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Silk Tunics of Saint Ambrose to be restored and studied

September 3, 2014 By Medievalists.net

In Milan’s Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio: Prof. Dr. Sabine Schrenk (r.) of the University of Bonn and Cologne textile restorer Ulrike Reichert with the valuable tunics. Photo © JochenSchaal-Reichert

Archaeologists from the University of Bonn, working with restorers, are preserving and studying 4th-century tunics ascribed to St. Ambrose. In the course of examining these valuable silk garments, they have made surprising scholarly discoveries regarding the development of early relic worship.

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Virginity and the married-virgin saints in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints: the translation of an ideal

September 9, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Virginity and the married-virgin saints in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints: the translation of an ideal Smith, Liesl Ruth Thesis: Doctor of Philosophy,Graduate Department of Medieval Studies,University of Toronto (2000) Abstract Among the narratives included in his Lives of Saints, Ælfric of Eynsham translates three passiones of married-virgin saints: Passio Sancti Iuliani et Sponse Eius Basilisse, […]