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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> > Blaise (d. ca. 316, supposedly). > In 1014 Bl. Meinwerk of Paderborn, who was in Rome that year for the coronation of his friend Henry II, acquired a relic of B. for his diocese. In the following year he consecrated that city's Abdinghof monastery, whose relic collection included one of B. placed in its early twelfth-century portable altar of Sts. Felix and Blasius, now in the Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum in Paderborn: > http://tinyurl.com/327luc better known in some quarters for its being the work of Roger of Helmarshausen, a.k.a. (it is generally believed) "Theophilus Presbyter" http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9072039/Theophilus#10572.hook http://www.enotes.com/oxford-art-encyclopedia/theophilus http://books.google.com/books?id=xzZjo3YSLbwC&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&dq=%22roger+of+helmarshausen%22&source=web&ots=vh3AsMyO_1&sig=MsOH6Ex7-AjHzNkiZ5AJ1-znC1o http://www.jstor.org/view/00076287/ap020175/02a00200/0 author of the most comprehensive treatise "On Diverse Arts" we have from the m.a. http://books.google.com/books?id=MMiLTJqvYnYC&pg=PR11&lpg=PR11&dq=%22roger+of+helmarshausen%22&source=web&ots=noSbHEFeNA&sig=Tq3C7gvzmcXOYimbvX96zmlP0CU#PPP1,M1 according to his obituary http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030528/ai_n12695942 the eminent art historian and specialist in metal work and other "minor arts," the last project by Peter Lasko http://books.google.com/books?id=PwJb18lq5gkC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=%22roger+of+helmarshausen%22&source=web&ots=C9PZPRV_v2&sig=0SUeP94IUexn-iDP3cYEqtS2YaU was to have been "a novel based on the life of the 12th- century monastic goldsmith Roger of Helmarshausen." unfortunately this was not completed --or at least has not been published, that i can see. 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