medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
That first link included an incorrect character. This one works:
http://www.uquebec.ca/~uss1010/orgues/france/lemans.html
Best again,
John Dillon
On Sunday, January 27, 2008, at 4:22 pm, I wrote:
> On Sunday, January 27, 2008, at 3:04 pm, christopher crockett wrote:
>
> > > A menhir stands next to the building (presumably symbolizing the Church's
> > victory over pagan idolatry):
> >
> > whence commeth this speculation?
> >
> > > http://www.impenderevero.com/lem1.html
> >
> > says:
> >
> > "VIII. Datations radiesthésiques.
> >
> > Elévation : -8000 A.C. Enterré au IX e s., exhumé au XVII e s."
> >
> > which, if correct, means that it was buried during the Dark Ages and
>
> > dug up at
> > the aube of the Age of Enlightenment.
>
> I'm not sure that that is correct. According to the not entirely
> authoritative account at
> http://www.uquebec.ca/~uss1010/orgues/france/lemans.html\
> this menhir had always been in the vicinity of the church on this site
> as had also been a dolmen that was removed in 1778.
> According to the account at the foot of the page of this
> French-language Wikipedia account:
> http://tinyurl.com/2tqqgg
> the menhir replaced the dolmen in 1778.
>
> There appears to be a legend (early modern?; I didn't find any
> reference to it in Letald's Vita) that Julian erected his first church
> in an area of pre-Christian worship and that the presence of the
> menhir is a memorial to that succession. One finds various versions
> of this in popular literature on Le Mans. The statement at the foot
> of this page, indicating that the menhir once bore a cross at its top,
> is fairly typical:
> http://www.ahamadache.123.fr/dolmens.html
> Its assertion that a menhir topped with a cross figures on early
> medieval coinage from the cathedral is not something that I wish to
> spend time to evaluate.
>
> Best again,
> John Dillon
>
> **********************************************************************
> To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
> to: [log in to unmask]
> To send a message to the list, address it to:
> [log in to unmask]
> To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
> to: [log in to unmask]
> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
> [log in to unmask]
> For further information, visit our web site:
> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
**********************************************************************
To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
to: [log in to unmask]
To send a message to the list, address it to:
[log in to unmask]
To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
to: [log in to unmask]
In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
[log in to unmask]
For further information, visit our web site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
|