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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> >> The Chair of Peter at Rome. There was also a feast, on 22. February, of the Chair of Peter at Antioch. Today's feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle falls on the latter day. Here's a copy of a photograph, taken in 1867, of the Vatican's chair (which latter has a legendary history associating it, _inter alia_, with the baptistery of > Santa Prisca): http://www.newadvent.org/images/03551eax.jpg > One small impediment with associating this throne with St Prisca is that, according to Peter Lasko, Ars Sacra 800-1200, 2nd edn (New Haven, 1994), p. 61, it has only been known as the 'Cathedra Petri' since the 12th century, and "It was almost certainly among the gifts brought to Rome on the occasion of Charles the Bald's Imperial coronation in 875." Lasko associates its manufacture with craftsmen from Metz. well, yeahbut, the question of whether or not the Eyetalians probably had some chairs before Bald Chuck brought his own down is still somewhat hotly disputed. some say that there could well have been a "Stool of St. Peter" entry in the earliest (now lost) martyrologies... >It was apparently carefully examined and restored between 1968 and 1974; if anybody is interested, Lasko has further references. Kurt Weitzmann, "The Heracles Plaques of St. Peter's Cathedra," The Art Bulletin, Vol. 55, No. 1. (Mar., 1973), pp. 1-37. available to subscribers on JSTOR: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0004-3079%28197303%2955%3A1%3C1%3ATHPOSP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U Kurt Weitzmann, "An Addendum to 'The Heracles Plaques of St. Peter's Cathedra,'" The Art Bulletin > Vol. 56, No. 2, Medieval Issue (Jun., 1974), pp. 248-251 Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0004-3079%28197406%2956%3A2%3C248%3AAAT%22HP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 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