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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The three knives could be for St Bartholomew, as in the arms of Croyland abbey.John WhiteheadOriel --- On Wed, 30/3/11, Frank Morgret <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Frank Morgret <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [M-R] saints' armorials To: [log in to unmask] Date: Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, 13:57 medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On 30/03/2011 5:56 AM, Rosemary Hayes-Milligan and Andrew Milligan wrote: medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I hope colleagues (and George) will forgive me for asking for help with a local parish query. Our 100-year-old church has 12 shields distributed around with different symbols on each. We have managed to identify ten but are still unsure of two. They have (1) 3 vertical fierce-looking knives and (2) 3 plain yellow/gold discs in a triangular shape, two at the top, one at the bottom. I have images that I could send to anyone off-list. Rosemary, F. R. Webber, Church Symbolism, p. 287, suggests St. Nicholas of Myra may be the owner of the second shield. Three golden apples often appear as his symbol. These, in their turn, often are simplified into three yellow/golden disks. A guess, pure and simple, on the three ugly knives. How many knights were involved in the martyrdom of Thomas Becket? Three sticks in my mind, but I am in such a senile state I cannot be sure. Please, when you have solved thisquestion, share the answer with us! Good Luck! Frank ********************************************************************** 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 ********************************************************************** 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