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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear medieval-religion colleagues, The Getty has a manuscript - the so-called Arenberg Hours (miniaturist: Willem Vrelant, active in the second half of the fifteenth century) - that presents an illumination depicting the martyrdom of Thomas Becket; below the illumination there is a hymn (Gaude, lux londoniarum). As usual in manuscripts that were in England during the 1530s, the rubric immediately below the illumination and above the hymn has been erased (as has Thomas's name in the hymn). An image (which can be enlarged) of the folio is here: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/3628/willem-vrelant-the-martyrdom-of-saint-thomas-becket-flemish-early-1460s/ (If you have difficulty with that link, you can also find the image here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/"Willem_Vrelant"_(Flemish,_died_1481,_active_1454_-_1481)_-_The_Martyrdom_of_Saint_Thomas_Becket_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg ) My question is: can anyone decipher the erased rubric under the image of Becket's murder and above the hymn? I'm finding that the vellum is permitting a bleed from the other side, and it's making it hard for me to read what was in fact erased. Thank you for your help with this! Best wishes, George ********************************************************************** 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