medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Not just hands, but entire bodies. Openings for the insertion of body parts
> are perhaps the defining feature of saints's shrine bases: survving examples
> can be seen, for example, in that of St Osmund at Salisbury cathedral
> (probably c1220). Nearly contemporary (late c12) scenes of the shrine base
> of Thomas Becket in the Trinity CHapel windows at Canterbury show people
> emerging from such holes, though it is hard ot see how they could fit.
I thank all the listmembers who have responded to my initial query on the trumeau
at Santiago de Compostela. I was aware of people trying to touch reliquaries and
even miraculous images, but what I am more concerned with is related to what one
might call a ritual of entering a church. Certainly this constitutes part of the
pilgrimage experience, but not located at the relic or image itself, the goal of the
pilgrimage, but at the threshold of the church to which the pilgrim has journeyed. All
further ideas gratefully received.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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