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At 22:05 02/03/99 -0500, you wrote: >Over on the classics list we've been having a little discussion about the >venerable Bede who is often portrayed in art with a jug (looks kind of >like a beer-stein, according to one participant in the thread). Is it >common to portray Bede in this way? What is the iconography or >significance of the jug (if any)? I know nothing about this. This would allude to the end of the Historia Ecclesiastica (I nearly wrote, Elastica) where Bede says, "And I pray thee, merciful Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously granted me sweet draughts from the Word which tells of Thee, so wilt Thou, of thy goodness, grant that I may come at length to Thee, the fount of all wisdom . . ." (Teque deprecor, bone Iesu, ut cui propitius donasti uerba tuae scientiae dulciter haurire . . .) Bede is shown drinking the sweet draughts of the Word from a suitable beer-mug. Oriens. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%