Darrera modificació: 2020-09-11 Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Jacobi, Leor, "On the mighty hand of the Lord: medieval falconry intrudes upon the biblical narrative falconry, its imagery and similar motifs throughout the millennia on a global scale", dins: Grimm Oliver (ed.), Raptor on the fist – falconry, its imagery and similar motifs throughout the millennia on a global scale, en cooperació amb Gersmann, Karl-Heinz - Tropato, Anne-Lise, Kiel - Hamburgo, Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology - International Fund for Houbara Conservation - Emirates Falconers' Club - New York University in Abu Dhabi Corporation, 2020, pp. 879-902.
- Resum
- Ancient biblical literature does not mention falconry. However, European medieval Jewish and Christian artists and commentators did depict biblical falconry. Examples are surveyed representing Jewish and Christian art of the High Middle Ages and Renaissance periods. Both Jewish and Christian art updated the biblical narrative to fit the medieval cultural environment, as well as employing different types of symbolism associated with falconry which were added to embellish the narrative. Representing Jewish art, the “First Nuremberg Haggadah” depicts Esau with a large hawk resting on his right hand; it is compared with a biblical commentary of French Jewish sages and with the Bayeux Tapestry. A young crowned Moses at Pharaoh's court is depicted in the “Yahuda Haggadah” holding a hawk. In the “Hispano-Moresque Haggadah”, Pharaoh practices falconry at the riverside as Moses warns him of the upcoming plagues. An illustrated Provencal Jewish prayer-book includes a unique stylised manus dei, the Hand of God, with a bird resting on it, overlooking a hunting scene below.Examples from Christian art include the Crusader-era French “Morgan Bible”, in which Absalom adopts a hawk from his group of companions as he begins a coup against King David. This iconography is compared with a contemporary and proximate iconographic motif in Jacquemart Giélée's “Renart le Nouvel”. “Bible Moralisee” depicts the male lover of the Song of Songs with a hawk on his fist. The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon prefigures and parallels the Adoration of the Magi in Christian thought. A falconer is found in the entourage of heretical idolaters from afar, representing the Ecclesia ex gentibus, the Church of the Gentiles.
- Matèries
- Veterinària - Falconeria i caça
Religió Jueus Història de l'art
- URL
- https://www.academia.edu/44053891/On_the_mighty_han ...
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