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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From medievalists.net: http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/12/the-fake-medieval-images-in-canterbury-cathedral/ In ‘Fakes and Forgeries in Canterbury’s Stained Glass’, a lecture given > last week at the University of Toronto, Rachel Koopmans explained how these > images came into the cathedral and have fooled people for so long. One of > the faked images is known as the Pilgrims panel, which shows four figures > on the move and has been associated with the characters of the Canterbury > Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The other is a portrait of the famous martyr and > saint Thomas Becket, which some books have even described as being a > contemporary depiction of the twelfth-century Archbishop. > > Koopmans explains that both of these images, and many more in the > Cathedral, were actually created by Samuel Caldwell Jr., who was the person > in charge of restoring Canterbury’s glass for more than fifty years. During > this time he created dozens of works and duped various church officials > into believing they were genuine medieval images. > -- Paul Chandler, O.Carm. Holy Spirit Seminary | PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road) | Banyo Qld 4014 | Australia office: (07) 3246 9888 | home: (07) 3246 9894 [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** 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