Vézelay: The Mystic Mill

Vézelay: The Mystic Mill

Feb 8, 2019 | Symbols

On the south aisle of the basilica of Marie Madeleine at Vézelay in Burgundy is an exceptional carved capital often referred to as the Mystic Mill. The depiction of two male figures, one pouring grain into a mill and the other receiving the processed flour into a sack...
Via Lemivocensis

Via Lemivocensis

Mar 15, 2020 | Limoges Road

Thereupon, on the route that through Saint-Leonard stretches towards Santiago, the most worthy remains of the Blessed Mary Magdalene must first of all be rightly worshipped by the pilgrims. LSJ     Video: The Limoges Road near Troyes An Artsymbol Production...
Vézelay

Vézelay

Aug 14, 2009 | Limoges Road

The church of Vézelay is known and shining unto the ends of the earth and eminent all over the world Hugues de Poitiers   Video: The Pilgrimage Road at Vézelay An Artsymbol Production Music by Martin A Smith Duration 1:35   On a lonely hilltop in Burgundy stands...
Vézelay and the Relics of Mary Magdalene

Vézelay and the Relics of Mary Magdalene

Aug 17, 2009 | Limoges Road

How the relics of blessed Mary Magdalene came to the French town of Vézelay ought to be commented on briefly Possession of the relics of Mary Magdalene enabled the abbey of Vézelay in Burgundy to become one of the most important pilgrimage centres in the whole of...
Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

Aug 13, 2009 | Saints

Thereupon, on the route that through Saint-Leonard stretches towards Santiago, the most worthy remains of the Blessed Mary Magdalene must first of all be rightly worshipped by the pilgrims The Pilgrim’s Guide   Mary Magdalene was the medieval world’s most...