Medieval History
How was St John the Baptist dressed? This is how Mark's Gospel has it: 'Now John wore clothing of camel?s hair with a leather belt around his waist' (Matthew Mark 1.6) This fifteenth century panel from Yarnton in Oxfordshire is pretty representative of the standard medieval way of interpreting the text, by dressing him in a whole camel's skin, with the head of the animal trailing on the floor between his legs. Of course in this image, like many images of the Baptist, we see him set in the heavenly reality, so he gets a rather better robe to cover his camel skin.
- Is This The Knucklebone Of John The Baptist?
New dating evidence supports claims that bones found under a church floor in Bulgaria may be of John the Baptist, who is described in the Bible as a leading prophet and relative of Jesus Christ. A team from the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit at...
- Byzantine-era Christian Prayer Box Discovered In Jerusalem
A miniature Christian prayer box decorated with a cross has been uncovered in archaeological excavations in Jerusalem. The box, which dates to the Byzantine period (sixth-seventh centuries CE), is adorned on the inside with the drawings of two figures...
- St John The Baptist's Bones 'found In Bulgarian Monastery'
The remains of St John the Baptist have been found in an ancient reliquary in a 5th century monastery on Sveti Ivan Island in Bulgaria, archaeologists have claimed. The remains ? small fragments of a skull, bones from a jaw and an arm, and a tooth ?...
- Evangelical Theological Society
The annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Providence, RI, November 19-21, 2008 has quite a lot to offer TC wise: John Wei-Ho Wu (Logos Evangelical Seminary) Authenticity of the Distinctively Byzantine Shorter Reading Andrew W. Pitts...
- Saints In All Saints, North Street, York
To celebrate the feast of All Saints, here is the east window of All Saints, North Street in the city of York. This church is a place that is very dear to my heart, I worshipped here between 1998 and 2005 and it was here that my vocation was fostered....
Medieval History
John the Baptist's camel skin
How was St John the Baptist dressed? This is how Mark's Gospel has it: 'Now John wore clothing of camel?s hair with a leather belt around his waist' (Matthew Mark 1.6) This fifteenth century panel from Yarnton in Oxfordshire is pretty representative of the standard medieval way of interpreting the text, by dressing him in a whole camel's skin, with the head of the animal trailing on the floor between his legs. Of course in this image, like many images of the Baptist, we see him set in the heavenly reality, so he gets a rather better robe to cover his camel skin.
- Is This The Knucklebone Of John The Baptist?
New dating evidence supports claims that bones found under a church floor in Bulgaria may be of John the Baptist, who is described in the Bible as a leading prophet and relative of Jesus Christ. A team from the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit at...
- Byzantine-era Christian Prayer Box Discovered In Jerusalem
A miniature Christian prayer box decorated with a cross has been uncovered in archaeological excavations in Jerusalem. The box, which dates to the Byzantine period (sixth-seventh centuries CE), is adorned on the inside with the drawings of two figures...
- St John The Baptist's Bones 'found In Bulgarian Monastery'
The remains of St John the Baptist have been found in an ancient reliquary in a 5th century monastery on Sveti Ivan Island in Bulgaria, archaeologists have claimed. The remains ? small fragments of a skull, bones from a jaw and an arm, and a tooth ?...
- Evangelical Theological Society
The annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Providence, RI, November 19-21, 2008 has quite a lot to offer TC wise: John Wei-Ho Wu (Logos Evangelical Seminary) Authenticity of the Distinctively Byzantine Shorter Reading Andrew W. Pitts...
- Saints In All Saints, North Street, York
To celebrate the feast of All Saints, here is the east window of All Saints, North Street in the city of York. This church is a place that is very dear to my heart, I worshipped here between 1998 and 2005 and it was here that my vocation was fostered....