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A comment on England's curious map of the medieval world. Parent comment

Re:England's curious map of the medieval world by empath75 on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:10PM (#19496055)
To be clear, we are talking about a map that drew horns on Moses because he's Jewish, not usury laws.
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Re:England's curious map of the medieval world by kazinator on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:44PM (#19496315)
How do we know the reason why the horns were drawn? Is the motivation documented in an inscription?

Note that drawing horns on Moses would almost certainly constitute heresy. Moses is at least somewhat a holy figure from the Bible; drawing horns on Moses is just a step or two away from drawing horns on Jesus.

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Re:England's curious map of the medieval world by empath75 on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @06:39PM (#19496627)
It’s not as if there isn’t extensive documentary evidence of semitism throughout that era up to and including massacres.
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