medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 3/15/2011 12:19 AM, Terri Morgan wrote:
Today, March 15, is the feast day
of:
Longinus (1st century) Longinus is the name traditionally
given to the soldier who pierced Jesus' side in the last
scene of the crucifixion narrative.
There are of course zillions of images of Longinus at
the Crucifixion. To see those in my archive, and try out the
site's new indexing, see the Crucifixion page:
http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/Crucifixion.html
the ones with Longinus are the Harrach diptych, 2 Carolingian
engraved crystals, a Carolingian ivory in the V&A, the Comb of
Heribert, a totally different 11th/12th c. Irish bronze plaque,
and a Byzantine steatite recut and given Latin inscriptions
(including 'Centurion') in the 12th/13th c..
Best,
Genevra
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