Iconografia mariana e culto popolare nel codice Siriaco 341 di ParigiRivista di storia della miniaturaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/2ZZZ4GBM/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.ValentinaCantoneIconografia mariana e culto popolare nel codice Siriaco 341 di Parigihttp://syriaca.org/cbss/2ZZZ4GBMhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/2ZZZ4GBMhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/2ZZZ4GBMRivista di storia della miniatura15201117-25The meaning of this composition can be further illuminated by a careful reconsideration of an important pre-iconoclastic representation. A Syriac Bible at the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris (syr. 341) shows the Virgin with the Child in a mandorla as a part of a rich decorative programme, which dogmatic meaning is closely connected to the contemporary hymnography. The fragmentary Bible, datable through a stylistic comparison to the end of 6th or the beginning of the 7th century, contains four big miniatures and a sequence of small compositions with the portraits of standing Prophets and the Apostle James. It cannot be excluded that the depiction of the Virgin and Child in the Syriac Bible (f. 118r) is the most ancient example of the iconography of the pregnant Virgin. In fact, this image reflects the tradition of hymnography and the popular cult testified by a group of wedding presents of Hellenistic origin, that could provide a precedent and possibly constitute the ancestry of the iconography, then adapted to the monastic context. These representations attest that the tradition flourished outside the official art sponsored by the Church, as testified by some late Egyptian frescoes.
Cantone, Valentina. “Iconografia Mariana e Culto Popolare Nel Codice Siriaco 341 Di Parigi.” Rivista Di Storia Della Miniatura 15 (2011): 17–25.
Valentina Cantone, Iconografia Mariana e Culto Popolare Nel Codice Siriaco 341 Di Parigi,Rivista Di Storia Della Miniatura 15 (2011): 17–25.IV-VII CEMariologyMaryVI CEarticonographyillustrations