Does anyone know where I can find some popular culture images (such as
advertisements) featuring monks? I'm thinking of things like the old
xerox ad where the xerox machine came down from heaven into a
scriptorium (in fact, I'm looking for that one in particular). My
impression is that popular culture depicts monks as fat, jolly, bald men
who spend all their time copying manuscripts.
I'm in the process of planning a new freshman humanities course called
"Origins of the West," and one of the texts is going to be Benedict's
Rule. I thought acknowledging the popular image of monks would be an
interesting way of introducing our discussion of what the Rule says that
monks are actually supposed to do.
I tried xerox.com, but no luck there.
Thanks in advance,
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Teresa Rupp
Department of History
Mount St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
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