medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: jbugslag <[log in to unmask]>
>> http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/temp/toronto2/jpgs/toronto2-2007.html
> Dear Bob,
> Thanks for posting this!
yes, it's quite an extraordinary ms --even more extraordinary when that
"pre-800" date (which i was not aware of) is considered.
in other words, it is contemporary with the Godescalc Gospels and the other,
earliest (crudest), works of the "Carolingian Renaissance."
the work of a Greek with itchy feet, obviously.
>> I am struck by ... Matthew's rotulus in the Cappella Tega at Spello (my
"Slide07" taken from catholic-resources.org/Photos/Spello.htm).
> One possibility that occurs to me to explain why Matthew holds a rotulus
here while the other Evangelists hold codices, relates to Matthew's genealogy
of Christ.
as we see in all the "Tree of Jesse" depictions --those guys are always
holding rolls/scrolls, never books.
>In the later Middle Ages genealogies were one of the few literary forms that
were still produced in a rotulus format.
didn't know that.
the rotulus was also the preferred format for the "Rouleaux des Morts", which
have been given a nice new edition by Jean Dufour:
Jean Dufour.
Recueil des rouleaux des morts : (VIIIe siècle-vers 1536) / publié sous la
direction de Jean Favier par Jean Dufour.
Paris : Diffusion de Boccard, 2005-
Series: Recueil des historiens de la France. Obituaires. Série in-4o ; t. 8.
only two vols have appeared so far (i don't know how many are projected):
I: VIIIe s. - 1180
II: 1181-1399
and there is no introductory material nor index.
however, Dufour is *such* an excellent scholar (his edition of the _Recueil
des Actes de Louis VI_ is quite spectacular and exhaustive) that the critical
apparatus (and the edtions themselves) are a pleasure to read, in themselves.
>> http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/apr2006.html (thanks again,
John Dillon). Moses even receives a scroll from on high in 6th century
Ravenna, where Mark has a codex (my "Slide12" -- I need a clearer
image of the Moses scene!).
> St Luke in the S. Vitale mosaics holds a codex but has a capsum full of
rotuli at his feet.
well, i'm working on a computer, but i'm in a library (or what's left of it,
spared by the Lieberry Scientists who run it now), surrounded by old-fashioned
hard-copy books.
old Habits die Hard.
c
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