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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (25. March) is the feast day of: 1) The Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary (also The Annunciation of the Lord Jesus). Herewith a few architectural monuments. The later twelfth-/thirteenth-century chiesa dell'Annunziata dei Catalani at Messina: English-language accounts: http://tinyurl.com/35ybsk http://tinyurl.com/2o99yn Page of views: http://www.torrese.it/Chiesa%20dei%20Catalani.htm Single views: http://tinyurl.com/3xrp67 http://www.torrese.it/images/galleria/Catalani1.jpg http://tinyurl.com/3xkfff The twelfth-/fifteenth-century cattedrale della Santissima Maria Annunziata at Todi: Illustrated, Italian-language account: http://tinyurl.com/32tdg5 Single views: http://tinyurl.com/32tdg5 http://art_lab.tripod.com/Todi/TodiAlto.jpg http://tinyurl.com/2uvsva http://art_lab.tripod.com/Todi/TodiDuomo.jpg http://tinyurl.com/34htc3 http://www.xelioslabs.com/mzattera/Umbria2005/Todi.jpg The fifteenth-/early sixteenth-century palazzo dell'Annunziata at Sulmona: Views (scroll down to 'Annunziata') and brief account on this page: http://www.medioevo.org/artemedievale/Pages/Abruzzo/Sulmona.html More views (incl. Ovid): http://www.kirke.hu-berlin.de/ovid/sulmofot.html And a few paintings: The late thirteenth-century Annunciation fresco ascribed to Pietro di Miniato da Firenze (1366-1440 ca.) in Florence's Santa Maria Novella: http://www.smn.it/images/ch021.jpg Fourteenth- and fifteenth-century artwork in Florence's chiesa della Santissima Annunziata: http://tinyurl.com/37xnv4 http://tinyurl.com/2zr4d4 A couple of Antonello da Messina's Virgins Annunciate: http://tinyurl.com/2sdozf http://tinyurl.com/2t9ueg 2) The Good Thief (d. ca. 30). To omit this Gospel figure (Luke 23:39-43), medievally also familiar from the Gospel of Nicodemus (where he accompanies Christ in the Harrowing of Hell), would be a dismal thing to do. Santa Croce in Gerusalemme at Rome appears to have at least two fragments of his cross, the one hanging to the left of the relics of the True Cross here: http://www.christorchaos.com/images/Picture306.jpg and this separately displayed relic: http://www.rosaryworkshop.com/PHOTO-Rome-Crx-8.jpg And here's a representation of him from the Last Judgment in the fourteenth century frescoes in the Visoki Dečani monastery in Serbia's Kosovo province: http://tinyurl.com/ywfatd 3) Quirinus "of Rome", venerated at Tegernsee (d. 249 or 269, supposedly). Q. was the patron saint of the great abbey of Tegernsee in Oberbayern (founded, 8th cent.; secularized, 1803). According to this house's totally unverifiable tradition, Q.'s remains were brought there from Rome at the time of the abbey's foundation. Q. has two Passiones. A late ninth-century one (BHL 7029) copies the Passio s. Marii (BHL 815) to make him a martyr of Rome beheaded under an emperor Claudius (presumbably Claudius Gothicus) and buried in the cemetery of Pontianus. Its late twelfth- or thirteenth-century successor (BHL 7032) makes Q. the murdered son of the supposedly Christian emperor Philip the Arab and so provides the abbey with an imperial cachet. In between come the _Quirinalia_ of Metellus of Tegernsee (BHL 7031; ca. 1160), a collection of Latin poems in Q.'s honor based on ancient models. Best, John Dillon ********************************************************************** 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