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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Chris: It looks like water, I agree, but I think it must be oil (which is consistent with consecration, as annointing was often a necessary act in the process of consecrating people or objects)> Stephen --- On Sun, 1/3/10, Chris Laning <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Chris Laning <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 3. January To: [log in to unmask] Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010, 5:32 PM medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Jan 3, 2010, at 1:45 PM, John Dillon wrote: > G.'s consecration as depicted in an earlier fourteenth-century (1326-1350) collection of French-language saint's lives (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 185, fol. 191v): > http://tinyurl.com/yc6847k What in the world is the right-hand bishop doing in this illustration? He would appear to be dumping a pitcher of water over her head (if that's what it is) but if she is, as the caption says, being consecrated here, would she not have already have been baptized at some previous date? ____________________________________________________________ O Chris Laning <[log in to unmask]> - Davis, California + http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** 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