medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Do you mean this one?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pennstatelive/4948128534/in/photostream/
yours
Karl
Am 13.01.2014 um 20:03 schrieb Ms B M Cook <[log in to unmask]>:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Dear friends,
>
> I don't know about "usually" but I Googled "SYNOGOGUA but NOT Synagogue" IMAGES and among other things it came up with a statue of a female wearing a conical hat pulled down to impede her sight. The reference to the picture was :
>
> news.psu.edu 4948128534.jpg
>
> Unfortunately I could not get this link to open. I could not tell if this image was late mediaeval or 19th C "medievalistic". The Penn webite was not helpful either.
>
> But perhaps it suggests that SOMETIMES (like when ?) Synagogua was depicted in a conical hat.
>
> Is there space for a contrasting image of "ECCLESIA" ? Either as a surviving image or a a space where plausible she might be to balance the design ?
>
> The plot thickens!!
>
> Brenda,
>
> Brenda M Cook,
> Independent Scholar
>
> "I care not if you bridge the sea,
> Or ride secure the cruel sky,
> Or build consummate palaces,
> Of metal or of masonry;
>
> But have you wine and music still,
> And statues, and a bright-eyed love,
> And foolish thoughts of good and ill,
> And prayers to them who sit above ?"
>
> James Elroy Flecker: "To a poet a thousand years hence." (1915)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Suydam" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 11:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [M-R] Battistero di San Giovanni, Florence
>
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Synagogua isn't usually shown with a hat, is she?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jan 12, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Ms B M Cook <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>>
>> The woman with the Jewish hat wouldn't represent "Synagogue" by any chance ? (I've seen her blindfolded in Rochester Cathedral.
>>
>> BMC
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Dillon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 12:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: [M-R] Battistero di San Giovanni, Florence
>>
>>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>>
>> The mystery figure <http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/FlorenceBaptMosaics_13-1.jpg> could be wearing a Jew's hat (Stephen Morris' comment about OT prophets points to this as well, as these figures are commonly shown wearing a Jew's hat -- and not only in Byzantine art). Which could be why she's set apart a bit from the other damned. Her gesture (denial of speech) complements those of two of the damned arising from their graves on the opposite side of the composition <http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/FlorenceBaptMosaics_17-1.jpg>, shown denying hearing and denying sight. I rather suspect that the three jointly indicate the utter awfulness of the torments of the damned.
>>
>> Best,
>> John Dillon
>
> **********************************************************************
> To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME
> to: [log in to unmask]
> To send a message to the list, address it to:
> [log in to unmask]
> To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion
> to: [log in to unmask]
> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
> [log in to unmask]
> For further information, visit our web site:
> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion
**********************************************************************
To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME
to: [log in to unmask]
To send a message to the list, address it to:
[log in to unmask]
To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion
to: [log in to unmask]
In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
[log in to unmask]
For further information, visit our web site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion
|