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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture 6th century is, I think, a beginning date. There is this from S. Clemente, Rome, apparently 9thC. http://tinyurl.com/5flj3y I have seen photos of a couple of others, which I cannot now locate. DW > > > Good eye. To my relatively untrained arthistorical mind, it reminds me > of some of the Hagia Sofia and/or Ravenna images (6th century; > Justinian's time). Long live informed skepticism. > > Bob Kraft, UPenn > > Diana Wright wrote: >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >> culture >> >> Christopher Crockett wrote >>> Santa Susanna one may see remains of the paleochristian church. A >>> sarcophagus >>> discovered there has been found to contain fragments of painted >>> plaster, one >>> of which is shown here: >>> >>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/23y7uy >>>> >>> >>> >> >> Is there any other Virgin & Child that early, other than the little >> catacomb painting, with the Star? Any pre-Constantinople Roman >> female images with such garments? >> >> Skepticism happens. >> >> DW >> > ********************************************************************** 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