medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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wrote:
> In the center was a huge, not-quite-identifiable
> mammal, resembling perhaps
> an a ttempt at a rhinoceros, saddled with a large
> mahout's pavilion, in which
> sat several Saracen-looking dudes. Underneath this
> behemoth was a knight in
> armor stabbing its belly with a sword, while several
> clearly Orientally
> physionomic and likewise clad noblemen looked on.
Could this be a depiction of the story of Eleazar
Avran in 1 Maccabees 6 43-46? The story is indelibly
printed on my mind as a consequence of having seen the
mirth it produced in both clergy and laity when read
at Evensong here in Oxford...
John Whitehead,
Oriel College Oxford
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