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Thanks for the enlightenment, Steve. My first impression was "Resurrection," but I must have caught the habit of not trusting first impressions from my students.
I'm afraid I have no idea of the date of this work. Looking at it while Roman traffic whizzes by and with the sight of the Wedding Cake out of the corner of my eye is surreal. I've seen it for years but absolutely no progress on the scavi is obvious. Same situation year after year. I'd like to jump into the excavation area... Eventually it will probably be superb to visit.
MG
Marjorie Greene
http://medrelart.shutterfly.com/
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Dear Majorie et al,
I just added the message to the site: Although Christ appears dead, he is ascending from the tomb and the fact that the lamb carries the banner of victory, this has to be the resurrection.
Do you know the date of this fresco?
Steve
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Steven et al,
I just added an album to the medrelart site: Ara Coeli in the left column top album and set as the album cover a picture of the Resurrection that is found in the scavi near Ara Coeli church and very close to the Vittorio Emanuele monument. The picture in question is the last in the album. The other photos are of the church, including a momument/tomb/something of Saint Helena.
MG
Marjorie Greene
http://medrelart.shutterfly.com/
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Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 5:40 PM
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Thank you, Jim, for the reference to this work of art. I am looking at the portrayal of resurrection in many different places, especially in medieval theological tracts, sermons and art. I started my research with the assumption that medieval art was almost totally focused on the passion and death of Jesus. I have seen so far that this is far from the truth. Certainly the passion and death of Jesus is the central focus, but I have been surprised at how much medieval art does focus on the resurrection of Christ.
Thanks again,
Steve
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Dear Steve,
This is not quite what you asked for, but this reminded me of Matthias
Grunewald's Isenheim Altarpiece which, when closed, shows a famously
gruesome dead Christ on the Cross, but when opened, a resurrected Christ
that might, at least approximately, be considered to have the qualities
you list.
Cheers,
Jim
McMichael, Steven J. wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> I am working on the death scene of Francis of Assisi in which his dead body miraculously is transformed into the "resurrection body", i.e., it takes on the four endowments: impassibility (impassibilitas), clarity (claritas), agility (agilitas), and subtlety or elusiveness (subtilitas). Are there other saints in the middle ages in which the hagiographer makes such a claim about the body of the saint after his/her death?
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> Thanks in advance of any replies,
>
> Steve
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> Steven J. McMichael, OFM Conv.
> Theology Department
> University of Saint Thomas
> Saint Paul, MN USA
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