medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
> 3) Wendelin (d. later 6h or early 7th cent.?).
> In about 1050 _Basonis villare_, now St. Wendel in the Saarland, began to be
called by the name of its saint. Its originally fourteenth-century church
dedicated to him houses his putative remains in a raised tomb (Hochgrab) that
was dedicated in 1360. Some exterior views of the church:
> Other interior views of the church, including (lower down on the page) views
of the tomb, will be found here:
> http://www.sankt-wendelinus.de/index.php?id=196
listmembers cursed with exceptionally good memories may recall that the topic
of Liturgical/Processional Umbrellas came up a couple of years ago --in
connection with their appearance on at least one Pilgrims' Badge from
Chartres.
http://ariadne.org/cc/badges/newbadges.html
http://ariadne.org/cc/badges/forgeais/forgeais4_115.jpg
here's a nice one, which seems to echo the (somewhat unusual?) form of the
Chartres exemplars:
http://www.sankt-wendelinus.de/typo3temp/pics/d7cbdb981a.jpg
an expandable view is available on the original page, near the bottom:
http://www.sankt-wendelinus.de/index.php?id=196
keep in mind that the Chartres badge is quite small and, in quality, hardly
"high" art --scale isn't really a consideration.
anyway, they look more like bumbershoots than digging spades, if we have
something to compare them to.
c
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