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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I've been puzzled by this image too. It also appears in _The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity_, ed. John McManners (1990), p. 88, where this description (courtesy of J. M. Wallace-Hadrill) accompanies it: "CHRIST AS THE DIVINITY OF A GERMANIC WARRIOR ARISTOCRACY. In this funerary plaque from Gresin, Puy-de-Dome (possibly seventh century), he is shown ‘armed as a soldier, scaramax [Frankish battle-axe] in belt and lance in hand, with other curious accoutrements. He has a long phallus, there are beasts round him and a snake under his feet; and he wears a head-dress not unworthy of a pagan god. It has points of resemblance to the figure on a brooch from Finglesham in Kent, which is now thought to be Woden.' J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, _The Frankish Church_, p. 28." But what authority or provenance determines that the figure is Christ? Best, John ------------------------------------------------- John Shinners Professor of Humanistic Studies Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN 46556 Office: (574) 284-4494 Fax: (574) 284-4716 ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:33 pm Subject: Re: [M-R] Christ as Warrior > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > On 20 Jul 2006 at 11:39, Gary Macy wrote: > > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion > and culture > > I have what for specialists must seem like a foolish question, > but I am having difficulties locating > > further information about a terracotta funerary plaque from > central Gaul dating from the fifth or > > sixth century. It shows Christ as a warrior and is used on the > cover of James Russell's The > > Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity. Any help here > would be much appreciated. > > A picture of the plaque appears below: > > Dear Gary, > I've never seen this curious image before. On what authority is > the warrior figure > identified as Christ? > Cheers, > Jim Bugslag > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > ********************************************************************** 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