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Oliver Sacks has a chapter (based on his "New Yorker" article) in his book "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain" called "A Bolt From the Blue: Sudden Musicophilia" in which he discusses the modern case of a surgeon who developed both the ability to play the piano and compositional skills after being hit by lightning. A postcript to this chapter offers a few other examples of people--sans lightning--who acquired unexpected musical skills in later life.
Happy New Year to all!
John
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Subject: Re: [M-R] miraculous acquisition of musical ability
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Hi,
I have a reference to 'an article by Shepherd, The prophetic Caedmon' (1954) on this theme, but I´m wondering if list members know of any more recent work, or primary sources, where an individual obtains the gift of either music or poetry as a result of a vision?
Happy New Year to all,
Meg
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From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture on behalf of Marjorie Greene
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Resurrection Bodies?
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Steven et al,
I just added an album to the medrelart site: Ara Coeli in the left column top album and set as the album cover a picture of the Resurrection that is found in the scavi near Ara Coeli church and very close to the Vittorio Emanuele monument. The picture in question is the last in the album. The other photos are of the church, including a momument/tomb/something of Saint Helena.
MG
Marjorie Greene
http://medrelart.shutterfly.com/
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Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 5:40 PM
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Thank you, Jim, for the reference to this work of art. I am looking at the portrayal of resurrection in many different places, especially in medieval theological tracts, sermons and art. I started my research with the assumption that medieval art was almost totally focused on the passion and death of Jesus. I have seen so far that this is far from the truth. Certainly the passion and death of Jesus is the central focus, but I have been surprised at how much medieval art does focus on the resurrection of Christ.
Thanks again,
Steve
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Dear Steve,
This is not quite what you asked for, but this reminded me of Matthias
Grunewald's Isenheim Altarpiece which, when closed, shows a famously
gruesome dead Christ on the Cross, but when opened, a resurrected Christ
that might, at least approximately, be considered to have the qualities
you list.
Cheers,
Jim
McMichael, Steven J. wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> I am working on the death scene of Francis of Assisi in which his dead body miraculously is transformed into the "resurrection body", i.e., it takes on the four endowments: impassibility (impassibilitas), clarity (claritas), agility (agilitas), and subtlety or elusiveness (subtilitas). Are there other saints in the middle ages in which the hagiographer makes such a claim about the body of the saint after his/her death?
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> Thanks in advance of any replies,
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> Steve
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> Steven J. McMichael, OFM Conv.
> Theology Department
> University of Saint Thomas
> Saint Paul, MN USA
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