medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Anne Derbes
Professor of Art History
Co-director, Honors Program
Hood College
Frederick, MD 21701
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On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:49 PM, "Genevra Kornbluth" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> On 12/8/2010 1:16 PM, Christopher Crockett wrote:
>>> i wish i had told you about the twisted cloister columns (with figures climbing up them and historiated capitals) from the abbey of Coulombs, now in the Louvre.
> Thanks for the ref-- I'll drop your message into the to-do file for the
> next time I am at the Louvre, whenever that will be! Perhaps next time
> there will not be a general strike in progress, and more rooms will be open.
>
> About the BM Gudea http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/Gudea2.jpg
> The figure was probably fairly standard originally, perhaps something
> like one of these (though as you can see from the [carefully made
> anonymous] guard, unusually large)
>
> http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp;jsessionid=M1Qm3rGf6QLj2DJVvRHY3K16Hb4QhvL4LygHn1brWjw2k5hzsFHc!-2036923028?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673225316&CURRENT_LLV_NOTICE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673225316&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500800&bmLocale=en
>
> http://www.lessing-photo.com/dispimg.asp?i=08020412+&cr=8&cl=1
>
> Presumably after Gudea himself was no longer around to object, and the
> statue was lying on its back, people used the stone as a mortar to grind
> grain. Each of the concavities that have destroyed all but the original
> feet appears to be the result of long grinding with a pestle.
> Best,
> Genevra
>
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