medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Jim:
Here you are a bigger photo:
http://picasaweb.google.es/TUIVERDE/Capital/photo#5107079127623167682
The man do holds two birds. As far as I know, in hunting scenes,
there is only one bird...
Best Regards
Carlos
On 9/6/07, jbugslag <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> > I have uploaded a bigger image, so you can figure out what the
> > horseman is doing.
>
> Carlos,
> It looks to me as if the horseman is dismounting, and carrying in one hand one of the "bird-
> like" things that the man in front is holding two of. I'm not convinced that the "bird-like" things
> are really birds, but if they are, then maybe they are hawks. That would make the scene
> secular in at least literal meaning. Is there not a mounted noble holding a hawk in one of the
> early Cistercian illuminated manuscripts?
> Cheers,
> Jim Bugslag
>
> **********************************************************************
> To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
> to: [log in to unmask]
> To send a message to the list, address it to:
> [log in to unmask]
> To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
> to: [log in to unmask]
> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
> [log in to unmask]
> For further information, visit our web site:
> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
>
**********************************************************************
To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
to: [log in to unmask]
To send a message to the list, address it to:
[log in to unmask]
To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
to: [log in to unmask]
In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
[log in to unmask]
For further information, visit our web site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
|