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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Hi, Meg. Thanks for the kind words! Although I have not previously looked at these beasts on the Pictish stones, having only seen the ones in the museum in Edinburgh, I certainly see the resemblance. Surely "elephants" is just a use-name! If I had to make a guess, I would probably have thought of a dog. But it is probably best to think of it as just a quadruped, as you say, rather like the "Lindisfarne beast", though less generalized than that. all best, Genevra On 12/7/2018 5:42 AM, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Fantastic! Thanks! I just love Herodias sitting on Herod's knee! And > the dogs licking Lazarus's sores are actually the closest I have ever > seen to the 'elephants' (as they are described) on Pictish stones. > Elephants having been rampant in Early Medieval Scotland! Seriously, > do you have any idea what the Scottish beasts are supposed to > represent? Perhaps just generalized quadrupeds to go along with the > bird and fish motifs? > Happy holidays, > Meg > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval > religious culture <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of > Genevra Kornbluth <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:48 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [M-R] more photos: Bernward Column > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > As always, please excuse cross-posting. > > Having recently posted material from Sion/Sitten that list members may > not have known, I have now uploaded 59 photographs of an object that > almost everyone will have encountered: the Column of Bernward in > Hildesheim (ca.1020). > These include both overall views from all sides and details of each > individual scene. The arrangement of the web page mirrors that of the > column itself, with the narrative running from right to left and bottom > to top. > Please see > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.KornbluthPhoto.com%2FBernwardColumn.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C316851833d3d46de082c08d65bef21c2%7Ce285d438dbba4a4c941c593ba422deac%7C0%7C0%7C636797479972340281&sdata=4aK7Hnc8eVzdEtktb5ESd%2FX4KUqKtg07nn3pdUYlHew%3D&reserved=0 > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.KornbluthPhoto.com%2FBernwardColumn.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C316851833d3d46de082c08d65bef21c2%7Ce285d438dbba4a4c941c593ba422deac%7C0%7C0%7C636797479972340281&sdata=4aK7Hnc8eVzdEtktb5ESd%2FX4KUqKtg07nn3pdUYlHew%3D&reserved=0>>. > Enjoy! > Genevra ********************************************************************** 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