medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 12/27/11, Christopher Crockett wrote:
> as usual, i have found the unusual on one of your pages, Genevra.
>
> though there must be other examples, this is the first time i can remember
> seeing a 12th c. relief with inscriptions in both Latin and Greek
>
> http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/CruxSteatite.jpg
>
> from this page
>
> http://www.KornbluthPhoto.com/Russia.html
>
> though there certainly are Eastern elements in the style, it doesn't strike me
> as *particularly* Byzantine.
>
> but, it isn't *particularly* Western, either.
>
> intended for a market somewhere in the Crusader states, perhaps?
Or in some other place where in the twelfth century some read Greek and some read Latin. E.g. Sicily. A slight jogging of one's memory might bring up the cathedral of Cefalù, e.g. the apse mosaic where the inscription above the Pantocrator is in Latin:
http://tinyurl.com/7vouywb
but in the register immediately below not only Mary but also the archangels are identified inscriptionally in Greek (in the Latin west not unusual for Mary, of course):
http://tinyurl.com/769nvj9
http://tinyurl.com/6wspsa7
as are also the apostles in the two registers below:
http://galenf.com/Sicily/mosaics082.jpg
or, still at Cefalù, this wall where the holy hierarchs are identified inscriptionally in Greek whereas the military saints above them are identified inscriptionally in Latin:
http://tinyurl.com/6r5jxb4
but on the facing wall _all_ the saints are identified inscriptionally in Latin:
http://galenf.com/Sicily/mosaics086.jpg
Best,
John Dillon
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