| Genevra, The designer of the image may have been conflating these two "events," which would give the building its double aspect of prison and church: and Also known as the Basilica Eudoxiana, [San Pietro in Vincoli] was first rebuilt on older foundations[1]in 432-440 to house the relic of the chains that bound Saint Peter when he was imprisoned in Jerusalem, the episode called the Liberation of Saint Peter. The Empress Eudoxia (wife of Emperor Valentinian III), who received them as a gift from her mother, Aelia Eudocia, consort of Valentinian II, presented the chains toPope Leo I. Aelia Eudocia had received these chains as a gift from Iuvenalis, bishop of Jerusalem. According to legend, when Leo, while he compared them to the chains of St. Peter's final imprisonment in the Mamertine Prison in Rome, the two chains miraculously fused together.[2] The chains are kept in a reliquary under the main altar in the basilica. The Mamertine
Prison looks like the church that it is beneath. I have photos of the interior of the prison, which I shall post tomorrow. MG Marjorie Greene
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From: Genevra Kornbluth <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [M-R] Feasts and Saints of the Day: August 1
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Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 7:13 PM
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 8/2/2012 3:04 PM, James Bugslag wrote:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
religion and culture
Genevra,
It is difficult to generalize about how any building "looks" in
the 12th century. In this case, there is certainly nothing
about the representation that picks it out as a prison. It is a
very generic "building" which is mostly doorway, to show that St
Peter is leaving it. It might also be a town, or a house,
although if it were supposed to be a church, there may well be a
more prominent tower or a rounded bit to signify an apse. For
the most part, though, the vocabulary of architecture at the
time, although generally inherited from late antiquity through
Carolingian intermediaries, works a bit like Lego.
Cheers,
Jim
That's about what I thought. My question was stimulated by Gordon's
note with his photo: "A panel of glass of c1150 showing St Peter
being led from prison by an angel as recounted in the Acts of the
Apostles. Though the prison looks more like a church to me!" That
made me wonder whether there was a distinctive architecture of
prisons, either in construction or in representations.
Genevra
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