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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Thanks, George! I'll have to look again at the Protevangelium-- it's been many years since I've read it, and my (obviously hazy) memory said that Salome was the midwife. best, Genevra On 12/29/2015 2:18 PM, Gyorgy Gereby wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Dear Genevra, > > Thank you for these wonderful images. A minor remark: on the > Carolingian pyxis the woman kneeling in front of the manger of the > Christ child is Salome, and not the midwife. She holds out her > withered hand following the account of the Protevangelium of James, a > wonderful illustration of the influence of the ProtEv. Other examples > of the same iconography are on a panel of the Maximian cathedra, on a > fresco in Apa Apollo, Bawit, cell LI, north side (seventh c.), at the > bottom of an ivory panel of the British Museum, and I think there was > another pyxis of very similar design of Syro-Palestinian origin in the > British Museum, too (I'll have to find the picture in my scattered > archives). > > Best wishes for the New Year, > > George > > György Geréby CSc (PhD) > associate professor > head, Mediaeval Studies Department > Central European University > > Budapest V > Nador u 9 > H-1051 Hungary > > Phone/fax: + 36.1.3412634 > Mobile: +36.30.9969874 > Skype: ggereby4 > > On 26 December 2015 at 03:28, Genevra Kornbluth <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > John, I find the lantern held by Joseph in 'z' particularly appealing! > Does the date you give for 'a' come from Weitzmann, or where? Both > the Virgin's body and the shepherd(?) in the hat (lower right) > strike me as rather strange. > Some additions: > http://www.KornbluthPhoto.com/Nativity.html > all best, > Genevra > > On 12/25/2015 7:26 PM, John Dillon wrote: > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion > and culture > > A few period-pertinent images of the Nativity of Jesus: > > a) as depicted in a seventh-century encaustic icon in the Holy > Monastery of the God-trodden Mount Sinai, St. Catherine (South > Sinai governorate): > http://tinyurl.com/cf48lpe > > z) as portrayed by the workshop of Michael Wolgemut in a panel > of the early sixteenth-century polychromed wooden principal > altarpiece (completed, 1508) in the Stadtkirche St. Johannes > und St. Martin in Schwabach: > http://tinyurl.com/nth3v7n > > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion