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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture In the previous post, for 'Aeca' read 'Aecae'. Further visuals for Eleutherius and Anthia: In Troia's originally late eleventh- and earlier twelfth-century cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (1093-ca. 1120) the flanking figures on the lintel or, _sensu italiano_, architrave over the main portal depict two supposed bishops of Aecae, Eleutherius on the viewer's left and Secundinus on the viewer's right. In this view, Eleutherius can be seen at the far left (NB: the carvings of the lintel are said to have been re-worked in the sixteenth century): http://xoomer.virgilio.it/guidoiam/arte/guidoiam/porta_centrale.htm There's a better view of this realization of E. in the fifth photograph from bottom on this page from ParadoxPlace: http://tinyurl.com/3xwaak While we're here, Italia nell'Arte Medievale now has two pages on this cathedral with many good views of its other carvings: http://www.medioevo.org/artemedievale/Pages/Puglia/Troia.html http://www.medioevo.org/artemedievale/Pages/Puglia/Troia2.html Eleutherius as depicted in mosaic on the later thirteenth-century ciborium (1277) in Poreč's Basilica Eufrasiana: http://tinyurl.com/7lpksns Best again, John Dillon ********************************************************************** 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