medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/temp/toronto2/jpgs/toronto2-2007.html
Dear Bob,
Thanks for posting this!
> 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. In the later Middle Ages
genealogies were one of the few literary forms that were still produced in a rotulus format.
> 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.
> I wondered whether the image of Jesus Pantokrator in the San
> Apollinare in Classe basilica (my "Slide13") is backwards on the web,
> since he cradles the codex in the right hand-arm, unlike the other
> Pantokrator images I encountered (e.g. my "Slide10").
All three of your images in Slide 13 are reversed.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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