medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]>
> I think Miranda Aldhouse-Green also mentions the practice in Pilgrims in
Stone, her study of fonts Sequanae (a Gallo-Roman shrine which was
Christianised by the C6).
from Worldcat.org:
Miranda J. [Aldhouse-]Green, et al.
Pilgrims in stone: stone images from the Gallo-Roman sanctuary of Fontes
Sequanae
Oxford: Archaeopress, 1999.
BAR international series, 754.
172pp.
"available" in one of those wretched "snippet views" from the Googlementarians
(filed under "Health & Fitness," of course):
http://books.google.com/books?id=Q_MhAQAAIAAJ&q=intitle:Pilgrims+intitle:in+intitle:stone+intitle:stone+intitle:images&dq=intitle:Pilgrims+intitle:in+intitle:stone+intitle:stone+intitle:images&hl=en&ei=yByDTqaeDcjz0gHyqpB6&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA
with a publisher's blurb:
The site at Fontes Sequanae, near Dijon in Burgundy, is notable for its rich
imagery in wood and stone, and its small votive offerings in bronze. This book
is a study of stone pilgrim imagery from the Gallo-Roman shrine to Sequanae,
set in the wider context of a large number of curative cult-sites in Roman
Gaul. The author looks at the religious and social significance of this type
of iconography and of the sanctuaries in general.
"search inside" for "incubation" yields one hit (p. 72):
"The focal point of the [Ancient] pilgrim's visit was the nocturnal
'incubation,' in which the supplicant slept in a special dormitory or
_abaton_, in the expectation of a visitation from Asklepios, who would appear
in a vision or dream to dispense medicine, advice or carry out surgery."
"Your search - chartres - did not match any documents."
shows how much she knows.
c
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