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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Frans van Liere wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >Thank you all who responded to my query on Virgins (Mary or otherwise) fighting demons, the devil, or Antichrist. I have all dutifully forwarded them to my friend, and learned something myself in the meantime. Some things I actually knew already, but was glad to be reminded. Only last week I was looking at a painting of Saint Margaret with a dragon at her feet, in the Arts Institute in Chicago. One of my students actually mistook it for a puppy ... > >Thanks, all! > > >Frans van Liere >Department of History, Calvin College >1845 Knollcrest Circle SE >Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402 >e-mail: [log in to unmask] >http://www.calvin.edu/academic/history/faculty/vanlieref/ > >********************************************************************** >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 > > alot of those animals pictured with saints look like lap dogs or kittens, Agnes' sheep is another example. This seems to be especially true of late medieval images of the VM found on rood screens etc. Kit French ********************************************************************** 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