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    How is “Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis human” connected to a divine figure that protects against a practitioner of The Sweet Trade?

    Question #97340. Asked by BRY2K. (Jul 08 08 6:50 AM)


    stedman

    		Thanks for another challenging question!

    The “Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani” (an eighteenth-century anatomical treatise) was written by Bernard Siegfried Albinus (1697-1770).

    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/dreamanatomy/da_g_I-E-1-2.html

    Saint Albinus of Angers (c. 470-550) is the patron saint for protection from pirate attack:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Albin

    And piracy was sometimes known as “the Sweet Trade”.

    http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:NFQDcKEM17YJ:www.charlesbridge.com/productdetails.cfm%3FPC%3D4873+%22the+sweet+trade%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=21&gl=uk



    Jul 08 08, 8:28 AM

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