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'
Alison Maloney
<[log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask]
ord.ac.uk> cc:
Sent by: Subject: Re: Santiago de Compostella and
[log in to unmask] shells
uk
02/04/00 12:31 PM
Please respond to medieval-religion
Hi, I'm new to the list and my interest in saints is as a side-line to my
main
interest which is the folklore of Oxfordshire. I'd heard a version of the
"covered in cockle-shells" story in which as the stone boat containing the
saint's body neared the shore a knight on a white horse rode out to greet
it.
In his enthusiasm he rode into the sea & , when he emerged, both he & the
horse
were covered in cockle-shells.
On the subject of Saint Frideswide, who I saw in the list archives was
being
discussed recently, I've come across a reference which says that she is
occassionally depicted with a pig. Does anybody know of any
illustrations/sculptures etc. which show this ?
Alison M.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|