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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture While it could be the anointing of the body I think this is more likely to be the Absolution of the Soul which is performed over the body in the church before burial or the funeral rites themselves. In a study of medieval books of hours both of these rituals were very commonly portrayed to illustrate the Office of the Dead whereas the ritual of Extreme Unction was much rarer. In the illuminations of both rituals the the bucket of holy water and the implement, an aspergill, used to sprinkle the body with the holy water are prominent. Eleanor Flynn From: Jaye Procure <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Monday, 16 February 2015 8:20 am To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: [M-R] extreme unction? medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture A priest friend of mine refers to it as anointing the body. Jaye On 2015-02-15 4:16 PM, "James Bugslag" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear colleagues, I have been looking at the early 13th-century window dedicated to St Apollinaris in Chartres Cathedral, which contains a scene of the saint, after his martyrdom, laid in his sarcophagus, with a priest and two deacons standing over him. One of the deacons holds a book; the other holds a processional cross and holy-water bucket, into which the priest is reaching with a long-handled implement with a sponge (?) on the end of it (does this have a name?), presumably in order to anoint the body. If the saint were still alive, this would be extreme unction, but is it still considered that after his death? Presumably, the processional cross makes reference to funeral rites, but I don't know these well enough to know whether funeral rites also entailed unction. Is anyone familiar enough with such matters to clarify this situation? Many thanks, Jim ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion