medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:03:45 +0200, Paul Chandler wrote:
>Some suggest that the earliest surviving cross is from Herculaneum (before AD 79): <http://www.gliscritti.it/gallery2/v/album_022/>; cf. William L. Holladay,
"The Herculaneum Cross", Journal of Bible and Religion, Vol. 19 (1951): 16-19. I'm not sure what the modern scholarly consensus is about this cross. (Does
anyone know?)
This is EXTREMELY interesting. . . I, too, would be interested in any further research on the subject.
Many thanks!
George the Less
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