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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: Emmanuel PIERRE <[log in to unmask]> > In Clermont Ferrand, Notre Dame du Port, there is the most funny expression of Joseph I know, his beard being pulled by Archange Gabriel because of his incredubility about Mary bearing God's child : http://romanes.com/Clermont/ND_Port/Notre_Dame_du_Port_de_Clermont_0043.html an extraordinary iconography (which i've not seen before), and one which, surely, must be seen as expressing some sort of insult to or contempt for (?) the Hapless Joe (his Haplessness being the Usual treatment of him in romanesque Nativity scenes). i mentioned previously, on the Beard Pullers' thread (what that here or on Med-Art?), that pulling a gentilehomme's beard was regarded in _El Cid_ as a great insult and that Superhero (who is styled "el de la barba florida") took great care to bind up his beard with a ribbon to make it harder for his enemies to jerk him around by it. one wonders if we are not dealing with some sort of folk motief of Joseph as Cuckhold? c ********************************************************************** 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