medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Gerard,
Check out the vulgate (if you haven't already). The text often uses
"castellum," which is "corrected" to village or town in modern translations,
but of course had a very different medieval meaning. Hope that helps.
Best,
Matt
On 11/29/06 1:06 PM, "Gerard Bouwmeester" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear All,
>
> although I think that the subject above might speak for itself, I'll try to
> sketch the background of my question: working on a book of hours from the
> first quarter of the fifteenth century, I ran into an image of Jesus being
> baptized with an enormous castle (or fort) on the background - unmentioned,
> as far as I know, in the Gospels. It could be just some illustration in the
> background of course, but being slightly suspicious, I started some
> Google-quest, and found out that nowadays it is suggested that Jesus was
> baptized nearby Qasir al-Yahud - a village, a fort?
>
> My questions: is there anything known on the place where John the Baptist
> was active? And is anyone of you familiar with images of some building
> nearby the baptism of Jesus? And was the idea that Jesus was baptized nearby
> Q a-Y common in the fifteenth century?
>
> Thank you!
> Gerard.
>
> G. Bouwmeester
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