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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear listmembers, I wonder if anyone knows of studies, preferably not in Spanish which I don't read very well, on the custom of pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela of placing their hand on the base of the trumeau of the west portal, the Portico de la Gloria, under the statue of St James, before they enter the church. There is actually a handprint rubbed into the trumeau, supposedly by the identically placed hands of innumerable pilgrims. I've run across another instance of this on a column in the crypt of the church of Notre-Dame at Orcival, in the Auvergne, just in front of the relic (or image) shrine. Does anyone know of other such instances of this practice? Cheers, Jim Bugslag ********************************************************************** 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