So much in there!

ἐκ τῶν Ἱµερίου χαρτουλαρίου: -ου / -ου is nothing, but I think -ερι- / -αρι- is something. Curious if folks will agree!

Not that I’ve found! Name & rank are both plausible, & I think the rhyme is intentional.

Luke 22:40 - nicely translated here, and I suggest that one could also read “consider these things truly, lest you end up on trial.”

Here too I read it as farce, like a pedant in Moliere: “I find it in the works of Demosthenes….”

Note that the malign influence is inferred!

This latter gets its own section in the new essay. The irony is key, as is the slapstick! The whole thing reminds me of (what we know about) Byzantine mime shows - not least because it takes place in a theater. 🎭

Lots more boars 🐗 in the article - go have a look via this link! brill.com/view/journal...

Rather than treat these stories as evidence for “Byzantine” or “Haitian” beliefs, I propose that we see them as testimonies to the sensible qualities of the statues at their respective centers.

I focus on a story about Emperor Alexander’s strange doings with a bronze boar in the Hippodrome in Constantinople, and compare it to another statute story, this one from 21st-century Port-au-Prince.

But don’t take my word for it, see for yourself! Here is a link 🔗 academic.oup.com/arthistory/a...

This has consequences not just for Romanists, but also for art historians more broadly. Note, for example, Jess’s re-reading of a key image in Panofsky’s essay on perspective.

Jess compares ancient plaster to modern plastic. “More than a substance, plastic is the very idea of its infinite transformation … it is ubiquity made visible. And it is this, in fact, which makes it a miraculous substance: a miracle is always a sudden transformation of nature” (Barthes).

Here’s the link - edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hagia-s...

Hope to see you there!

… & here is a link to the website of the Institut historique allemand, with all the details: www.dhi-paris.fr/fr/agenda-de...

The workshop is also on Zoom. Here’s the program in three screenshots …