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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Tuesday, July 4, 2006, at 10:22 pm, Diana Wright wrote: > He was martyred? The Roman Martyrology is not limited to martyrs. Nor, for that matter, to persons recognized as saints by the church of Rome. It includes a number of the OT figures thought of as having been brought to Heaven by Christ when he harrowed Hell. See if you can pick Hosea out from the crowd in some of these scenes: http://collecties.meermanno.nl/handschriften/iconclass/73D94/ http://www.theodor-springmann.de/andy/holkham_harrowing.of.hell.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Harrowhell.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HarrowingBermejo.jpg Best again, John Dillon ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html