medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Hi, Henk
No, I'm not sure. It's customary in these notices simply to accept a museum's identification (or an identification seemingly dependent upon that made by a museum) unless it's clearly wrong or known to be controversial. For an example of not taking a museum at its word see:
http://tinyurl.com/2ua8rk
and
http://tinyurl.com/2skdr7
In the present case, there's an explanation for the saint's dress. If you haven't done so, click on the link where the page in question
http://tinyurl.com/2356ju
says "More of St. Bavo".
While we're here, on Monday, October 1, 2007, at 11:40 pm, in this notice of Bavo, I had said:
> Moving on to The Netherlands, some views of the fourteenth- to early
> sixteenth-century St. Bavokerk in Haarlem:
That should have read, "Moving _back_ to The Netherlands..." I had already pointed to B.'s church in Aardenburg.
Best again,
John Dillon
----- Original Message -----
On Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at 1:46 pm, Henk 't Jong wrote:
> A statue of B. from the northern Netherlands, ca. 1460:
> http://tinyurl.com/2356ju
>
>
> Doesn't look very saintlike. Are you sure this is Bavo? Does it say so
> somewehere on the statue in a contemporary script?
>
>
> Henk
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