Dear Patricia,
>If you have the opportunity to be more explicit about "BTW, Alan of Lille," I
would be appreciative.
Helas, would that I could.
There is, in one of his lengthy poems, a very precise description of an
allegorical triumphal chariot with amazing levels of detail--down to the
workmanship on the horses reigns, if I recall.
When I read it 25 years ago I flashed on Durer's "Triumphal Chariot of
Maxmillian I," of a few centuries later.
Sorry I can't be more precise in the reference, nor say how it might relate to
your problem, save in the most general and comparative way. Perhaps some less
literarilly challenged member of the list can get you closer to the thing,
which was, as I recall, a pretty good read, for a dark-ages sort of fellow.
>Just wondering if either Paula Gerson or Madeline Caviness whom Jim mentions
in his biblio might be the speaker you remember.
Helas, no.
I know both, and, while a paper by either one would be well worth the
trip from Valley II to the far reaches of the zoo, this particular one on the
Quadriga of Whatsisname was by someone I had not met before, nor seen since.
I took some notes in the back of my catalogue so that I would not forget the
details (which I have, of course, totally forgotten), so I could probably find
out who it was in a moment if I were home, which I won't be for another couple
of weeks.
I have no idea whether the lady in question intended to publish--it was
certainly of publishable quality--but you might try the yearly medieval
bibliographies in the _Cahiers de Civilisation Medievale_, under St. Denis, to
see and to get a good idea of what else might be out there in recent years.
Though Jim is pretty up-to-date on his reading of recent publications.
Sorry I can't help more.
Best from here,
Christopher
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