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Thanks Paul, that was fascinating!
Re St Sebastian - I thought he was the plague saint because he didn't
actually die of his arrow wounds (but rather of a later clubbing), and
so was a good role model for those wishing to recover from nasty
buboes...
Cheers,
Anna
On 22/04/2012, Henk 't Jong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The arrow wounds of St Sebastian were thought to look like pestis buboes?
> Come on! As if medieval people did not know the difference. IMO it's more
> likely that pictures of the martyrdom of the Saint were viewed more because
> here was a chance to see a naked man. ;-) Were the books with these well
> thumbed Sebastian pages from nunneries or the private breviaries of devout
> women? It is not made clear in the article.
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> This is fascinating, Paul; thanks for sharing this with us on the list.
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> ... so says this BBC News story, reporting research by Dr Kathryn Rudy
> measuring dirt accumulated on manuscript pages:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17797190
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