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I know the Turin connection is late, but that's not the main point Rochelle
makes. It is the 'flat head join' I find stimulating to think about. It is
indeed very much like a folded cloth 'painted' (perhaps by an early 14th c
scorch artist?) with a front and back of JC that could have hung suspended
from a crossbar or -pole as a 'gonfanon'. This could have been a theatrical
prop, but also a procession banner, f.i. Don't you guys find this a
stimulating thought?
Furthermore: it could have had all kinds of geographical connections, those
kinds of occasions happened everywhere.
Henk
I can speak only for myself. I would not take up this query because it
seems to presuppose a fact not in evidence: the creation of the so-called
Shroud of Turin (hereafter, 'the Shroud') at Turin. Since the Shroud has
what appears to be a fairly well documented history, not involving Turin,
from 1357 until its sale to Louis of Savoy in 1453 and since it seems to
have been primarily at the Savoyard capital of Chambéry until the 1570s when
it found a new home in Turin (the Savoyard capital since 1563), the
likelihood that it was actually created for the performance of a liturgical
drama _at_ Turin seems rather small. Would one seek for the origin of the
Bayeux "Tapestry" at Bayeux?
Most of what has been written on the liturgical drama of medieval and early
modern Italy has naught to do with the Duchy of Savoy. One could therefore
know much about cyclical drama (or even non-cyclical, of which there was
quite a bit) "in Italy back then" and little or nothing that would be useful
for an inquiry about performances in the Duchy of Savoy. In fact, since the
Duchy of Savoy had important francophone territories in what are now France
and Switzerland, one could also, but perhaps to as little pragmatic effect,
ask about cycles in France or in Switzerland "back then".
For _sacre rappresentazioni_ in Turin and in Piedmont more generally, I
would consult the writings of Anna Cornagliotti of the Università di Torino.
There's a bibliography here, going into 2002:
http://tinyurl.com/2w3up3
Best,
John Dillon
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