medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Hi, Chris
Note the papal colors on that bumbershoot. It's a _conopeum_ or _ombrellino_, the usual visible sign of a papal basilica.
See (lower down) here:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilique_religieuse
and here:
http://www.saintspeterandpaul.us/basilica.htm
A search for 'conopeum' in Google images will brings up several examples.
Best,
John Dillon
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:23 am
Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 21. October
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> 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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