medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Apr 1, 2010, at 2:21 PM, John Dillon wrote:
> 3) Mary of Egypt (d. 5th cent.?).
I believe that in iconography she has at times been conflated/confused
with Mary Magdalene. Both are sometimes shown clothed, as in some of
John's sources, only in their long (usually wavy) hair. In the absence
of other clues it's often hard to tell which is meant. A 1510
sculpture identified as Mary Magdalen by Gregor Erhart is in the Louvre:
http://tinyurl.com/yehvmgz
> 5) Hugh of Grenoble (d. 1132). H. was a canon of Valence of
> reforming temperament who when still a young man was elected bishop
> of Grenoble. Disdaining as a simoniac the then archbishop of
> Vienne, H. chose instead to be consecrated at Rome by pope St.
> Gregory VII. Intermittently successful at reforming his diocese, he
> twice tried monastic life instead, first as a Cluniac at La Chaise-
> Dieu and later with St. Bruno at the Grand Chartreuse, in whose
> foundation H. had assisted as the local bishop. On the first
> occasion he was recalled by Gregory and on the second Bruno told him
> that he really should return to his diocese. At least, that's how
> prior Guigo I of the Grand Chartreuse relates these events in his
> Vita of H. (BHL 4016), an important document for early Carthusian
> history.
There is a surviving linen alb attributed to St. Hugh at La Valsainte
bei Charmey. It appears to be of the right date, is in excellent
condition, and is constructed and decorated with some very interesting
needlework. It is pictured and described in Brigitta Schmedding's
_Mittelalterliche Textilien in Kirchen und Klöstern der Schweiz_
(1978, Abegg-Stiftung Bern) and in _Textile Conservation and Research_
(Mechtild Flury-Lemberg, 1988, Abegg-Stiftung Bern).
Some photos from the books:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claning/4497782354/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claning/4497782838/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claning/4497147809/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claning/4497147929/
Detail of the very interesting patterned gathering technique used in
the underarm gusset of this and similar albs to compress large amounts
of gathered fabric into a small area (modern reproduction, my photo):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claning/4497148283/
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