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What is the exceedingly curious object on the right? Forgive the irreverence
but it looks like a toilet seat!!
MG
>From: CARLOS <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: [M-R] Query: St Augustine's symbols
>Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:10:37 +0100
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>The author identifies the bishop in this tympanum:
>
>http://www.geocities.com/cdesastre20009/RM.JPG
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>as St. Augustine because he sees there an eagle, the sun (above the bird)
>and the moon (held by an acrobat).
>
>Thanks for your Confession's reference, I'll have a look.
>
>Carlos
>
>
>On 1/18/06, Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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> > In Book XI of the Confessions, all three are mentioned specifically in
>A's
> > discussion of time. However, today Augustine is represented in art as a
> > man
> > with a child, dove, pen, or shell.
> > I hope you get some more "medieval" responses. Perhaps your author was
> > referring to A in some special locale or situation.
> > MG
> >
> >
> > >From: CARLOS <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval
>religious
> > > culture <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: [M-R] Query: St Augustine's symbols
> > >Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:58:09 +0100
> > >
> > >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
> > >
> > >Dear all:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >In a book on Romanesque art in Portugal I find the following statement:
> > >"the
> > >eagle, the sun and the moon are symbols of St. Augustine". Do you know
> > >something about this?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Thanks for any clue!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Carlos
> > >
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