scholar_farmer, How like us our ancestors were!
In a donor list to an early 17thc convent, all the men (so far, only men!) are named & their titles given, & then the thing that they paid for is listed. One didn't just give money to the project; donors want their name on this window, that door, this meaningful space within the edifice.
My gift gets me glory, and all that.
Selflessness is/was clearly not a prized virtue.
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