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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On 12/20/2010 4:49 PM, John Dillon wrote: > My reading of the creatures on the capitals at lower left here > http://tinyurl.com/yzuqw9u > is about the same as yours (in addition to being perversions of angels, though, I would also suggest perversions of evangelists). And those on the right seem to figure _Mischwesen_ as well (e.g. the middle capital has what looks to be a siren). While the figures might have negative connotations on this portal, zoanthropomorphic evangelists/evangelist symbols have a long visual history of quite positive representation. See e.g. a twelfth-century situla, third row on http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/EleventhTwelfth5.html Best, Genevra ********************************************************************** 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