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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The _Lexique des symboles_ (Eds. Zodiaque, Olivier Beigbeder) has a lengthy discussion of the acrobat; this is where I went to search for the French term for the belt you mention. St Augustine is mentioned as spouting "diatribes contre les jeux du cirque," which may explain why the acrobat is at his left, the place of the damned in the typical tympanum scene. The salient points of the brief essay are interesting and, if you don't have or can't procure a copy of the book, I'll summarize them - but later. MG >From: CARLOS <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > culture <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [M-R] Of sirenes and acrobats >Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:00:17 +0100 > >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >Yes,Marjorie, but here we are dealing with the -much discussed- loi du >cadre. And yes, I am aware that there are two-tailed sirens that should be >the motif Graf had in mind. Probably here was working with photos and >didn't >see the "actual" tympanum. The acrobat has in his waist a belt that allows >him to contort without hurting himself. The Spanish term for this object is >"cinturón de fuerza". Anyone knows the French equivalent? I need it because >I am aware that in a Cahiers de Saint-Michel-de-Cuixŕ back issue someone >published an article on this topic and I should like to have a look to it. > > > >Thanks again! > > > >Carlos > > >On 1/21/06, Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >culture > > > > I can understand the confusion between a sirčne and an acrobat. Scroll > > down > > to the two, paired in this picture at Vézelay: > > http://www.art-roman.net/vezelay/vezelay4.htm > > Although not similar to your acrobat, the two are in nearly identical > > poses. > > I've seen sirčnes (at Perrecy-les-Forges, I think) with forked tails > > behind > > their heads, that resemble the pose in question at your church. > > MG > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > > ********************************************************************** > > 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 > > > >********************************************************************** >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 _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ********************************************************************** 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