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It would be useful to know the liturgical or other devotional context in which this illumination appears. Has the book in question no formal description that could be divulged to those who have been asked to assist on this matter?
Being of the pro-aqueduct party, I wonder if the context is not Marian. Psalm 109/110 is the Vespers psalm for the Little Office of the BVM in the latter's modern form. Was it also so medievally? Are we looking at an illumination not in a psalter but rather in an Horae BVM? If so, could the composition include elements taken both from the standard glossing of the psalm and from a Marian text, specifically St. Bernard's sermon On the Aqueduct?
Just guessing,
John Dillon
On Thursday, February 8, 2007, at 4:09 pm, Theresa Gross-Diaz wrote:
> I may have missed some entries to this fascinating problem; forgive me
> if I repeat what's been said already:
>
> If the provenance of the MS gives no help as to the odd structure,
> perhaps the key is in the commentary. After all, that's why the Trinity
> is in this illuminated D. The Trinity figures not at all in the psalm
> (unsurprisingly) until you get to the exegesis: Augustine dwells on
> Christ and the Father in his comments, and Cassiodorus brings in also
> the Spirit towards the end of his comments; I don't have the Glossa O
> on
> hand, but I seem to recall that the Trinity plays in that set of glosses
> as well.
> I admit I tried hard to see that structure as a "scabellum"
> (footstool) but alas it remains perversely un-footstool-like. Also if
> you squint, maybe you can convince yourself that it really is an
> aqueduct as is suggested by the " de torrente" but that's stretching it
> even further. But maybe some popular commentary will give you a
> clue.
> Good luck, and do let us know if you figure it out!!!
> TGD
>
>
> >>> Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> 2/8/2007 12:50 PM >>>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> There have been "aqueduct" suggestions. But at the moment, a suggestion
> that
> we have OT and NT combinations is on the table and someone thought the
>
> strange structure might be a befuddled version of the Tabernacle or
> Tent of
> Meeting.
> MG
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