medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear friends,
I don't know about "usually" but I Googled "SYNOGOGUA but NOT Synagogue"
IMAGES and among other things it came up with a statue of a female wearing a
conical hat pulled down to impede her sight. The reference to the picture
was :
news.psu.edu 4948128534.jpg
Unfortunately I could not get this link to open. I could not tell if this
image was late mediaeval or 19th C "medievalistic". The Penn webite was not
helpful either.
But perhaps it suggests that SOMETIMES (like when ?) Synagogua was depicted
in a conical hat.
Is there space for a contrasting image of "ECCLESIA" ? Either as a surviving
image or a a space where plausible she might be to balance the design ?
The plot thickens!!
Brenda,
Brenda M Cook,
Independent Scholar
"I care not if you bridge the sea,
Or ride secure the cruel sky,
Or build consummate palaces,
Of metal or of masonry;
But have you wine and music still,
And statues, and a bright-eyed love,
And foolish thoughts of good and ill,
And prayers to them who sit above ?"
James Elroy Flecker: "To a poet a thousand years hence." (1915)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Suydam" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [M-R] Battistero di San Giovanni, Florence
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Synagogua isn't usually shown with a hat, is she?
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> On Jan 12, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Ms B M Cook <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> The woman with the Jewish hat wouldn't represent "Synagogue" by any chance
> ? (I've seen her blindfolded in Rochester Cathedral.
>
> BMC
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Dillon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 12:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [M-R] Battistero di San Giovanni, Florence
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>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> The mystery figure
> <http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/FlorenceBaptMosaics_13-1.jpg> could
> be wearing a Jew's hat (Stephen Morris' comment about OT prophets points
> to this as well, as these figures are commonly shown wearing a Jew's
> hat -- and not only in Byzantine art). Which could be why she's set apart
> a bit from the other damned. Her gesture (denial of speech) complements
> those of two of the damned arising from their graves on the opposite side
> of the composition
> <http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/FlorenceBaptMosaics_17-1.jpg>, shown
> denying hearing and denying sight. I rather suspect that the three jointly
> indicate the utter awfulness of the torments of the damned.
>
> Best,
> John Dillon
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