medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

From: Diana Wright <[log in to unmask]>

> Madeleine Gray wrote:
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
and the statue of St Winifred in Westminster Abbey has her with her head on
but the decapitated head on a plinth by her feet

> Very usual in Orthodox representations of John the Baptist.

> http://zograph.hit.bg/icons/13.jpg
> http://www.coptic.net/pictures/Icon.StJohnTheBaptist.gif


yes, it has nothing to do with "logic".

the head on the plate --like the scruffy appearance and the hair shirt-- was
one of the Saint's "attributes", characteristic "signs" by which he (or she)
might be easily recognized.

c

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