medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Gary Macy wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture I have what for specialists must seem like a foolish question,
> but I am having difficulties locating further information about a
> terracotta funerary plaque from central Gaul dating from the fifth or
> sixth century. It shows Christ as a warrior and is used on the cover
> of James Russell's The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity.
> Any help here would be much appreciated.�
I see nothing I would remotely identify as Christ. Who says it is, and
why? Does this figure wear a bear headdress that produces those ears?
Except for having a serpent under his feet, everything about it looks
quite anti-Christian.
DW
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