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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >An alternative hypothesis, that he's really Marley's ghost, seems ruled out by the absence of chains. mmmm.... point taken. >the famous fourteenth-century bust of St. Agatha at Catania: > http://www.cataniaperte.com/santagata/reliquie/reliquie.htm i take it that she's covered by jewelry given over the centuries, not (mostly) ones that were part of the original metalwork. quite a few such gifts of rings and jewels given to the reliquary housing the _camisia_ of the Virgin in Chartres http://centrechartraine.freeservers.com/badges/forgeais2_29.jpg (here depicted in a procession on a pilgrim's badge) are noted in the cathedral necrology. best from here, christopher ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html