medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 3/20/06, Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > In Clermont Ferrand, Notre Dame du Port, there is the most funny
> expression of Joseph I know, his beard being pulled by Archange
> Gabriel because of his incredubility about Mary bearing God's child :
> http://romanes.com/Clermont/ND_Port/Notre_Dame_du_Port_de_Clermont_0043.html
>
> an extraordinary iconography (which i've not seen before), and one which,
> surely, must be seen as expressing some sort of insult to or contempt for (?)
> the Hapless Joe (his Haplessness being the Usual treatment of him in
> romanesque Nativity scenes).
> i mentioned previously, on the Beard Pullers' thread (what that here or on
> Med-Art?), that pulling a gentilehomme's beard was regarded in _El Cid_ as a
> great insult and that Superhero (who is styled "el de la barba florida") took
> great care to bind up his beard with a ribbon to make it harder for his
> enemies to jerk him around by it.
Yes christopher this was on Medart.
> one wonders if we are not dealing with some sort of folk motief of Joseph as
> Cuckhold?
Well being told to be Cuckhold by an archange is not the worst
situation you would encounter in medieval iconography, must be better
than Simon the magician fall ;-)
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