Issue (Mirabilia Ars)

  1. Tradition and innovation: artistic continuities and ruptures

    Organized by José María SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ, Matheus Corassa da SILVA (orgs.)

    Mirabilia Ars 10 (2019/1)

  2. Bodies, clothing and social structure: the Germanic art of miniature illustrations in the Codex Manesse (13th century) 

    Organized by Matheus Corassa da SILVA (org.)

    Mirabilia Ars 09 (2018/2) Special Edition

  3. Metaphors and Symbols in Art History

    Organized by José María SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ, Matheus Corassa da SILVA (orgs.)

    Mirabilia Ars 11 (2019/2)

  4. Imagining Middle Ages

    Medieval Images

    Organized by José María SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ (org.)

    Mirabilia Ars 12 (2020/1)

  5. Staging the leader's divinity

    Images, Texts, Rituals

    Organized by Mirko VAGNONI (org.)

    Mirabilia Ars 14 (2021/1)

  6. Art, beauty and aesthetic contemplation

    Organized by Matheus Corassa da SILVA (org.)

    Mirabilia Ars 13 (2020/2)

Article (Mirabilia Ars)

  1. Tradition and fashion in Greek costume

    Miguel Ángel ELVIRA BARBA, Marta CARRASCO FERRER

    Original title: Tradición y moda en el traje griego

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    Keywords: Cloack, Greek clothes, Peplum, Tunic.

    All along the 6th and 5th centuries B.C., the clothes of the Greek women experienced though changes, which seem connected with the evolution of mind, cultural activity and some political events. We can sometimes talk about true “fashion” in the modern sense of the world.

  2. Thought and Culture in Christian Egypt 284-641 AD. Cyril of Alexandria (412-444) and his patriarchic period according to Socrates Scholasticus

    Eirini ARTEMI

    Original title: Pensamiento y cultura en el Egipto cristiano 284-641 AD. Cirilo de Alejandría (412-444) y su período patriarcal según Sócrates Escolástico

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    Keywords: Christian Egypt, Culture, Cyril of Alexandria, Socrates Scholasticus, Thought.

    Cyril of Alexandria (412-444) was not only one of the finest Christian theologians of his day, he also stands out in the ranks of the greatest patristic writers of all generations as perhaps the most powerful exponent of Christology the church has known. He brought great influence both in church life and in making the Christian teaching and especially in the formulation of Christological doctrine in the 5th century. For the life of the holy father, little is known. He was born between 370-380 AD Alexandria. The exact date of his birth we are not able to know it. He came from a wealthy family of the Greek city of Alexandria, although often the patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius calls him “Egyptian”, i.e. one who hails from Egypt, in order to taunt him. Nowhere was the divide more clearly seen in 415 CE than between Orestes, the Pagan Prefect of Alexandria and Cyril, the Archbishop of Alexandria, who lead the Christian mobs against the Jews of Alexandria, looted their synagogues and expelled them from the city. Orestes maintained his Paganism in the face of Christianity and cultivated a close relationship with Hypatia which Cyril, perhaps, blamed for Orestes' refusal to submit to the “true” faith and become a Christian. Tensions between the two men, and their supporters, grew increasingly high as each brushed off the other's advances of reconciliation and peace. His early life is known only from notices in Socrates Scholasticus and a few elsewhere. The latter explains the relations of Cyril of Alexandria with Orestes and Hypatia. Also, Socrates, although, was enemy to Cyril of Alexandria remains the most objective source for the life and actions of Cyril of Alexandria.

  3. The figure of St. Joseph in Art

    Jesús CANTERA MONTENEGRO

    Original title: La figura de San José en el Arte

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    Keywords: Art, Devotion, Iconography, St. Joseph.

    The figure of St. Joseph has always been a great importance among the Christian believers. However, works of art did not always express, it and during the medieval times it almost seemed to be despised. Everything changed from the sixteenth century, where the figure started to be appreciated, enriching their iconography to show it as a prototype to be imitated by Christians.

  4. The doctrine of Jacob of Serugh on conceptio per aurem as a possible literary source in medieval iconography of The Annunciation

    José María SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ

    Original title: La doctrina de Jacob de Sarug sobre la conceptio per aurem como posible fuente literaria en la iconografía medieval de La Anunciación

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    Keywords: Conceptio per aurem, Iconography, Jacob of Serugh, Mariology, Medieval Art, Patristics, The Annunciation, Theology.

    This paper focuses the attention on the possible influence that the thinking of the Syriac theologian Jacob of Serugh on conceptio per aurem might have had on late medieval representations of the Annunciation. Therefore, after explaining the doctrine of this Oriental thinker by explaining many passages of his writings, ten pictorial images of this Marian theme in which you could glimpse such influence are analyzed. While underlining the prestige of this great writer of Serugh and the wide dissemination of his works during the Middle Ages, the author also emphasizes that the interpretation given in this paper is only a mere conjecture that, even if it looks plausible, is susceptible of enrichment, correction and even rejection, if reliable documentary evidence so require.

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