Dear Sophie,
If you have not already been referred to it or seen it, Kathleen Nolan has
published an extended article, "`Ploratus et ululatus': The Mothers in the
Massacre of the Innocents at Chartres Cathedral," in _Studies in Iconography_
17 (1996), 95-141.
John Parsons
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Sophie Oosterwijk wrote:
> Dear listmembers,
>
> At George's suggestion, I have just emerged from my virtual
> mail-limbo to see if anyone can help me further with my continued
> pondering about the Holy Innocents. I have in the past received very
> helpful responses from a.o. Bonnie Blackburn and Graham Jones with
> regard to superstition surrounding Childermass and hope that I this
> may again elicit helpful responses.
>
> I am interested to find out more about the actual cult of the Holy
> Innocents. Curiously, notwithstanding the potential abundance of
> relics (one Middle-English poet refers to many thousands of massacred
> Innocents!), very few churches appear to have been dedicated to them
> nor do I know much about veneration of their relics, apart from one
> 'whole Innocent' apparently given to the franciscan house at Paris by
> Louis XI.
>
> Another aspect is the idea that the Holy Innocents seem to have been
> considered as protomartyrs; can anyone help me with more references
> about this, please?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated, and acknowledged. Although it
> may be rather rude to barge in like this after more than a year's
> absence, may I wish everyone a happy Shrove Tuesday tomorrow and
> make the following suggestions for pancakes: try them with melted
> cheese on top, or with thin fried bacon and syrup (the combination
> works, honest!). A more sinful suggestion might be to soak sultanas
> in rum overnight and mix them, with sliced apple and honey, through
> the batter; serve with cream, if you dare!
>
> Yours,
>
> Sophie Oosterwijk
> Department of the History of Art
> University of Leicester
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
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