Medievalists.net » Saint Lawrence of Rome http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 ’I am well done – please go on eating’ – Food, Digestion, and Humour in Late Medieval Danish Wall Paintings http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/29/i-am-well-done-please-go-on-eating-food-digestion-and-humour-in-late-medieval-danish-wall-paintings/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/29/i-am-well-done-please-go-on-eating-food-digestion-and-humour-in-late-medieval-danish-wall-paintings/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:40:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29716 Jesus never laughed or smiled. Holy people behave like Him: they tend to be solemn, austere, and their body language is restricted. They ought in any case to behave like Jesus. But in late medieval Danish wall paintings some holy people rebel, and St Laurence even jokes.

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