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I found this on a website RE: Belles Heures
. THE BELLES HEURES of Jean, Duke of Berry. Work of the Limbourg brothers
(Paul, Jean and Herman), the most accomplished of the artists in the Duke's
employ. Dated 1408-1410. The 225 leaves contain 94 full-page miniatures,
54 column illustrations, initials and borders. An unusual feature of the
book are picture cycles giving the stories of St. Catherine of Alexandria,
St. Bruno (founder of the Carthusians), St. Jerome, St. Anthony Abbot and
John the Baptist (the Duke's patron saint), etc. At the Duke's death in
1416, it was acquired by his niece, Yolande, Duchess of Anjou. Edmond de
Rothschild bought it from the Ailly family in 1880. In 1954, is was
acquried by the Cloisters Collection from Maurice de Rothschild.
There are various images from the BH on the 'net but not the one of Saint
Jerome I have in mind. At least, not on a site I could find. I'll try the
MET site but doubt that I'll find the exact page I have in mind.
MG
>From: Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: [M-R] Holy cross-dressing!
>Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 19:27:22 -0700
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>"An earlier incident in the Vita has V.'s enemies placing women's
>clothing and shoes in his bedroom one night in the correct expectation
>that when he arose on the following morning he would in the darkness
>dress himself in these and, so attired, celebrate Matins before the
>people and clergy. As the light grew, it became apparent to all (were
>there no candles in V.'s cathedral to facilitate earlier discovery?)
>how V. was dressed; it was widely assumed that V.'s sartorial
>embarrassment arose from unchaste behavior on his part. Can any of the
>learned on this list cite ancient or medieval parallels of unintended
>crossdressing provoking ridicule or suspicion against a cleric or other
>authority figure? "
>
>A trick like this was played on Saint Jerome, I believe. In fact, an
>illustrated ms. shows this scene vividly, a bald, bearded man in a dress,
>quite startling until one reads the explanation. I also believe the ms. is
>the "Belles Heures" of Jean, duc de Berry. I shall search...
>MG
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