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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture yes, i certainly would have mistaken them for a pilgrim's shells, but a closer look makes it clear what they are. thanks, Hank! c ------ Original Message ------ Received: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:54:17 PM EDT From: HenkADSL <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] Feasts and Saints of the Day: July 25 > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > It's a ring frame purse with two sewn on pouchlets. A common purse during the later part of the 15th and early 16th c. The pouchlets are for keeping money in; handy for a ferryman. > > Henk > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Genevra Kornbluth > Verzonden: maandag 25 juli 2011 18:54 > Aan: [log in to unmask] > Onderwerp: Re: [M-R] Feasts and Saints of the Day: July 25 > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > On 7/25/2011 8:54 AM, John Dillon wrote: > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > > culture > > > > Today (25. July) is the feast day of: > > > > 1) James the Great (d. ca. 42). > > > > 3) Christopher of Lycia (?). > James and Christopher associated: see > http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/SaintChristopher.html > --a 14th c. ivory of the two saints flanking the Virgin and Child, and a > c.1490 polychromed wood figure of Christopher with what look like shells on his pouch. (They could also be money bags, but why would those be depicted there?) > > James with pilgrims, 13th-c. glass cameo: > http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/Saints1.html (last row) > > best, > Genevra > > historical archive: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/archive-1.html > home page: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com > > ********************************************************************** > 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 ********************************************************************** 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