medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Looks to me like it could be either:
dental pincers
or
short whip for making the horse go faster.
How's that for opposite ends of the spectrum of
possibilities?!?!
Stephen
--- John Wickstrom <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear learned listmembers,
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> Since the identification of Vincent of Beauvais aka
> Thomas Needham was so quickly established (and the
> hardware of his writing desk so well analyzed), here
> is another problem I am having. The following URL is
> from a late 11th or early 12th c. illustrated Life
> of St. Maurus, the disciple of Benedict, from Paris
> (Troyes, 2378). The illustration shows Maurus
> leaving Monte Cassino to establish the first
> Benedictine monastery in France. He is accompanied
> by (among others) a delegation from the Bishop of
> LeMans who asked for the foundation. The third of
> these delegates from your right (with greenish hair
> and orange cloak), is holding some sort of
> instrument in his hand that I cannot even begin to
> identify. It may have to do with the animal skin
> (rug?) that is slung over his saddle. Can anyone
> help with this?
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> HYPERLINK
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"http://www.kzoo.edu/history/Wickstrom/Maurus.jpg"http://www.kzoo.edu/history/Wickstrom/Maurus.jpg
> (If you open this image in MS viewer or some
> similar viewer, you should be able to enlarge it
> enough without distortion to see the detail at
> issue.
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> thanks in advance,
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> John B. Wickstrom
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> Department of History
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> Kalamazoo College
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