medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: John Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
> Christopher Crockett wrote:
> >>> (see: ZARNECKI, G., J. HOLT y T. HOLLAND (ed.), English Romanesque
Art 1066-1200, London, 1984, nš. 138)
>> and i'd be happy to hear of *any* "pattern books" which have survived
from the period of this Anglo-Saxon tympanum (mid-11th c.??); or,
indeed, from any period before it or from the 12th c.
> The tympanum isn't Anglo-Saxon, of course.
quite right, John, and mea grosso culpa.
"Anglo-Norman" might be appropriate for this ecclectic style which has so
little to do with the French exemplars i am most familiar with.
i was just looking at the V&C and seeing, say, the Fleury west tower capitals
and thinking "1040s" or so.
"circa 1140" is Zarnecki's guess and i'm not about to secondguess him.
i note that he also explains my "curious _mudra_" of the BVM as "a small round
object in her right hand", almost clearly visible in the nice color plate he
publishes but not quite so in Carlos' .jpg
http://www.geocities.com/cdesastre20008/DSCN4210.JPG
Z. also speaks of a John and Luke doing a twin act on a nearby tympanum at
Aston --again, i insist on the comparative rarity of suchlike double
evangelist symbol iconographies until Jim corrects me.
an then there's the "anomaly" of the Virgin's cruciform halo --not much
escapes Zarnecki's sharp eye.
c
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