medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Elsewhere one finds isolated instances. One is on an historiated corbel forming part of the Nativity reliefs on the later twelfth-century facade of the église primatiale Saint-Trophime in Arles <http://tinyurl.com/c59zrhb> (note the similarity to representations of the baptism of Clovis!).
Dear John,
Many thanks for your thoughtful continuation of this discussion. And thank you for reminding me of how beautiful the sculptures of Saint-Trophime are! The corbel you point out is quite unusual among these bathing scenes in including the dove of the Holy Spirit. Besides the baptism of Clovis, this also suggests reference to Christ's own baptism, on which images of Clovis's baptism were undoubtedly based. Perhaps this suggests, right at the incarnation, Christ's mission on earth, but if you have any further thoughts, I'd be grateful.
This probably only scratches the surface. And, of course, I'm not an art historian.
It undoubtedly only does scratch the surface, John, but there is no need for you to apologize for not being an art historian!! Besides the fact that, as I'm sure many others on the list are as well, I am always impressed by your erudition, it strikes me that what we are dealing with here is a historical discourse between written texts and images that cannot be considered by means of one or the other medium alone. It is only disciplinary limitations that fracture the problem along those lines.
Cheers,
Jim
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