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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On 12/13/11, I wrote: > Further to Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Mardarius, and Orestes (as though last year's set were not sufficient): > Mardarius (center, with red cap) and Eustratius (at left; the first character in his inscription is odd but the rest is clear and he has the double-clasped mantle typical of his iconography) as depicted in the mid-eleventh-century frescoes of the Karanlık kilise (Dark Church) at Göreme in Turkey's Nevşehir province: > http://tinyurl.com/7sywk6z > The saint depicted below Eustratius is Eugenius. Here's another view: > http://tinyurl.com/7h3jy3u That should have read: ... and Eustratius (at right... By way of compensation: unsourced, seemingly earlier to mid- sixteenth-century frescoes depicting a) Eustratius: http://tinyurl.com/c5xrjwh b) the martyrdoms of Mardarius, Eugenius, and Orestes: http://vatopaidi.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/martyrio1.jpg For a detailed introduction to the content of these saints' Passio and to depictions of scenes from it, see Kurt Weitzmann, "Illustrations to the Lives of the Five Martyrs of Sebaste", _Dumbarton Oaks Papers_ 33 (1979), 97-112 (in JSTOR, for those with access to JSTOR). 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