medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I don't recall the date offhand, but the portal of the Bamberger Dom has a figure with obvious African features (subsaharan) - one of the three kings. I did
some research on the prevalance of African visages in Medieval imagery and culture while at the University of Trier in 1991, but seem to have misplaced it.
Apparently, it was not limited to slaves, if I remember correctly. Germans, in particular, had a minor fascination with Africans. Their depiction in the presence
of the Emperor was (from what I recall) a sign of the universal rule of the Christian Emperor. Other nobles apparently (again from what I recall) adopted
African faces and figures into their heraldry in order to show loyalty or affinity for the Emperor.
Pope Benedict XVI's coat of arms features a crowned African face, clearly subsaharan. That having been noted, I don't know the date of origin for the
Ratzinger coat of arms.
George the Less
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:06:54 +0200, Karl Brunner wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>Belakane, one of the wifes of Parzivals father, is black, and their
>son Feirefiz is black and white, and comes to the grail: I only wanted
>to say, that there is no negative connotation with black/niger people
>in MA. I do not know, if they had any real knowlegde about real black
>people, except of slaves in Venice.
>yours
>k
>Am 27.08.2008 um 20:38 schrieb Christopher Crockett:
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