medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
> Seemingly closely related to this is the detail, absent from St. Erasmus'
hagiography through at least the eleventh century, of the winding out of his
entrails with a windlass.
visual artists are, apparently, not nearly so squeamish as literary
hagiographers, clearly recognizing a Hot Theme when they imagine one:
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=3876&handle=li
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/3012645140_278db8b0b4.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O0ch3ABb3L4/TMEsfpQ7RQI/AAAAAAAACW0/9G2WUV-1FzQ/s1600/martyrdom-of-St-Erasmus-of-Formiae-his-bowels-are-wound-on-to-a-windlass-A.jpg
http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-erasmus/saint-erasmus-03.jpg
http://www.allthingsbeautiful.com/all_things_beautiful/images/convertingtoislamatgunp_1.jpg
http://www.abcgallery.com/P/poussin/poussin13.html
http://www.wilderasylum.com/EricPervukhin/L.Paintings/L.Erasmus.jpg
etc.
this one, though not entirely middlevil, is particularly intriguing:
http://noahmassey.com/selected-work/martyrs/granted-serenity/
c
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