medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Greetings all,
I seem to be turning up a lot of questions all at once! As we know, an altar is supposed to be supplied with
relics. I assume this applies to a portable altar as well. However, I'm unclear on what a portable altar might have
looked like. In particular, I'm trying to figure out whether some items in Icelandic inventories might qualify - and
whether they should be assumed to contain relics. The issue concerns the altar-stone: is this where the relic is supposed to be, or elsewhere? I have several entries of "consecrat altar stone" and "decorated/covered/adorned altar stone" and am trying to figure out whether these would be likely to contain relics.
Thanks,
Meg
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