medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 07/23/12, Genevra Kornbluth wrote:
> and a late twelfth-century enamel of the Widow of Sarepta (without Elijah)
> http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/Scheldewindeke.html
To go with that enamel's iconography, herewith a scene from a late twelfth-century (1197) picture bible in which the widow likewise holds her sticks of wood (Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 108, fol. 109):
http://tinyurl.com/caxvb3u
Below that on the same folio is this scene of the widow appealing to Elias / Elijah for her dying son:
http://tinyurl.com/cwjuadd
Best again,
John Dillon
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