medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thanks, John-- I've been rather busy lately!
Genevra
On 9/6/2016 12:32 PM, John Dillon wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Further to Moses:
>
> In my previous post item c) should have read as follows:
> c) as twice depicted in the seemingly later sixth-century mosaics of the triumphal arch of the Basilica of the Transfiguration in the Holy Monastery of the God-trodden Mount Sinai in St. Catherine (South Sinai governorate), Egypt:
> 1) at the Burning Bush:
> http://images.library.wisc.edu/ArtHistory/S/16/l/246328l.jpg
> https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NfVHvGRqj28/hqdefault.jpg (after the latest restoration?)
> 2) receiving the Law:
> http://images.library.wisc.edu/ArtHistory/S/12/l/ted0141l.jpg
> These images' positions in relation to the apse mosaic:
> http://fortnightlyreview.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/CCA-Arco-2.jpg
> The Basilica of the Transfiguration was built between the years 548 and 565.
>
>
> A few further images:
>
> a) In order to give Genevra an opportunity to post links to (and perhaps to comment on) her photographs of the three earlier sixth-century images of Moses in mosaic (betw. 527 and 548) in the presbytery of the basilica di San Vitale in Ravenna, I had omitted them from this selection. That hasn't happened and the images are too important to miss. So here they are:
> a) Moses as shepherd (lower register); Moses at the Burning Bush (upper register):
> http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/VitaleMosesBush.jpg
> b) Moses receiving the Law (upper register):
> http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/VitaleMosesLaw.jpg
> Genevra's page of views of the interior of San Vitale:
> http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/SanVitale.html
> Higher-resolution images (by others) of the scenes of the Burning Bush and receiving the Law:
> http://tinyurl.com/hcebyaa
> https://i.ytimg.com/vi/alKHE6Q8ii8/maxresdefault.jpg
>
> Other images of Moses will be found on Genevra's page of images from Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers:
> http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/OldTestament1.html
>
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