medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 3/20/06, Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> it seems that *some* (certainly not all) romanesque iconography was based upon
> "mystery plays" --cf. the very curious "wheels" beneath the mounted V&C in the
> Flight scene from Autun,
>
> http://www.art-roman.net/autun/autun46x.jpg
>
> Saulieu
>
> http://www.art-roman.net/saulieu/saulieu22.jpg
>
> and elsewhere, which have been interpreted by some modren art hysterians as
> being the wheels beneath a little cart-like image of the V&C and donkey which
> was presumably pulled during one of these performances.
>
> perhaps we are dealing with something analogous in the C-F cap, a play in
> which the Archangel pulls Joe's beard.
>
> however, someone has probably worked on the iconography of the C-F caps and
> re-inventing that particular wheel with idle speculation on this list might
> not be the best use of our collective times.
Fleury abbey (Saint Benoit Sur Loire) does not seem to have these
wheels (maybe flowers ?) :
http://www.romanes.com/Saint_Benoit_sur_Loire/Saint_Benoit_sur_Loire_0022.html
(sorry for the bad picture, was long time ago)
on this one, we can see a fight behind the donkey, maybe a hint ?
Emmanuel
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