medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 20 Jul 2006 at 11:39, Gary Macy wrote:
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> I have what for specialists must seem like a foolish question, but I am having difficulties locating
> further information about a terracotta funerary plaque from central Gaul dating from the fifth or
> sixth century. It shows Christ as a warrior and is used on the cover of James Russell's The
> Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity. Any help here would be much appreciated.
> A picture of the plaque appears below:
Dear Gary,
I've never seen this curious image before. On what authority is the warrior figure
identified as Christ?
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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