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June 1992
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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1992 14:38:00 EDT
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
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From: WRIGHTS@CUA.BITNET
Subject: Sculpture in medieval performances
I'm posting this query partly to see whether the long-awaited
PERFORM list is up and running, and partly out of genuine curiosity.
Last Sunday I was at the Cloisters and spent some time admiring
a wooden sculpture of the Virgin and Child from Autun. This afternoon
I finally got around to reading the catalogue description of the piece.
The curator asserts that the sculpture "would have been venerated
while displayed on an altar, carried in procession, and used to represent the
the Mother and Christ Child in biblical dramas reenacted in the church."
Is there in fact any evidence that wooden images of the Virgin were
used in this way? Quite apart from the dubious assertion that
early 12th century worship included "biblical dramas," is there evidence
of statues being used in performances? I'm familiar with the German
"Palmesel" tradition, but this seems to be something different.
Any ideas?
--Steve Wright
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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1992 15:59:30 EDT
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
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From: Mark Sheingorn
Subject: Re:sculpture in medieval performances
In-Reply-To: <9206261840.AA16014@grafton.Dartmouth.EDU>; from
"PERFORM%IUBVM.bitnet@DARTCMS1.DARTMOUTH.EDU" at Jun 26,
92 2:39 pm
Re Steve Wright's question, there is certainly evidence for use of
wooden sculptures of the Virgin and Child in liturgical drama,
specifically in Officium stellae plays. An art historical
treatment is in Ilene Forsyth's Throne of Wisdom published by
Princeton. There was a German or Swiss dissertation on the
Officium stellae plays some years ago that had good evidence as
well. I can dig out the reference if you are interested.
I once pulled together all the evidence I could find for use
of sculpture in Latin drama and made an argument that the
existence of portable sculpture was an important motivating
force for the development of drama; that paper got me interested
in Ste Foy, so I went on to work on her and never published the
paper. Cheers, Pamela Sheingorn
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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1992 17:22:00 EST
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From: MRIGGIO@TRINCC.BITNET
Subject: TESTING
This is Milla Riggio. I have sent the initial message SUB PERFORM MILLA
RIGGIO to PERFORM. So far, I have gotten no response, so this is an
attempt to see if I can actually now send more messages. If you get this
message, please reply. My E-mail address on bitnet is BITNET%"MILLA.RIGGIO@
MAIL.TRINCOLL.EDU" -- at least, I think this is the address. I have used only
internet, so I'm not sure of the bitnet address, but you can reply to this
message without the exact address. My internet address (of which I am
certain) is IN%"Milla.Riggio@Mail.Trincoll.Edu". I hope to hear from someone.
Thanks,
Milla Riggio
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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1992 10:39:43 -0400
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From: REED Project
Subject: no subject (file transmission)
Members of PERFORM may be interested to know that there is another
discussion list already operating in the same field. REED-L was set
up several years ago with the help of the University of Toronto
Computing Service. You may sign up by sending a note to me,
Abigail Ann Young, the listowner, at young@epas.utoronto.ca or
at reed@epas.utoronto.ca. Here is a copy of our new subscriber
information, which explains our purpose and field of interest.
So far we've been a very quiet list, but discussion is always
welcome!
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Dear Colleague:
As of today, you have been added to the REED-L discussion
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English drama, music, folk customs, and the myriad of other
activities documented in REED volumes. This list, however, is
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