medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Thursday, April 23, 2009, at 8:51 am, christopher crockett wrote:
> From: Bonnie Blackburn <[log in to unmask]>
>
> >>> Another thought: has the initial S been cut and pasted from somewhere
> else?
>
> >>does it look like it, in this detail:
>
> > http://www.neumann-walter.de/NW/November2007/27.11.07/35.jpg
>
> >> ?
>
> >>not that i can see.
>
>
> > No, it doesn't look pasted. But indeed that appears to be an E underneath,
> and since our deacon
>
> is *that* what he is?
>
> what makes you think so?
The combination of tonsure and a dalmatic.
>
> i raised the issue of his tonsure before --was "Sancti Stephani prothomartyr"
> tonsured?
>
> was he a deacon?
>
He's traditionally thought to have been. Whether he really was seems beside the point. We're dealing with "common knowledge" here.
Best,
John Dillon
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