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David Bindman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

Description: The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II: From the Early Christian Era to...

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II: From the Early Christian Era to the “Age of Discovery”, Part 1: From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood

Illustrations

Author

David Bindman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

PublisherHarvard University Press

Copyright© 1979 by Menil Foundation, Inc.

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00139.011

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Illustrations

P.1 Anonymous. Portrait of Malik Ambar. Southern India (Dekkan, Amednagara), 1610–1620. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. 36.7 × 23.9 cm. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection, 17.3103. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

I.1 Frederick II and His Imperial Subjects. 1230s. Verona, San Zeno Maggiore, upper room of adjoining tower. About 180 × 420 cm. Pettene, San Zeno Maggiore, Verona.

I.2 Four black Africans. Detail of Frederick II and His Imperial Subjects (fig. I.1). Pettene, San Zeno Maggiore, Verona.

I.3 Martyrdom of St. Mark. Ca. 1270. About 10 sq. meters. Venice, San Marco, Cappella Zen. Courtesy of Procuratoria di San Marco-Venezia.

I.4 St. Michael Defeating an Attack on Constantinople. 1347–1349. From the church of the Archangel Michael, Lesnovo, Serbia. Erich Lessing/akg-images.

I.5 Pentecost. XII century. 261 sq. meters. Venice, San Marco, nave cupola. Courtesy of Procuratoria di San Marco-Venezia.

I.6 Egyptians. Detail of the Pentecost (fig. I.5). Courtesy of Procuratoria di San Marco-Venezia.

I.7 Head of a Black African (Johannes Maurus?). 1240s. H: 21 cm. Lucera, Museo Civico G. Fiorelli. Inv. 171. Museo di Archeologia Urbana Fiorelli, Lucera.

I.8 The “False Frederick” and His Retainers. 1476. Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A45, fol. 71v. Burgerbibliothek Bern.

I.9 The Magi Before Herod. Ca. 1200. Le Petit-Quevilly (Normandy), Saint-Julien, apse vault. Watercolor copy published in Louis-Joseph Yperman, Catalogue des relevés de peintures murales, musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, 1918. 1996/089 N. 10325. © Ministère de la culture, Médiathèque de FArchitecture et du Patrimoine, 21/Photograph © RMN.

I.10 Hans Multscher and workshop. Adoration of the Magi, from the Wurzach Altarpiece. 1437. Oil on wood. 150 × 140 cm. Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, Inv. 1621A. Jörg P. Anders/Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz.

I.11 Master E. S. Adoration of the Magi (L.26). 1460s. Copper engraving, akg-images.

I.12 Davide Ghirlandaio (attrib.). Coronation of the Virgin with a Black African Donor. Late 1400s. Esztergom, Kereszteny Museum. Esztergom, Kereszteny Museum/Photograph by Attila Mudrák.

I.13 Donor. Detail of the Coronation of the Virgin with a Black African Donor (fig. I.12). Esztergom, Kereszteny Museum/Photograph by Attila Mudrák.

I.14 Armorial panel of Jacob of Reinach and his first wife, Eva von Schonau. 1521. Basel, Historisches Museum, Inv. No. 1598.18. M. Babey/Historisches Museum Basel.

1 Coptic pilgrim flask showing St. Menas. Abu Mina, VI-VII century. Terracotta. Diam: 10 cm. Cairo, Coptic Museum. C. M. Dixon/Ancient Art and Architecture Collection.

2 Eulogia ampulla. Side A: profile of St. Menas. From Alexandria. V-VI century. Terracotta. H: 7.5 cm. Paris, Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités grecques et romaines, MNC 140. Photograph © Hervé Lewandowski/RMN.

3 Eulogia ampulla. Side B: invocation formula. From Alexandria. V-VI century. Terracotta. H: 7.5 cm. Paris, Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités grecques et romaines, MNC 140. Photograph © Hervé Lewandowski/RMN.

4 St. Menas on horseback. Illustration of a text relating one of the saint’s miracles. From Edfu. Between 950 and 1050 (?). Parchment. 17 fols., 165 × 100 mm. London, British Library, Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books, MS. Oriental 6805, fol. 10r. British Library.

