medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I have a pair of earrings with St. Lucy--she has her eyeball on a plate,
but eyes in her head--I've seen this in other medieval images as well.
Kit French
Diana Wright wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Madeleine Gray wrote:
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>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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>> and the statue of St Winifred in Westminster Abbey has her with her
>> head on but the decapitated head on a plinth by her feet
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> Very usual in Orthodox representations of John the Baptist.
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> http://zograph.hit.bg/icons/13.jpg
> http://www.coptic.net/pictures/Icon.StJohnTheBaptist.gif
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> DW
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