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"Super Size Me: How the Last Supper Became a Banquet over 1,000 Years"

by Trent Gilliss, online editor

The science editor of The Independent reports on a scientific study finding that “the artistic renditions of the Last Supper over the past thousand years show that the size of the plates and the amount of food being eaten by Jesus Christ and his disciples have grown significantly over the centuries.”

Oh, the Cornell University group found that in the 52 paintings studied that “about 18 per cent of the tables served fish or eel, 14 per cent showed lamb being served and 7 per cent painted portions of pork.” The eel is a smidge surprising, but pork?

    • #christianity
    • #food
    • #last supper
    • #painting
  • 3 years ago [Thu, Mar 25th, 2010 at 7:00pm]
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