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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture With respect to its being called a representation of the Transfiguration, both links I provided are to course materials put up by art historians (at Sydney and at Penn) who call it that. A Google search just now for [transfiguration Apollinare] produced 378 hits, some of which may give you an inkling of how customary this view really is. With respect to how I see it, a brief answer would be: Symbolically. For an explanation of the symbolism, see this handout for tourists at Ravenna: http://tinyurl.com/9laxa Best again, John Dillon PS: There's an unfortunate typo in my previous message. Francavilla di Sicilia's river is the Alcantara, not the Alacantara. ----- Original Message ----- On Saturday, August 6, 2005, at 8:27 pm, Diana Wright wrote: > I've done a lot of Byzantine mosaics & early Christian art & trips to > Ravenna & have never seen this called the Transfiguration before. > How do > you see it? > > DW > > > > Three views of the Transfiguration mosaic in Sant'Apollinare in > Classe> are here: > > > http://vandyck.anu.edu.au/introduction/add/Christ.iconog/jpgs/Ah441- > 054.jpg> http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/smr04/101910/Slide9.25.jpg > > > > Best, > > John Dillon ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join 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: leave 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/lists/medieval-religion.html