medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Sunday, November 21, 2010, at 11:58 pm, I wrote:
> > 12) Elizabeth of Hungary (d. 1231)...
> g) In legend, the young E. was forbidden by her father to distribute
> food to the poor. She of course did so anyway and was stopped for
> inspection, whereupon the food was changed miraculously to flowers (or
> was miraculously covered by them). E. is so depicted (at left) in a
> fresco of ca. 1337 formerly in the chiesa di Sant'Elisabetta
> d'Ungheria in Perugia and now in the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria in
> that city:
> http://tinyurl.com/25vzodw
Er, she is so depicted _at right_. The person kneeling before her would seem to be the donor of her now vanished church in Perugia.
Best again,
JD
**********************************************************************
To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
to: [log in to unmask]
To send a message to the list, address it to:
[log in to unmask]
To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
to: [log in to unmask]
In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
[log in to unmask]
For further information, visit our web site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
|