Sujet

Christ and a Monk and Two Shepherds; Bestiary, about 1270. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Christ and a Monk and Two Shepherds; Bestiary, about 1270. Additional Info:At the top of this miniature, Christ and a monk hold up an abbot's crozier, symbolic of a shepherd's crook. Below on the left, sheep and a vigilant shepherd and dog represent a good flock. On the right, a slumbering, neglectful keeper and his seated watchdog fail to monitor a herd of bad goats. The only full-page miniature in the manuscript, this frontispiece heralds Hugo de Fouilloy's Treatise On Shepherds And Flocks, a mystical commentary on certain verses of the Roman author Virgil's Ninth Eclogue. The illumination draws its imagery of Christ as a shepherd and the separation of sheep and goats from the Bible. In Hugo's discussion, Christ is a model for an abbot who is shepherd to his monks. The two shepherds depicted represent the qualities of vigilance and neglect.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A73_367

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,0Mo (2,8Mo) / 31,6cm x 42,0cm / 3732 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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