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Well, Henk, anyone with that sort of expertise would certainly not
venture any sort of pronouncement based on a photograph, rather than the
work itself, let alone a photograph that does not actually show the work
to its full advantage. It is "icon-like" and could be either Byzantine
(or otherwise Orthodox) or Crusader (the Crusaders produced icons
strongly inspired by Byzantine ones, largely it is thought in Acre).
Unless someone can find a better image of it, though, it is impossible
to judge either the style or the subject matter of the work even
approximately.
Cheers,
Jim
Henk wrote:
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> Is there no expert on this list who can say if this is a real piece of
> medieval Byzantineish religious art? Or someone with an expert friend?
>
> Henk
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Pat Cullum
> Verzonden: zaterdag 27 maart 2010 21:49
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> This is dated from last August and I don't know whether it was sold as was
> suggested. The story, including the historical howlers, appeared in much the
> same form in the Yorkshire Post, so I think the 'discoverer' was the source,
> and he did not appear to have consulted any experts. As far as I could see,
> from not very good reproductions, it looked to be Byzantine/Orthodox in
> style, about which I have no expertise, but which would suggest that if it
> ever belonged to one or more Crusaders they did not create it. To my
> untutored eye Orthodox style does not change much over time, and so it could
> be much more recent, although it does seem to be in a poor state of repair,
> though that is not a guarantee of great age. The shape is, I would have have
> thought, consistent with a tabernacle door, but does not exclude other
> possibilities. so the only definite things that could be said on the basis
> of the picture, was that it was probably made in Eastern Europe or the near
> east, not in the recent past and for a religious context.
>
> Dr Pat Cullum
> University of Huddersfield
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> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:02:22 -0000
> From: Ms B M Cook <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Car boot wood 'could be Crusades tabernacle'
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> There are the usual journalistic blunders in this but the picture is pretty.
>
> Any comments ?
>
>
> BMC
>
>
> Car boot wood 'could be Crusades tabernacle'
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5966768/Car-boot-wood-co
> uld-be-Crusades-tabernacle.html
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