medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 5-Jan-10, at 1:26 PM, Thomas Izbicki wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> Are the transi tombs more connected with the Memento mori / Ars
> moriendi? I am reminded of the Wakeman centotaph at Tewksbury Abbey,
> described thus on a web page I just found:
> "This figure represents the usual 15th century effigy of a corpse in
> an advanced state of decay. The difference with this one against
> others is that this is a rare "Verminous Cadaver" with a mouse gnawing
> at his bowels, a snake in his shroud near his feet, a worm on his left
> knee, a beetle on his left arm and a frog near his head. There is also
> what is thought to be a lizard on his left thigh. Wakeman was
> consecrated as the first Bishop of Gloucester in 1541 and is buried
> elsewhere."
> This is the URL, but I could not get the pictures to display:
> http://www.churchmousewebsite.co.uk/cadavertombs/tewkesbury_cadaver.htm
> Tom Izbicki
What about this site, Tom?
>
http://myweb.lmu.edu/sshepherd/cadaver.htm
Bernadette Filotas
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