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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On the topic of the Arma Christi, you could look at the very recent book edited by Lisa H. Cooper and Andrea Denny-Brown, "The Arma Christi in Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture" - it's so recent that I haven't yet seen a copy, but it sounds like it would be useful! On Feb 3, 2014 3:13 AM, "Paul Chandler" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > After mid-15th-century you could also consider the ubiquitous visual aids > to meditation on the Passion, often cheaply-produced small woodblock > prints. The Arma Christi or Instruments of the Passion type, for example, > featured symbolic representations of various elements in the Passion story > (Veronica's veil, nails, dice, the cock that crew, &c.) to guide the > reader's memory through meditation of the Passion narrative. Here is an > example: > > http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a351/britishgrenadier/Arma%20Christi/man_of_sorrows.jpg > > Searching "arma christi" in Google Images turns up quite a lot of images, > many medieval, but perhaps one of our art historians can suggest something > more scholarly. -- Paul > > > On 3 February 2014 17:21, John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> >> One might take note of Michelle Karnes' objection to McNamer's re-dating >> of the _Meditationes vitae Christi_ to "c. 1350" (more precisely, on >> McNamer's view, between 1336 and 1364); see Karnes, _Imagination, >> Meditation, and Cognition in the Middle Ages_ (University of Chicago Press, >> 2011), p. 144, n. 6. Karnes' book would also be helpful inasmuch as it >> devotes considerable attention to the originally somewhat earlier and quite >> widely read meditative texts usually referred to in modern scholarship as >> the _Stimulus amoris_ of Jacopo da Milano (James of Milan, Jacobus >> Mediolanensis), chapter 14 of whose longer Latin-language version -- >> traditionally thought of as the original text -- as edited early in the >> last century (Quaracchi: Collegium S. Bonaventurae, 1905; repr., ibid., >> 1949) is an especially vivid meditation on Christ's passion. For the >> actually rather fluid nature of the _Stimulus amoris_ texts see esp. Falk >> Eisermann, "Diversae et plurimae materiae in diversis capitulis: Der >> 'Stimulus amoris' als literarisches Dokument der normativen Zentrierung," >> _Frühmittelalterliche Studien_ 31 (1997), 214-232. >> >> Best, >> John Dillon >> >> >> On 02/02/14, Diana Hiller wrote: >> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >> culture A widely-read source and one that may be helpful is the >> c.1350 Meditations on the Life of Christ probably written by Giovanni di >> Callibus (aka John of Caulibus etc). You could also look at Holly >> Flora's The Devout Belief of Imagination (2009) and Sarah McNamer's >> Affective Meditation and the Invention of Medieval Compassion (2010) on >> this text. >> > Diana Hiller >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Cormack, Margaret Jean < >> [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask])" target="1"> >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > >> > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >> culture >> > > Greetings all, >> > > >> > > Can anyone direct me to discussions, especially primary sources, >> where medieval people are encouraged to envision and meditate on the >> crucifixion, and/or Mary´s pain observing it? I´m wondering when such forms >> of meditation became common, and whether they were limited to monasteries >> (I doubt it, but monks and nuns would perhaps be a primary >> 'audience'.) >> > > Meg >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ********************************************************************** To >> join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: >> [log in to unmask](javascript:main.compose() To send a message to >> the list, address it to: [log in to unmask](javascript:main.compose() >> To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: >> [log in to unmask](javascript:main.compose() In order to report >> problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >> [log in to unmask](javascript:main.compose() For >> further information, visit our web site: >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion >> > >> > >> > >> > ********************************************************************** >> To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME >> to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion >> >> ********************************************************************** >> To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME >> to: [log in to unmask] >> To send a message to the list, address it to: >> [log in to unmask] >> To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion >> to: [log in to unmask] >> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >> [log in to unmask] >> For further information, visit our web site: >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion >> > > > > -- > Paul Chandler, O.Carm. > Holy Spirit Seminary | PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road) | Banyo Qld 4014 > | Australia > office: (07) 3246 9888 | home: (07) 3246 9894 > [log in to unmask] > ********************************************************************** To > join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: > [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: > unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to > report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, visit > our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion