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Subject:        RE: : Where is Meumelin
Date:   Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:25:46 -0000
From:   Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>


This question has just been answered by Dr Peter van der Krogt on 'MapHist' -

"This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o +

Maybe Saint-Momelin in present-day France, see
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Momelin
See also
http://www.patrimoine-de-france.org/oeuvres/richesses-72-20282.html
on the Buste-reliquaire de saint Momelin à Saint-Momelin (59)

The "o" is in Dutch dialects often pronounced and
written as "eu" (a vowel without English
equivalent, sounding like oeu in the French boeuf, but longer)

This part of France was originally part of Flanders.

Peter"

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Subject: : Where is Meumelin


-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Where is Meumelin
Date:   Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:58:28 -0500
From:   John Olson <[log in to unmask]>
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Greetings all,

Please excuse the cross-posting if you're a member of both lists.

I have a patron who is looking to find on a current map, a place called Meumelin?, which was the location of a healing shrine, or the name of the healing shrine in Flanders during the late middle ages. We're not sure of the spelling, but I think it's close. Any light you can shed on where this place is now would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance.



John A. Olson
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