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Dear Jim:
Are you aware of the exorcism scene depicted in Rabanus Maurus's _De Rerum
Natura_? Book V, Chapter 12.
I have not it at hand, but I'm pretty sure that Reuter discusses the
miniature: REUTER M., Text und Bild im Codex 132 der Bibliothek von
Montecassino «Liber Rabani de originibus rerum», München 1984 (italian
translation: Metodi illustrativi nel Medioevo. Testo e immagine nel codice
132 di Montecassino «Liber Rabani de originibus rerum», Napoli 1994). I have
Reuter's book (both the German and Italian editions), so if you are in
trouble getting it I could make the job for you, if you can wait a week or
so...
Best wishes
Carlos Sastre
NB: I ignore the hand gesture of your image (I missed the thread), so I'm
sending this suggestion just because you mention the exorcism as a
possibility...
----- Original Message -----
From: "jbugslag" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [M-R] hand gesture/bugslag
> I haven't yet discovered the meaning of this distinctive gesture. I have
> consulted a number of
> works on "gesture", but they are mostly limited to a general interpretive
> realm of gesture as a
> narrative motif, rather than specific sorts of ecclesiastical gestures. I
> thought for a bit that it
> might be related to exorcism, but I have so far not been able to find any
> evidence that I was
> on the right track there. So, in short, I'm still perplexed and still
> looking. Any leads gratefully
> accepted.
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
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