> I didn't realise I count as a lurker because since I joined > this list a couple of months ago ... if > anyone wants to know anything about the Arena Chapel in > Padua (my current field of research) I'm happy to oblige. > > Laura Jacobus Dear Laura, I believe it must have been somewhat before you joined the list that there was a brief exchange on the possible connection of Giotto with a confraternity which put on performances of 'mystery plays' with staging related to the settings of some of the narrative scenes in his frescoes. There was a call for sources or references to this, but I don't recall that anyone offered any. Do you know anything about this? Cheers, Jim Bugslag %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%