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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Not altogether unusual. See these examples from "saints of the day" for this past 9. October: Illumination of D. (1348) in a manuscript of Jean de Vignay's French-language translation of the _Legenda aurea_ (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 241, fol. 275v): http://tinyurl.com/ykxkqol D.'s _gesta_, martyrdom, and cephalophory in the late fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century wall paintings (restored, early twentieth century) in the Kirche St. Dionys-Wurmsbach in Rapperswil-Jona (canton Sankt Gallen): http://tinyurl.com/ykffc89 Also from that posting, this example (from an expensively produced book, lavish in its use of gold) that shows a halo in both places: D. in a full-page illumination of French or English workmanship (ca. 1430-1440) in a Book of Hours (Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, ms. 5, fol. 35v): http://tinyurl.com/yhcuuh5 Detail: http://tinyurl.com/ylooxrf Best, John Dillon On Saturday, October 10, 2009, at 10:34 am, Meg Cormack wrote: > Interesting that the halo is where his head WAS rather than around the > head! > Meg > > -----Original Message----- > From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Erik > Drigsdahl > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 10:48 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [M-R] St. Denis miniature > > Apropos "Saints of the Day 9. October" is here a miniature from a French > Book of Hours, > with a fairly representative depiction of Saint Denis. > (The links are not permanent, it is a leaf for sale on Ebay, but nobody > will mind if you save it for your iconography collection). [Date > c.1490]. > Best > Erik Drigsdahl > > http://www.antiqua-global-art.com/NW/September2009/08.09.09/131.JPG > > http://www.antiqua-global-art.com/NW/September2009/08.09.09/132.JPG > > http://www.antiqua-global-art.com/NW/September2009/08.09.09/133.JPG > ********************************************************************** 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