medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and cultureI'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 cultureLaura,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 cultureI 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 pagehttps://birkbeck.academia.edu/LauraJacobus . In case of doubt, it's the one called 'Fiery Whirlwinds, Flying Pigs, and a 300-year-old Virgin....'all bestLaura******************************Dr. Laura JacobusSenior Lecturer in History of ArtBirkbeck, University of LondonFor 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.ThanksRichard 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] uk 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: medieval-religion-request@jisc mail.ac.uk 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] uk 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: medieval-religion-request@jisc mail.ac.uk 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] uk 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: medieval-religion-request@jisc mail.ac.uk 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] uk 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: medieval-religion-request@ jiscmail.ac.uk For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion