Mark
Thank you for the erudite glossing of FOOBAR. I fear that St. Isidore's
reference to Fu Yi may in fact be attributable to posthumous revisions of
his original text. The medieval cleric who added the description of Fu Yi
was probably a Taoist sympathizer. At least, this was the conclusion
presented in an article I found after reading your message. ("Dereferencing
FooBar: Karmic Threads in the Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals") According to the
author, FooBar derives from Fu Ba Er, literally "Buddha's Eight Earrings."
Gary