A cruz e a Cristandade Medieval
Sonila Morelo
Published in The Philosophical Tradition in the Ancient and Medieval World
Keywords: Christianity, Cross, Imaginary.
Saint Jerome: From the Image to the Imaginary
Lucía LAHOZ
Original title: San Jerónimo: de la imagen al imaginario
Published in Mirabilia Journal 31 (2020/2)
Keywords: Image, Imaginary, Saint Jerome.
In the chapter, an approach to the image and the imaginary of Saint Jerome is presen-ted. Far from a logocentric conception, we prefer a cultural approach, which encom-passes the web of meanings concreted in a visual culture, and delimitates the areas and contexts in which certain iconographies flow. Jerome articulates a great variety of ico-nographic types: the father of the church, the author of exegesis on the scriptures, the translator, but also the anchorite. His figuration does not belong to a single type, but rather articulates several iconic models: he continues to metamorphose himself re-vealing new aspects to please an ever-expanding audience, and thereby reflects the de-velopment of a social dynamic of devotion.
The Art of Middle Ages as a Builder Visual Concept of Evil
Márcia Schmitt Veronezi CAPPELLARI
Original title: A Arte da Idade Média como construtora de um conceito visual de mal
Published in Paradise, Purgatory and Hell: the Religiosity in the Middle Ages
Keywords: Evil, History, Imaginary, Middle Ages, image.
The figure of the Devil had an important role during the Middle Ages served as the main reference for the publicity of the Catholic Church. The terrible torture of men would be subjected to hell and the delights of paradise populated speeches and led the imaginary of the period. The grotesque and nightmarish image was intended to scare people to obey the moral laws and to turn away from sin.
The Funeral in the Monastery of Batalha
Renata Cristina de Sousa NASCIMENTO
Original title: As Exéquias Fúnebres no Mosteiro da Batalha
Published in Monastic and Scholastic Philosophy in the Middle Ages
Keywords: Death, Imaginary, Pantheon, Rites, Symbolic Power.
The aim of this article is to analyze the funeral rites as a power representation. In this path was elected the narratives about the royal exequies occurred at Santa Maria da Vitória’s (Batalha) Monastery in XV century. The chronics talks about the importance of the funeral’s cerimonials happened at the Monastery. The “departure” of kings also showed the great religious pomp lived in the interior of the batalinho yard to D. João II. The Royal Pantheon of the Battle has a great symbolic and political importance, specially related to Avis’ Dinasty (1385-1581).
