01-30-2002, 07:49 AM
Salve,<br>
<br>
A recent publication (a revised translation of an earlier book in German though) is:<br>
<br>
M. Clauss, <i> The Roman cult of Mithras: the god and his mysteries</i> (rev. ed.) (Edinburgh 2000) ISBN 0 7486 1396 X<br>
<br>
Clauss is critical of earlier more speculative interpretations of the Mithraic cult. He does not list any sources for the tattoo's or scars (brand used to be applied to both burn marks and tattoo's in nineteenth century English, hence some confusion over what is meant in earlier publications), but perhaps some of the earlier works may have them, if such marks were not a result of imaginative reconstruction beyond actually available evidence.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
<br>
A recent publication (a revised translation of an earlier book in German though) is:<br>
<br>
M. Clauss, <i> The Roman cult of Mithras: the god and his mysteries</i> (rev. ed.) (Edinburgh 2000) ISBN 0 7486 1396 X<br>
<br>
Clauss is critical of earlier more speculative interpretations of the Mithraic cult. He does not list any sources for the tattoo's or scars (brand used to be applied to both burn marks and tattoo's in nineteenth century English, hence some confusion over what is meant in earlier publications), but perhaps some of the earlier works may have them, if such marks were not a result of imaginative reconstruction beyond actually available evidence.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
