medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Friday, March 28, 2008, at 4:41 am, Henk wrote, quoting Rochelle Altman:
> Why doesn't anybody take this up?
>
> Rochelle wrote:
>
> >I did try to draw attention to the flat head join -- (hint, hint).
> The shroud far too closely resembles a "flat." It would have stood
> draped across a support on one of the portable platforms during the
> appropriate place in a mystery cycle. You would need both sides for
> such a display; but you would NOT want a space at the head.
>
> >I am familiar with the English cycles -- and I know that there were
> cycles performed on the continent, but I do not know if a record of
> cycles performed in Turin exists. Anyone out here know anything
> about touring or guild cycles in Italy back then?
>
> Henk
>
I can speak only for myself. I would not take up this query because it seems to presuppose a fact not in evidence: the creation of the so-called Shroud of Turin (hereafter, 'the Shroud') at Turin. Since the Shroud has what appears to be a fairly well documented history, not involving Turin, from 1357 until its sale to Louis of Savoy in 1453 and since it seems to have been primarily at the Savoyard capital of Chambéry until the 1570s when it found a new home in Turin (the Savoyard capital since 1563), the likelihood that it was actually created for the performance of a liturgical drama _at_ Turin seems rather small. Would one seek for the origin of the Bayeux "Tapestry" at Bayeux?
Most of what has been written on the liturgical drama of medieval and early modern Italy has naught to do with the Duchy of Savoy. One could therefore know much about cyclical drama (or even non-cyclical, of which there was quite a bit) "in Italy back then" and little or nothing that would be useful for an inquiry about performances in the Duchy of Savoy. In fact, since the Duchy of Savoy had important francophone territories in what are now France and Switzerland, one could also, but perhaps to as little pragmatic effect, ask about cycles in France or in Switzerland "back then".
For _sacre rappresentazioni_ in Turin and in Piedmont more generally, I would consult the writings of Anna Cornagliotti of the Università di Torino. There's a bibliography here, going into 2002:
http://tinyurl.com/2w3up3
Best,
John Dillon
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