medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Tuesday, December 28, 2010, at 1:35 am, I wrote:
> The Holy Innocents (ca. 3 BCE). We know about these sacrificial
> victims for Christ from Matthew 2: 16-18. Their feast in Rome seems
> to be no older than the later fourth century. Its stational church is
> San Paolo fuori le Mura, which latter is said to hold relics of them.
The earlier thirteenth-century apse mosaic (1220) of the basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura has a medievally unusual depiction of the Innocents, showing them as nimbed martyrs rather rather than as children being martyred
http://tinyurl.com/2badk6h
That depiction is not only unusual but also seldom seen. Since the basilica's rebuilding in the nineteenth century this section of the mosaic has been hidden from view by a neoclassical entablature:
http://tinyurl.com/2aa7dbq
http://tinyurl.com/28dmykd
Best again,
John Dillon
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