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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I just wrote: > Today (23. November) is the feast day of: > > Clement I, pope (d. ca. 100)... > That illumination doesn't show C. weighted down at all. This one, > from the very early fifteenth-century Breviary of Martin of Aragon > (Paris, BnF, ms. Rothschild 2529, fol. 409v), shows him weighted down > with a mill wheel: > http://saints.sqpn.com/saintc14.jpg > Here's a fourteenth-century French miniature (St John's College, > Cambridge, MS B.9, fol.133v) illustrating the recovery of C.'s > anchor-weighted remains: > http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/images/jpeg/i8_0078.jpg Obviously, that last URL is a better view of the aforementioned illumination in the Breviary of Martin of Aragon. It was meant to replace the URL given above it. The St. Johns College miniature showing C. with the anchor is at: http://tinyurl.com/2hendw And, as C.'s eyes are open, this is perhaps more likely to depict C.'s martyrdom than the miraculous recovery of his body. 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