medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
The earliest reference I know is that given by Andrée Hayum in his "The
Isenheim Altarpiece: God's medicine and the painter's Vision", Princeton
University Press 1989, in which he says that Aymar Falco in his 1534 history
of the Antonites says that the monastery was the care of those afflicted
with St Anthony's Fire caused by ergot, or poisoned rye and that curative
powers were associated with St. Anthony.
John Hall
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