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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Clare is also so depicted in an early sixteenth-century glass roundel of southern Netherlandish origin in the Cloisters Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/471094 Best, John Dillon ________________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Gordon Plumb <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 3:59 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] FEAST - A saint for the day (Oct. 4): Francis (as Superman?) medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Brian Clare does indeed hold a pastoral staff; and apparently am abbess was allowed to use one when leading her community of nuns. Since Clare was an abbess clearly the artist at Metz thought she was entitled to use one. Whether she did is an entirely different matter! Gordon -----Original Message----- From: Brian Moloney <[log in to unmask]> To: MEDIEVAL-RELIGION <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 20:31 Subject: Re: [M-R] FEAST - A saint for the day (Oct. 4): Francis (as Superman?) medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Does the Metz window show Clare as a mitred Abbess? Was she? She seems to have a Bishop's crook. Brian Moloney Emeritus Professor of Italian, University of Hull. 9 St Margaret's Avenue, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, HU16 5NQ ________________________________________ From: Gordon Plumb [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 05 October 2015 08:39 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] FEAST - A saint for the day (Oct. 4): Francis (as Superman?) medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Why "As Superman"? Here is an image of Francis receiving the stigmata, which also shows St Clare. Metz Cathedral, nIV: https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/3977923000 Gordon Plumb -----Original Message----- From: Heintzelman, Matthew <[log in to unmask]> To: MEDIEVAL-RELIGION <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 22:27 Subject: [M-R] FEAST - A saint for the day (Oct. 4): Francis (as Superman?) medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture https://www.facebook.com/604882972899463/photos/a.624764970911263.1073741830.604882972899463/874320079289083/?type=3&theater “After a pilgrimage to Rome, where he joined the poor in begging at the doors of the churches, he said he had a mystical vision of Jesus Christ in the country chapel of San Damiano, just outside of Assisi, in which the Icon of Christ Crucified said to him, "Francis, Francis, go and repair My house which, as you can see, is falling into ruins." He took this to mean the ruined church in which he was presently praying, and so he sold some cloth from his father's store to assist the priest there for this purpose.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi) Peace, Matt H. Curator, Austria/Germany Study Center; Rare Book Cataloger, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota 56321-7300 Phone: 320-363-2795; Fax: 320-363-3222 http://www.hmml.org ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion