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Dear James
Antoninus, Archbishop of Florence deals with this:
'They are to be condemned who paint things that are against the faith, when
they make as an image of the Trinity one Person with three heads, which is
monstrous in the nature of things, or in the Annunciation of the Virgin for
the little boy, that is Jesus, to be sent fully formed into the womb of the
Virgin, as if his body were not produced from the substance of the Virgin;'
the passage is quoted in Creighton Gilbert, 'The Archbishop and the Painters
of Florence', Art Bulletin, 41 (1959), pp.83-5.
I think Panofsky also gives some useful sources when he is dealing with the
Merode altarpiece by the Master of Flemalle (which has a the Christ Child
flying down on a ray of light from God the Father in an Annunciation) in
Early Netherlandish Painting: Its Origins and Character, 2 vols (Cambridge,
MA., 1953).
Best
Dr Catherine Lawless
Lecturer in the History of Art and Design
Department of Government and Society
University of Limerick
Tel: 00-353-061-202381
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I am sure that someone will know the answer to my question, but I thank all
who respond in advance.
I have the following description of a wall painting dated c.1400 in Denmark.
I have been told that the depiction of Christ with a physical body before
the Incarnation at the Nativity is heretical in the eyes of the Church. Is
this correct? If so, can anyone give the citation from the Church records?
Tirsted. c.1400. (M-K 25-054) Annunciation. First panel. Left, angel, with
nimbus, left hand waist high, palm up, right hand points upward towards God.
Center top, God, with cross nimbus,
encircled by cloud, right hand, three fingers extended, in blessing towards
BVM, beam of light carries miniature Christ, with cross nimbus, carrying
cross, to head of BVM. Center, a lily in a vase. Right, BVM, with nimbus,
scroll, cannot read.
Thank again for any help.
James Mills
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