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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I'll admit that I'm sort of curious about it, but that's because I'm from Kansas, so tornadoes are sort of a big deal here. - Kurt On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Richard Legault <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Laura, > > While the images are indeed whirly, I think I'd go with sunbursts or stars > and planets, especially from the context of a Coronation of the Virgin. The > astronomical images are more fitting for a queen of heaven. > Thanks for trying. I'll keep looking. > > Cheers, > > Richard J Legault > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Laura Jacobus <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> I doubt that there was an established iconography for the phenomenon. >> I've come across a description of an (embroidered) image of a 'fiery >> whirlwind' (prester) but cross-referencing this description with others of >> the same or similar embroidery, and with a possible actual image it seems >> to me that the textile being described was actually embroidered with what >> we might call sunbursts, ie. a sun with wiggly rays. There's a link to a >> paper I gave (text and images) on my academia.edu page >> https://birkbeck.academia.edu/LauraJacobus. In case of doubt, it's the >> one called 'Fiery Whirlwinds, Flying Pigs, and a 300-year-old Virgin....' >> >> all best >> >> Laura >> >> Dr. Laura Jacobus >> Senior Lecturer in History of Art >> Birkbeck, University of London >> >> >> For details of my book on Giotto and the Arena Chapel see >> http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9781905375127-1 >> >> >> >> On 5 April 2017 at 18:24, Richard Legault <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >>> culture >>> The Whirlwind is a well known biblical image, most notably in the *Book >>> of Job*, where God appears to Job from out of a whirlwind and in *2 >>> Cronicles* where Elijah is lifted up in a whirlwind. I have been >>> searching for good examples of whirlwind images in medieval art and so far >>> have only be able to locate one possible (see "Exhibit B" at >>> https://listoffigures.wordpress.com/tag/tornado/). >>> >>> I would be grateful to anyone on the list who can guide me to any >>> primary medieval sources on whirlwinds (of any type including tornados, >>> waterspouts, dust-devils and so-on) in texts, illuminations or any artwork >>> of the period. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Richard J Legault >>> >>> >>> ********************************************************************** >>> 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 >> >> >> ********************************************************************** >> 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 > > > ********************************************************************** 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 > ********************************************************************** 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