A Look at the Print and Material History: A Comparative Exploration of “Medieval” England and Japan

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#marchmeetthemaker day 28: adapt Fun fact, originally my degree was going to be in STEM, that obviously didn’t happen. Chemistry got in the way and so I had to adapt, and now I get to read lots of books, ramble about the romans and other interesting civilizations, and make art for a living. This little doodle was something I made for the Medieval and Renaissance studies department because after being emailed WELCOME TO MARS! at one in the morning the idea has not left my head. I’m thinking of potentially making it a sticker? #medievalstudies #renaissancestudies #medievalart #renaissanceart #marchmeetthemaker2023 #marchmeetthemakers #marchmeetthemakerchallenge #digitalart #mars #spaceart #castle🏰 #historylovers #stickershop #stickerart #stickerdesign #dndart #meetthemakers #spacestickers (at Boston, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqXB0kDsabs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Christo-centrism in a Medieval Moralized Bible

This post was written by Charlie Taylor, a recipient of an Archival Scholar Research Award for the 2021 Spring Semester.

As part of my ASRA research, I’ve explored medieval illuminated manuscripts commissioned by queens of France, including this volume commissioned by Blanche of Castile. Blanche’s husband, Louis VIII of France, died when his heir was just 12 years old, and Blanche served as regent until Louis IX was old enough to take the throne. During her regency, which lasted from 1226 to 1234, she commissioned the Biblia de San Luis. The book is structured as a Bible moralisée, or moralized bible, intended to educate a young Louis on Christian doctrine and proper kingship.

(Above) Excerpt from 2001 reproduction of Biblia de San Luis.  

The page pictured above comes from a facsimile — a close reproduction made for scholarly purposes — of the Biblia de San Luis in Pitt’s Frick Fine Arts Library. The page contains two columns of text accompanied by illustrations, some of which depict scenes from the book of Genesis: at top left, God strolls with Adam in the Garden of Eden; at top right, God removes a rib from Adam to create Eve.   

However, not every illustration shows a scene from Genesis. If we look again at the top right, immediately below the creation of Eve, we see Christ on the cross, with a figure emerging from a wound in his chest. What is Jesus doing in the book of Genesis? Why does explicitly Christian imagery appear on this page, when the life of Christ occurred centuries after the Hebrew Bible was written? Why does God have a cruciform halo — a halo containing the image of a cross?

Bibles moralisées don’t contain the entire text of the bible front to back; rather, they take stories from the bible and provide commentary on them, explaining their relationship to Christian doctrine. In the Biblia de San Luis, each roundel forms a pair with the one immediately below it, with the first scene taken from the bible and the second offering commentary.

It is important to note that the commentary in this bible represents a Christian-centric worldview and often dismisses Jewish readings of the text. The Biblia de San Luis treats the events of the Hebrew Bible as natural precursors to the events of the Christian Bible. Typology, as a form of commentary, takes certain events to foreshadow other events; this book asserts a typology in the creation of Eve and the creation of the Christian Church. In the second roundel, Ecclesia, a personification of the Church, emerges from Christ’s chest. The accompanying text explains that the scene from Genesis, in which God puts Adam to sleep and makes Eve from his rib, signifies God putting Christ to rest on the cross and pulling the Church from his side. Here, Christian doctrine (and the Church as an institution) becomes central to understanding the book of Genesis, pushing the story’s Jewish origins to the margins.

Works cited

William of Auvernge and Ramón Gonzálvez Ruiz. Biblia de San Luis. Barcelona: M. Moleiro, 2001.

Ferrante, Joan. “Blanche of Castile, Queen of France.” Epistolae, 2014. https://epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu/woman/77.html.

Managed to grab my favorite spot in the library and I had a productive morning rereading some Julian of Norwich and enjoying the sunshine

I have designed a collection of enamel pins (lapel pins) based on original medieval marginalia. The campaign is currently on kickstarter with other weird characters designed hoping to get enough pre-orders to produce them :) This one is the ‘green flying penis’ from The Decretum Gratiani with commentary by Bartolomeo da Brescia, 12th Century my kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sweetasvegan/angry-oyster-and-friends-marginalia-enamel-pin-col?ref=user_menu

Crossing Boundaries - Well it certainly sounds like my kind of book. And it features my depiction of King Edgar being rowed up the River Dee by suppliant Kings on the cover... #crossingboundaries #medievalhistory #medievalculture #oxbowbooks #kingedgar #riverdee #chester #chesterhistory #medievalstudies #edgarsfield #cheshire (at Oxbow Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnl_yiWn-A7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wgrzkoqphqlt

Some pretty cool stuff from the museum of Iceland... definitely have to go back soon. . . . . . . . . . . . . #medieval #viking #museum #iceland #norse #oldnorse #icelandic #languagelearning #tapestry #medievalpeople #medievalstudies #academia #darkacademia (at National Museum of Iceland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRPq1PlNKBy/?utm_medium=tumblr

your icon is so cute! :-D

Thank you! It was created by the wonderful Ewa @nerdastically :)

The Discarded Image by C.S. Lewis. One of the best books explaining the Medieval view of the cosmos (and the sprits therein). I've read it multiple times and have revisted the fascinating chapter "The Longaevi" many more. #cslewis #cslewisbooks #thediscardedimage #theinklings #theinklingsofoxford #medievalstudies #medieval #cosmos #bookstagram #bookstagrammer (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtMBPtjgoIE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xh04y00wwwgq

Essay for portuguese medieval literature due tomorrow 😰 Still on the making 💪 I’m covering medieval christian imaginary’s elements in Auto da Alma by Gil Vicente using Le Goff’s idea 💕

Adam’s bedroom. I am now making it larger than sketchbook size. #art #traditionalart #artists #artsagram #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #sunlight_art #arts_moonlight #illustration #design #graphite #pencil #wip #medieval #medievalstudy #library #sketchbook #interiordesign design #bedroom #interior @moleskine @moleskine_arts #penandink #micron @micronart #rapidograph #wip #sketch #adam https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ98OyUMnb3/?igshid=1ic0k6hhv2w68

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Thursday, January 25; open to the public!

#RecomendoLer O novo número da "Medievalista" está já online! Pode ler este número e os anteriores números da revista do Instituto de Estudos Medievais da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - NOVA FCSH em: http://www2.fcsh.unl.pt/iem/medievalista/index.html http://iem.fcsh.unl.pt/section.aspx?kind=noticia&id=1412 #medievalstudies #medievalista