medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Much better. I visited Tewksbury some years ago & rate it one of my
favorite places to visit.
Tom Izbicki
Bernadette Giguere wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> On 5-Jan-10, at 1:26 PM, Thomas Izbicki wrote:
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>> culture
>>
>> Are the transi tombs more connected with the Memento mori / Ars
>> moriendi? I am reminded of the Wakeman centotaph at Tewksbury Abbey,
>> described thus on a web page I just found:
>> "This figure represents the usual 15th century effigy of a corpse in
>> an advanced state of decay. The difference with this one against
>> others is that this is a rare "Verminous Cadaver" with a mouse
>> gnawing at his bowels, a snake in his shroud near his feet, a worm on
>> his left knee, a beetle on his left arm and a frog near his head.
>> There is also what is thought to be a lizard on his left thigh.
>> Wakeman was consecrated as the first Bishop of Gloucester in 1541 and
>> is buried elsewhere."
>> This is the URL, but I could not get the pictures to display:
>> http://www.churchmousewebsite.co.uk/cadavertombs/tewkesbury_cadaver.htm
>> Tom Izbicki
>
> What about this site, Tom?
>>
> http://myweb.lmu.edu/sshepherd/cadaver.htm
>
> Bernadette Filotas
>
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