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
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