The three knives could be for St Bartholomew, as in the
arms of Croyland abbey.
John Whitehead
Oriel --- On Wed, 30/3/11, Frank Morgret <[log in to unmask]>
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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
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