5 Marriage of Isaac (detail): meeting of Eliezer and Rebecca. Ashburnham Pentateuch. VI-VII century (?). Parchment. 142 fols., 375 × 330 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. nouv. acq. lat. 2334, fol. 21r. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

6 Joseph receives his brothers in Egypt (detail): Hebrews and Egyptians at table. Ashburnham Pentateuch. VI-VII century (?). Parchment. 142 fols., 375 × 330 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. nouv. acq. lat. 2334, fol. 44r. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

7 Crossing the Red Sea (detail): the pharaoh’s army. Ashburnham Pentateuch. VI-VII century (?). Parchment. 142 fols., 375 × 330 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. nouv. acq. lat. 2334, fol. 68r. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

8 Tenth plague on Egypt and the deliverance of the children of Israel. Ashburnham Pentateuch. VI-VII century (?). Parchment. 142 fols., 375 × 330 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. nouv. acq. lat. 2334, fol. 65v. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

9 Oikoumenē of Strabo World Map. Nineteenth-century reconstruction according to the writings of the Greek geographer Strabo. The Granger Collection/TopFoto.

10 Al-Idrïsïs world map, 1154. Facsimile reconstruction (made in 1844) of al-Idrīsī’s planisphere, 1140–1150, after a thirteenth-century copy (inverted: north at top). Now in Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits orientaux, MS. arabe 2221. Paper. 329 × 134 cm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Cartes et Plans, Ge AA 24. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

11 Ethiopians. De rébus ex Oriente mirabilibus. Winchester, second quarter XI century (?). Parchment. 147 fols., 260 × 210 mm. London, British Library, Department of Manuscripts, MS. Cotton Tib. B.V. (part 1), fol. 86r (detail). British Library.

12 Exultet roll (detail). South Italy, late XII century. Parchment. Overall: 6430 × 255 mm. Troia, cathedral, Archivio capitolare. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

13 Combat between Fel and Fol. Mosaic fragment. From the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Vercelli. XI century. 154 × 183 cm. Vercelli, Museo Camillo Leone. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

14 Forces of evil and the second death. Le jugement des nations. Le Christ sur son trône, Satan et le faux prophète enchaîné Apocalypse figurée. IX century. Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale. MS. 99, fol. 37r (detail). Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes.

15 Satan unbound goes to tempt the nations, Gog and Magog. Beatus of Libana, Commentary on the Apocalypse. 1086. Parchment. 166 fols., 360 × 255 mm. Burgo de Osma, Cathedral Museum, Cod. I, fol. 155v. Institut Amatller d’Art Hispanic (MAS).

16 Allegory of Easter night. Detail of the exultet roll (fig. 12). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

17 Parable of the rich man and Lazarus (detail): Hell. Codex Aureus. Echternach, 1043–1046. Parchment. 170 fols., 500 × 350 mm. Escorial, Real Monasterio, Biblioteca, Cod. Vitr. 17, fol. 117v. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

18 Decorated initial. Florus, Expositio in epistolas Pauli. From Corbie Abbey. 1164. Parchment. 143 fols., 475 × 340 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. lat. 11576, fol. 67v. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

19 Christ delivering the Gospel to St. John. Beatus of Liébana, Commentary on the Apocalypse. From Saint-Sever Abbey. 1028–1072. Parchment. 290 fols., 365 × 280 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. lat. 8878, fol. 4v. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

20 Temptation of Christ. Historiated initial. Otbert Psalter. From Saint-Bertin Abbey in Saint-Omer. Ca. 1000. Vellum. 231 fols., 315 × 255 mm. Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale, MS. 20, fol. 101r. 21 “Sphere Lunae-Sphere Solis.” Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum. North France, IX century. Parchment. 93 fols., 295 × 180 mm. Laon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS. 422, fol. 53r (detail).

