Author Topic: Medieval Books of Hours (Read 973 times)

Geremia · « **on:** October 16, 2014, 01:39:06 AM »

Puts to rest the myth that, before the printing press, no medieval laymen had access to Holy Scripture.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/pXISnFgFnp4[/youtube]
http://medievalbooksofhours.com/

PG · « **Reply #1 on:** October 25, 2014, 11:56:54 AM »

There is an interesting painting at 9:45-8 mins in. It shows a unicorn. There was a thread not long ago here on CI about mystical creatures, and some trads thought that unicorns were extinct real creatures. I don't think so. The painting shows how the church sees it.

LaramieHirsch · « **Reply #2 on:** October 25, 2014, 02:00:24 PM »

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There is an interesting painting at 9:45-8 mins in. It shows a unicorn.

No, that's a picture of St. Michael the Archangel smiting the Devil. The one you thought was a unicorn is actually the Devil. If you look just above the image, you'll see St. Michael being referenced in red print.

PG · « **Reply #3 on:** October 25, 2014, 03:33:36 PM »

laramie - You are good at putting your foot in your mouth. I posted that the painting "shows a unicorn", which is true. St. Michael is slaying a devil with a one horn/"uni"corn. Therefore, St. Michael is slaying a unicorn.

The psalmist prays "deliver my lowness from the horns of unicorns". So, a unicorn is figurative of the devil, as the lion has been. What I posted is true, and that painting reveals how the church sees it.

"Woe unto him to whom the son of man is betrayed".

LaramieHirsch · « **Reply #4 on:** October 27, 2014, 05:38:42 AM »

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laramie - You are good at putting your foot in your mouth. I posted that the painting "shows a unicorn", which is true. St. Michael is slaying a devil with a one horn/"uni"corn. Therefore, St. Michael is slaying a unicorn.

Bah. Whatever.

Your suggested picture is the Devil. Look:

See? It's a black horned Lucifer.

Here's medieval unicorns: