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worth noting that the older sources, mentioned in Crozet's first footnotes,
are available on the BN's Gallica site:
Thiers, Dissertation sur la sainte Larme de V. (1699) :
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57970b
Mabillon's response (in his Ouv. post., II):
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k108507k
the article in the 1873 Bulletin de la Société archéologique, scientifique
et littéraire du Vendômois Société archéologique:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k433594h
hellofa resource, that site.
too bad it's so full of errors and glitches.
c
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Received: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:01:05 AM EDT
From: Kimberley-Joy Knight <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [M-R] Tears/relics
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Dear Elina,
>
> I have been working on tear relics quite recently for a chapter in my
thesis. Christ's tear shed at the death of Lazarus and collected by an angel
(in the apocryphal version of the story), was housed at Vendome, encased in
rock crystal. Eight other French churches claimed to have rival tears but
Vendome was the most frequently visited and several pilgrim ampullae survive.
The best articles that I have found so far that deal with the Sainte Larme
are:
>
> Boertjes, Katja, 'Pilgrim Ampullae from Vendome: Souvenirs from a
Pilgrimage to the Holy Tear of Christ', Art and Architecture of Late Medieval
Pilgrimage in Northern Europe and the British Isles, ed. Sarah Blick and Rita
Tekippe, (Leiden, 2005) 443-472. (Note that the plates are in
> a separate volume).
>
> Crozet, Rene, 'Le Monument de la Sainte Larme a la Trinite de Vendome',
Bulletin Monumental vol. 121, (1963) 171-180.
>
> As I am at Leeds Congress at the moment, I don't have the details of other
works that I have consulted but I can forward them at a later date.
>
> I have also come across incidents in 13th century hagiographies where tears
are collected and used as healing potions and also instances where holy women
have their veils stolen because they are drenched in tears.
>
> My chapter is not yet complete so I will let you know if I find anything
else at a later date.
>
> I hope this helps in some way,
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Kimberley
>
>
>
> Kimberley Knight
> St Andrews Institute for Mediaeval Studies
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 14 July 2010 01:44, Elina Gertsman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear
> > colleagues,
> >
> > I am looking for some information on tears as relics. Am I correct to
> > remember that Christ's tears are preserved as a relic? If so, where? I
would
> > appreciate any bibliography on the subject -- and on the subject of other
> > saints' tears as relics, too, if such exist(ed).
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Elina Gertsman
> > Department of Art History and Art
> > Case Western Reserve University
> >
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