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>Hi, > >It is very interesting to find that the mizzenmast >referred to as “mât d'artimon” in French. Just as >interesting that it is not used in the Italian version. > >Two masted merchant ships began appearing in the 6th >century BC/BCE. At this point, both were square sails >and the foresail was used for maneuvering/steering >while the main sail was the driver sail. The fore >sail was called artemon in Greek and artemo in Latin. >When Paul was shipwrecked on his way to Rome (circa 61 >AD/CE), the ship is described as cutting her anchors >at dawn and setting the foresail to run her aground >(in the Greek original artemwna, transliterated to >atremon). The account can be found in the latter part >of Acts 27. There are several roman engravings >showing this rig in the second and third centuries >AD/CE. > >During the following Middle Ages, the sail >transitioned from a square sail to a lateen sail. In >Medieval Latin, the sail was known as an artemo and in >early Italian as an artimone. > >Finally, when the foresail and mainsail again >transitioned to square sails with the mizzen sail a >lateen, the name moved with the sail. > >Carl

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