hard to find it but I can't think of any other way to search for it.  What is the "7407 course"?  Do  you have any way of contacting someone who has done it or who teaches it?  I think that's what I would try.\n\nI've included a few sites that you have probably already seen about misinterpreting gestures, but maybe they will be of some help.
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What is a deoacrocrat? y is not a word. What is stuped?\nI could maybe answer your question if you can let me know what it is. Are you stuped?\n\nWhy is it that only those who agree with him can figure out what the hell he's talking about?