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Images des anges dans l'enluminure syriaque de l'Antiquité tardive

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Images of angels rarely appear in Late Antique Syriac manuscripts. Only two witnesses dating back to the 6th century contain such representations: Florence, Biblioteca Laurenziana, Cod. Plut. I 56, and Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. syr. 33. Yet, the evidence of Syriac angels turns out to be essential to a better understanding of the formation and diffusion of iconographic patterns that marked Medieval art, such as the Annunciation and the Resurrection. These two manuscripts firstly attest the existence of a common visual language, shared among the Eastern Christian communities. The angels simultaneously adopt a role of messengers, witnesses, and heralds, that originates both in Christian literature and Classical art. The images also allow us to examine the different methods of layout and illustration used by Syriac artists, and the close relationships that linked the miniatures to the biblical texts. The presence of inscriptions on and around the miniatures reveals an astonishing concern for the creation of an ‘iconographic soundspace’. Through a careful depiction of the dialogues, the angels thereby embody the pronounced sensitivity of Syriac Christianity toward the written word and the dialogue. Between the lines, they finally evoke the vocal performance of hymns and canticles, sung during the main liturgical celebrations.
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François Pacha-Miran. Images des anges dans l'enluminure syriaque de l'Antiquité tardive. Inventer les anges de l'Antiquité à Byzance : conception, représentation, perception, Delphine Lauritzen, Jul 2020, Paris (en ligne), France. pp.267-291. ⟨hal-04394416⟩

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