I have been reading this list's posting for a while, so I think it is time
to introduce myself.
I am an associate professor at the University of Turin, Italy,
where I lecture on History of illumination.
My general research interests are in European medieval art, particularly
painting and illumination. I have worked and written at various
times on North italian romanesque mural painting and illuminated
manuscripts, mainly from Piedmontese libraries. I have, in
particular, published the catalogue o f illuminated latin
manuscripts of the National Library of Turin (7th-13th c.).
I am also interested in tracking the consistencies of ancient
library funds (specially from North italian and Piedmontese abbeys).
Costanza Segre Montel
Dipartimento di Discipline Artistiche,
Musicali e dello Spettacolo dell'Universita' di Torino
via S. Ottavio 20, 10124 Torino (Italy)
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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France the Helpers are fifteen - the extra helper is the BVM. (Does anyone
know for what illnesses Achatius and Cyriacus would be invoked? Butler
does not mention any.)
Hormisdasm martyr (420)
Altmen, bishop of Passau (1091): Altman studied at Paris. He became master
of the cathedral school at Paderborn and was chaplain to the Emperor Henry
III. Eventually he became confessor and counsellor to the Empress Agnes.
In 1064 he took part in a pilgrimage to the Holy Land during which he and
his fellow travellers experienced many hardships. In 1074 he was driven
from his see for his support of Pope Gregory VII's decrees against simony
and married clergy.
Joan of Aza, matron (1190): Joan was the mother of St Dominic. Before she
gave birth to Dominic she dreamed that she bore a dog in her womb and that
it broke away from her with a burning torch in its mouth wherewith it set
the world aflame. This dog became a symbol of the Dominican Order and in
later ages gave rise to the pun *Domini canes*, the watch-dogs of the
Lord. His godmother at his baptism, or, as some legends say, Joan, had a
dream in which baby Dominic appeared with a shining star upon his
forehead, enlightening the world.
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Carolyn Muessig
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