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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Anne Marshall's web site "Medieval Wall Painting in the English Parish Church" (http://www.paintedchurch.org/index.htm) would be one way to test the placement of St. Christopher paintings in various churches . She has a list of about 25 examples of Christopher plus some narrative about the legend: http://www.paintedchurch.org/contensc.htm. Best, John ------------------------------------------------- John Shinners Professor of Humanistic Studies Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN 46556 Office: (574) 284-4494 Fax: (574) 284-4716 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ms Brenda M. Cook" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Saturday, October 1, 2005 1:10 pm Subject: Re: [M-R] piece about porches > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > The little piece is accessible at: > > http://www.le.ac.uk/ee/pot/intro.html > > > Fascinating - but two points: > > 1. - what might be the role of the English WEATHER in this custom > ? If you > are waiting about to meet someone or to do something, isn't a > place out of > the rain and wind desirable ? In your average village or small > town, what > other sheltered, neutral location would there be ? (A porch of > private house > would not be neutral. Covered markets were rare. ) > > 2 - Was there not a superstition that if a traveller gazed upon > the image of > Saint Christopher, he would not die unshriven that day ? And that > consequently a number of churches had a painting of St Christopher > on the > north wall of the nave, directly opposite the south porch, whose > door was > normally open during the hours of daylight so that any passing > travellercould see the image of St Christopher and pass on > reassured that if he was > set upon by brigands, he would survive the experience long enough > to receive > the Last Rites. Here it is the OPEN south porch door that is critical. > > Can anyone give chapter and verse for this ? It is just an item in the > rag=bag of my memory! > > BMC. > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > ********************************************************************** 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