Beard Pulling in Medieval Christian Art: Various Interpretations of a Scene

The article deals with the problem of interpretation of the scene where one person pulls the beard of another one or two persons pull the beard each other. These scenes are relatively widespread (Western Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Albania), their date is between VI and XII centuries. In result...

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Main Authors: Ekaterina Endoltseva, Andrey Vinogradov
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Artes 2016-05-01
Series:Anastasis: Research in Medieval Culture and Art
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Online Access:http://anastasis-review.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/III1-Ekaterina-Endoltseva-BDT.pdf
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Summary:The article deals with the problem of interpretation of the scene where one person pulls the beard of another one or two persons pull the beard each other. These scenes are relatively widespread (Western Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Albania), their date is between VI and XII centuries. In result of the research some scenes are identified (“Joseph’s dream”, illustration to one of the apocryphal episodes of “Acts of John”). The possible meanings of the scenes in question are also specified.
ISSN:2392-862X
2392-9472