medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Well, yes, this site _is_ biased. But so are many sites. E.g., the one
from which I recently posted images of devotional cards depicting the
Madonna Addolorata del Romitello at Borgetto in western Sicily and whose
accompanying prose tells one quite matter-of-factly that in 1464 the
painting in question appeared miraculously to Julian of Palermo at his
hermitage. If the bias is readily observable -- as it certainly is in
the case of The Army of God, an organization that supports assassins of
health care providers who have performed abortions --, then little is to
be gained by calling attention to it. Especially if that bias is not
likely to prejudice the way in which others may view illustrative
material depicted or quoted on the site, e.g. the detail of the fresco
at S. Petronio or the news accounts of protests of differing sorts from
some of those offended by it.
That fresco, BTW, is readily visible in S. Petronio's Bolognini Chapel.
I spotted its "Machomet" legend and detail the very first time I visited
the basilica. Also in this chapel, and also by Giovanni da Modena, are
scenes from the life of Petronius. I had been hoping to find Web-based
versions of some of these but was unsuccessful. As I also was in
finding a less vindictively worded English-language site combining a
reproduction of the detail with news accounts of the 2002 incident.
Best again,
John Dillon
Christopher Crockett wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> From: "John B. Dillon" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>>This has been drawing some unfavorable attention lately:
>>http://www.armyofgod.com/Mohameddemons.html
>
>
> note the comment under the headline:
>
> "Mohammed in hell being tormented by demons. It's just so right!"
>
> from its homepage, one could get the idea that this site,
> http://www.armyofgod.com , could be a bit biased.
>
>
>>and, for some context for the detail (well down on the page; search for
>
> "Petronio"):
>
>>http://www.suprmchaos.com/bcEnt-Thu-062702.index.html
>
>
> yes, i much prefer http://bartcop.com as a source for my Art History news.
>
> c
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