Could medieval Christians have read this as a prohibition against stripes?

For medieval Christians, the labyrinth provided an opportunity to undertake a spiritual .

Medieval Christians believed it to symbolise the five wounds of Christ.

Statues were also destroyed because medieval Christians thought that they were pagan idols.

Suffer for virtue's sake, medieval Christians were told, and you will be rewarded with an eternity of heavenly bliss.

Medieval Christians making the pilgrimage to his shrine often wore a scallop shell symbol on their hat or clothes.

Medieval Christians believed that the "pentalpha" symbolizes the five wounds of Christ.

These medieval Christians were crazy for martyrdom.

Medieval Christians were prohibited by the church from lending money at a profit, although this injunction was often ignored in the commercial centers of the peninsula.

New historical research has also shown that medieval Christians were not generally opposed to scientific investigation and revealed the extent and variety of medieval science.