medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Hello All As Maddy will tell you, Dr Miriam Gill is the leading expert on depictions of Deadly Sins and Corporeal Works in wall paining. Here is a link to her website which discusses some of the iconography: http://www.le.ac.uk/ha/seedcorn/contents.html Ellie Dr Ellie Pridgeon, BA, MA, PhD, Arch Dip Tutor in Art History & Architecture BA and Certificate Courses University of Leicester Archivist, Church Monuments Society Medieval Wall Paintings Web-Blog: http://medievalwallpaintings.wordpress.com/ ________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Madeleine Gray [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 09 December 2013 14:29 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [M-R] FW: [M-R] newly discovered medieval wall paintings in Wales medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The sin of Accedia isn't so much 'Sloth', is it, but what we'd call depression and/or despair. The devil's job is to persuade the individual to lose all hope, including of salvation, and allow themselves to lapse into the inaction characteristic of depression (don't we know it), hence the somewhat misleading translation as Sloth. Which is, of course, why suicide was thought of as a sin. Despair is also one of the things you were advised to look out for on your deathbed. Maddy Madeleine Gray PhD. FRHistS. Reader in History | Darllenydd mewn Hanes School of Humanities and Lifelong Learning | Ysgol Ddyniaethau a Dysgu Gydol Oes University of South Wales | Prifysgol De Cymru Caerleon Campus | Campws Caerllion, Newport | Casnewydd NP18 3QT, Wales | Cymru Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675 http://www.southwales.ac.uk http://twitter.com/penrhyspilgrim http://twitter.com/HeritageUSW http://twitter.com/USWHistory 'Never threaten to go. Always threaten to stay.' (Sally Barnes of Women and the Church) Confidential and legally privileged information may be contained in this message. 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From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jane Stemp Wickenden Sent: 08 December 2013 23:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] newly discovered medieval wall paintings in Wales medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture In Sequitur de Accidia in the Parson’s Tale, Chaucer references, within three pages, Accidie, “slouthe” and wanhope, “that is despeir of the mercy of god”. I’m wondering if there is a semantic or other merge of association here which might also be present in the wall painting. This is the relevant link in an online edition of the Ellesmere MS: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/AGZ8232.0001.001/1:12.3.10?rgn=div3;view=fulltext Jane ________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James Bugslag Sent: 08 December 2013 15:41 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] newly discovered medieval wall paintings in Wales In Prudentius' Psychomachia, such a suicide is associated with anger, but by the 12th and 13th centuries, it was more commonly associated with despair. It is not, to my knowledge, usual to associate it with accidia. Cheers, Jim ________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of John Shinners [[log in to unmask]] Sent: December 8, 2013 9:34 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] newly discovered medieval wall paintings in Wales medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture In the BBC clip of the St. Cadoc wall paintings there’s a brief glimpse of “Accidia,” which shows a man running himself through with a sword. I know suicide was associated with accidia, but is this a typical iconography of Sloth? John On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Probably not - the St Teilo's paintings are iconographically completely different, and a different artistic style as well, and probably 1520s rather than 1480s. Main connection is probably that I've worked on both! Maddy Dr Madeleine Gray PhD, FRHistS Reader in History/ Darllenydd mewn Hanes School of Humanities and Lifelong Learning /Ysgol Ddyniaethau a Dysgu Gydol Oes University of South Wales/Prifysgol De Cymru Caerleon Campus/Campws Caerllion, Newport/Casnewydd NP18 3QT Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675 http://www.southwales.ac.uk http://twitter.com/penrhyspilgrim http://twitter.com/HeritageUSW http://twitter.com/USWHistory 'We all cherrypick the past but you have to be aware that you're cherrypicking' (Ruth Goodman) ________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] on behalf of Anne Willis [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 6:28 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [M-R] newly discovered medieval wall paintings in Wales medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I wonder if there is any connection between these wall paintings, and those found at St Teilo, formerly at Landeilo Tal y bont, Glamorgan, and now at St Fagans http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans/buildings/stteilos/ Anne ________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Stephen Morris Sent: 06 December 2013 16:22 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [M-R] newly discovered medieval wall paintings in Wales medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Thank you for the links! Nice to meet you, "face-to-face" as well, Maddy! Stephen On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The church has nave and a substantial south aisle with south chapel at the east end. The St George is most of the south wall, the Sins go round the west end of the south wall and onto the west wall. There is clearly undamaged paint under the limewash on the west wall of the aisle north of the window and round to the north wall of the aisle - current best guess is the Acts of Mercy. There are traces of paint elsewhere including over the chancel arch, but Jane Rutherfoord says the smooth plaster elsewhere suggests it has been renewed in the post-medieval period and won't have any paint. There are also post-medieval texts (you can see part of one which has been left over the castle and princess in the St George painting) which may make it difficult to justify exploring further. Maddy Dr Madeleine Gray PhD, FRHistS Reader in History/ Darllenydd mewn Hanes School of Humanities and Lifelong Learning /Ysgol Ddyniaethau a Dysgu Gydol Oes University of South Wales/Prifysgol De Cymru Caerleon Campus/Campws Caerllion, Newport/Casnewydd NP18 3QT Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675<tel:%2B44%20%280%291633.432675> http://www.southwales.ac.uk http://twitter.com/penrhyspilgrim http://twitter.com/HeritageUSW http://twitter.com/USWHistory 'We all cherrypick the past but you have to be aware that you're cherrypicking' (Ruth Goodman) ________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] on behalf of Jon Cannon [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 12:57 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [M-R] newly discovered medieval wall paintings in Wales medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Very curious as to the extent of them. The video suggests one end of one aisle has its paint scheme intact, a rare opportunity to get some sense of the original appearance of the whole church. Wonderful. Jon > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:22:16 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [M-R] newly discovered medieval wall paintings in Wales > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Dear medieval-religion colleagues, > > I was fascinated by this news story, with an accompanying video, concerning the church of St Cadoc in Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. 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