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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Am 29.08.2016 um 00:13 schrieb John Dillon: > The lion's being seen to crawl up the column and the footstool's tilt both strike me as attempts to impart motion to this scene. the tilt is probably copied from something like the Lorsch Gospels (image provided by John) without understanding the concept of "perspective" still recognisable in the latter: http://bibliotheca-laureshamensis-digital.de/bav/bav_pal_lat_50/0008 Best, Herwig > ________________________________________ > From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Gross-Diaz, Theresa <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 10:59:10 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [M-R] FEAST - A Saint for the Day (August 28): St. Augustine of Hippo > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > John, thanks once again for the marvelous images you send us along with the 'saints' postings. Too often I don't stop to smell those figurative roses. The Lateran image fascinated me by all I could not understand: why is Aug sitting on a dresser? How common is it to see a tiny lion crawling up a column and holding an ink horn in its maw? Why is the footstool levitating, and what is that angel holding in its veiled hands? > I'd be grateful for any elucidation this company can easily provide - > TGD > > > ********************************************************************** 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