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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Some medieval images of St. Scholastica: Scholastica as depicted in a twelfth-century portrait in the Cappella di Sant'Anna at the Abbey of St. Benedict, Montecassino: http://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/SODimages/009_Scholastica029.jpg Scholastica as depicted in a late thirteenth-century fresco in the lower church of the Monastery of St. Benedict (the Sacro Speco) at Subiaco: http://pierostradella.it/vendite/santi/s/scolastica1.jpg http://tinyurl.com/aneuv8 Scholastica and Benedict at table during her final visit as depicted in the mid- to later fourteenth-century Breviary of Charles V (betw. 1347 and 1380; Paris, BnF, ms. Latin 1052, fol. 344v): http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84525491/f698.image Scholastica and Benedict at table during her final visit as depicted in an early fifteenth-century copy of the _Legenda aurea_ in its French-language version by Jean de Vignay followed by the _Festes nouvelles_ attributed to Jean Golein (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 242, fol. 295v): http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426005j/f608.image.r=.langEN Benedict's vision of Scholastica's soul ascending to heaven as depicted in an early fifteenth-century fresco in the upper church of the Monastery of St. Benedict (the Sacro Speco) at Subiaco: https://www.flickr.com/photos/edithosb/370260822/sizes/l Scholastica as depicted by Andrea Mantegna in his later fifteenth-century St. Luke Altarpiece (commissioned, 1453) in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan: http://tinyurl.com/ccmsdt The ensemble: http://tinyurl.com/2ko9t9 Scholastica and Benedict at table during her final visit as depicted by a fifteenth-century Umbrian master working in the transept of the upper church of the Monastery of St. Benedict at Subiaco: https://www.flickr.com/photos/edithosb/369885637/sizes/l/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/edithosb/370258491/sizes/l Scholastica's body being carried to Montecassino as depicted by a fifteenth-century Umbrian master in the transept of the upper church of the Monastery of St. Benedict (the Sacro Speco) at Subiaco: https://www.flickr.com/photos/edithosb/370262460/sizes/l/ Scholastica (at right) and Benedict deep in conversation as depicted in a later fifteenth-century copy (ca. 1470) copy of the _Legenda aurea_ in its French-language version by Jean de Vignay followed by the _Festes nouvelles_ attributed to Jean Golein (Mâcon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 3, fol. 146v): http://tinyurl.com/agug84 Scolastica (at right, with a rosary; at left St. Benedict; at center, the BVM and Christ Child) as depicted by the workshop of the Sparapane in a remounted earlier sixteenth-century fresco (1528) in the cattedrale di Santa Maria Argentea in Norcia (PG) in Umbria: http://tinyurl.com/ozdghwu Best, John Dillon On 02/10/15, Matt Heintzelman wrote: > > https://www.facebook.com/604882972899463/photos/a.624764970911263.1073741830.604882972899463/779154095472349/?type=1&theater > > > > (with Benedict, in a rainstorm) > One day they had supper and continued their conversation. When Benedict indicated it was time for him to leave, perhaps sensing the time of her death was drawing near, she asked him to stay with her for the evening so they could continue their discussions. Not wishing to break his own Rule, Benedict refused, insisting that he needed to return to his cell. At that point, Scholastica closed her hands in prayer, and after a moment, a wild storm started outside of the guest house in which they were housed. Benedict asked, "What have you done?", to which she replied, "I asked you and you would not listen; so I asked my God and he did listen. So now go off, if you can, leave me and return to your monastery." Benedict was unable to return to his monastery, and they spent the night in discussion. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholastica) > > > > [Gotta love that sibling rivalry!] > > > > Peace, > > > > Matt H. ********************************************************************** 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