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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Of the remaining ten, there is a Spear, a Hammer, a Crown of Thorns > hung on a Cross, a three-part Flail, a Pillar with Rope and something which > looks like a capital A with a line over the top (or a trestle table). I have seen the nails arranged in such a fashion, I believe (on the frontispiece of an early printed book). Is there a chance the A with a line on the top is the nails, and the others are actual letters? On a really far stretch, Francisco de Osuna has an elaborate metaphor in a book from the 1520s in which Christ is a merchant who spill the money of his blood out of his moneybag of a body onto the trestle table of the cross. But that is probably far too allegorical for your literalizing screen. Jessica A. Boon jboon at duke dot edu ********************************************************************** 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