medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 31/08/2011 9:40 AM, John Dillon wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> On 08/31/11, Terri Morgan sent:
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>> Deposition of the Holy Belt of the Mother of God - Mary's belt and dress were kept in her house in Chalkoprateia until Justinian's time, when they were put in a luxurious case; this relic is now kept in the monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos.
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> b) In two sculpted panels from an exterior pulpit (1358-60) by Niccolò di Cecco del Mercia and his son on Prato's cathedral (the predecessor of Donatello's exterior pulpit on the same building), now in the Museo dell'Opera del duomo in Prato:
> http://tinyurl.com/mak5yk
> http://tinyurl.com/ndl5d3
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> This "pulpit", or ostension platform, is still in use, and there are some impressive photographs of the bishop exhibiting the relic to crowds of onlookers filling the square in front of the church, presumably on this day of the year.
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> Possession of the Holy Belt, whether whole or in part, has been claimed for various places. Two others still making such a claim are the church of St. Demetrius (formally, of St. Demetrius and of the Holy Belt) in Sidirokastro, now a locality of Sintiki (Serres), in northern Greece and, in Tuscany, Prato's cathedral of St. Stephen.
Also the Chapel of St Ours at Loches.
Cheers,
Jim
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