medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
well i find the identification convincing, unless someone can offer an
alternative passage. "clouds or something else" won't do.
it suggests that when conceiving of these tympana and when looking at
them, people saw the nature of salvation in terms of the apocalyptic
drama of Rev., that they situated themselves in cosmic time by placing
themselves in this drama. this is the thrust of much of the collection
put together by Emmerson and McGinn (esp articles by Morrison and
Emmerson), but extended to many facets of medieval culture, esp 12th
cn.
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On Dec 29, 2004, at 10:07 AM, Marjorie Greene wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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> As I recall, "someone" asked for depictions of water in medieval
> sculpture and I immediately suggested the tympanum at Moissac, which
> depicts, acc. to most art historians, a composite of themes from Rev.:
> the 24 elders, the crystal sea, etc. "Someone else" hooted at the
> suggestion that the wavy lines were water, but rather clouds or
> something else.
> Here's the tympanum in question:
> http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/medart/image/France/Moissac/abbey/porch/
> Tympanum/Moissac-Portal-tymp-001-s.jpg
> This is also excellent:
> http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/medart/image/France/Moissac/abbey/porch/
> Tympanum/moisptymp.html
> The second URL will send you to the passage from Rev. on which the
> tympanum is based. I provide it here but also suggest you read the
> blurb at the end of the second URL page:
> http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/medart/biblicalref/DRBRev4.html
> MG
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