what's the difference between a martyr's palm and a pilgrim's palm?
John A.W. Lock
I am told there is now something out there called palm technology.
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> Haven't come across the pig but in the lights above the 7 Sacrament window
> at Llandyrnog (Denb) she is depicted with a martyr's palm as well as a
> book. I did wonder at one point whether it could be a pen but it's
> definitely a palm.. I think this may be making a point about female
> erudition, as she's depicted in company with other learned female saints,
> Catherine and Winifred. Catherine was martyred and Winifred experienced a
> near-martyrdom. The fourth saint is the local hermitess Marcella, also
> depicted with book and palm. Is this saying that women can only be learned
> if we are prepared to die for it if necessary? Or that we are expected to
> experience the living martyrdom of a holy life?
>
> I think we should be told!
>
> Maddy
>
>
> Dr Madeleine Gray
> Department of Humanities and Science
> UWCN
>
> 'Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought'
I will resist the temptation... just this once!
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