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> Date: 16 Sep 96 18:11:48 EDT > From: David Van Meter <[log in to unmask]> > To: medieval-religion <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Speaking and Weeping Crucifixes > Reply-to: [log in to unmask] > To: internet:[log in to unmask] > Dear David van Meter, The standard work on the cross is A.Frolow, La relique de la vraie croix (Paris, Institut francais d'etudes byzantines,1961). My current work on Jerusalem and the First Crusade indicates that this cult had remarkably little connection with the Holy City. John France > May I pose a query, which is in part bibliographical, and in part comparative: > To follow Delaruelle et al., the crucifix grew to play a more important role in > Christian piety toward the 10th/11th century. I have noticed that > miraculous visions involving the crucifix played a key role in the lives of > several 11th c. holy men, particularly in their formative stages: e.g., > the image of Christ on a crucifix spoke to Richard of St. Vanne; at Corbie the > Christ actually got off of the crucifix in the middle of a crowded mass, walked > over to Gerard (later abbot of Sauve-Majeure), and stroked his head while > speaking comforting words. Then there are the weeping crucifixes, such as that > reported for Orleans by Raoul Glaber and the _Actis s. Petris Puellaris_, and > that mentioned by Ademar over Limoges. Is there any specialized work that has > been done on the role of such visions in the vitae or in piety, or their > morphology? Analyses of what Christ tells the visionaries? Are such visions > common as well for earlier and later periods? > Thanks in advance, > Dave Van Meter > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%