medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>No one has mentioned the elaborate theft of Saint Foy from the monks at Agen
by one from Conques,
subject of two recent books of interest.
1) the English translation of the source :
_Liber miraculorum sancte Fidis / The book of Sainte Foy_, translated with an
introduction and notes by Pamela Sheingorn ; _The Song of Sainte Foy_,
translated by Robert L.A. Clark. University of Pennsylvania Press, c1995.
xiii, 329 p. : ill.
b) an extened commentary and study :
Kathleen Ashley & Pamela Sheingorn, _Writing faith : text, sign & history in
the miracles of Sainte Foy_, University of Chicago Press, c1999.
x, 205 p. : ill.
*plus* we have the surviving reliquary :
http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/coreabroad/pictures/2001Conques/Conques-30-church-treasury-majesteofstFoy-PH1340.JPG
http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/coreabroad/pictures/2001Conques/Conques-31-church-treasury-majesteofstFoy-PH1341.JPG
http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/coreabroad/pictures/2001Conques/Conques-29-church-treasury-majesteofstFoy-PH1339.JPG
http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/coreabroad/pictures/2001Conques/Conques-32-church-treasury-majesteofstFoy-PH1342.JPG
Thanks to Paul Halsall, one can virtually visit Conques in some detail :
http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/coreabroad/pictures/2001Conques/
i particularly appreciated being reminded of how difficult it is to get to
that town -- my first and only visit was in 1967, riding a 1958 Citroen 2CV.
i see that a similar mode of transportation is still in use :
http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/coreabroad/pictures/2001Conques/Conques-54-horses-PH1365.JPG
best to all from here,
christopher
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