22 Decorated initial introducing St. Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians. New Testament and Psalter. Second half XII century. 187 fols., 490 × 300 mm. Bourg-en-Bresse, Bibliothèque municipale, MS. 1, fol. 91v. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

23 St. Martin resisting a demon. Mural painting. XII century. León, Collegiate Church of San Isidoro, crypt. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

24 Healing of the Gadarene demoniacs. Psalter. From Canterbury. Ca. 1200. Parchment. 176 fols., 480 × 325 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. lat. 8846, fol. 3v (detail). Bibliothèque nationale de France.

25 Beheading of John the Baptist. Psalter. From Canterbury. Ca. 1200. Parchment. 176 fols., 480 × 325 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. lat. 8846, fol. 2v (detail). Bibliothèque nationale de France.

26 St. Peter confounds Simon Magus by reviving a dead man. Stained-glass window showing the legend of St. Peter, second bay, first and second medallions from the bottom. Ca. 1215. Diam: 65 cm. Troyes, Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, absidal chapel. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

27 Scene from the Passion of Christ: Scourging and Carrying the Cross. Detail of a painted panel. Late XII century. Wood. 20 × 250 cm. Barcelona, Museo de Bellas Artes de Cataluña, 15833. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

28 Scene from the Passion of Christ: Crucifixion. Detail of a painted panel. Late XII century. Wood. 20 × 250 cm. Barcelona, Museo de Bellas Artes de Cataluña, 15833. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

29 Scourging. Historiated initial. Evangelistary. From Marbach-Schwarzenthann. Late XII century. Parchment. 23 fols., 270 × 175 mm. Laon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS. 550, fol. 6r. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

30 Black executioner in the judgment of Solomon. Carved tympanum, left side of lower register. Ca. 1220. Stone. Chartres, Cathedral of Notre Dame, portal of the north transept. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

31 Beheading of John the Baptist. Carved tympanum, right side of lower register. Ca. 1260. Stone. Rouen, Cathedral of Notre Dame, north portal of the west facade. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

32 St. Stephen led before the judge. Carved tympanum, right side of lower register. After 1257. Stone. Paris, Cathedral of Notre Dame, portal of the south transept. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

33 Judgment of Solomon. Relief. Late XIII or early XIV century. Stone. Auxerre, Cathedral of Saint-Etienne, west facade. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

34 Stoning of St. Stephen. Images de la vie du Christ et des saints. Hainaut (?), ca. 1280–1290. Parchment. V-107 fols., 185 × 130 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. nouv. acq. fr. 16251, fol. 76r. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

35 Betrayal of Judas. Sarum Missal. Salisbury, XIII century. Manchester, John Rylands Library, MS. Lat. 24, fol. 150v. John Rylands University Library of Manchester.

36 Carrying of the Cross. Images de la vie du Christ et des saints. Hainaut (?), ca. 1280–1290. Parchment. V-107 fols., 185 × 130 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. nouv. acq. fr. 16251, fol. 37v. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

37 Executioner’s head. Fragment from the archivolts of the north door of the west facade of Reims Cathedral. 1247–1255. Stone. Reims, Palais du Tau. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

38 Scenes from the life of St. Catherine (detail): executioner near Emperor Maxentius (before restoration). Stained-glass window. XII century. Angers, Cathedral of Saint-Maurice, nave. © Ministère de la Culture-Médiathèque du Patrimoine, Dist. RMN/Henri Graindorge.

39 Scenes from the life of St. Catherine (detail): executioner near Emperor Maxentius (after restoration). Stained-glass window. XII century. Angers, Cathedral of Saint-Maurice, nave. © Ministère de la Culture—Médiathèque du Patrimoine, Dist. RMN/Henri Graindorge.

yā al-Wasītī. Ship crossing the Persian Gulf. Al-Harïrï, Makämät (The Assemblies). 1236–1237.167 fols., 370 × 280 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS Arabe 5847, fol. 119v. Photo Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France.

yā al-Wasítí. Slave market. Al-Harïrï, Makämät (The Assemblies). 1236–1237. 167 fols., 370 × 280 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. Arabe 5847, fol. 105r (detail). Bibliothèque nationale de France.

42 Abū Sa‘īd, a guest at supper with a group of savants. Al-Harīrī, Maāmāt (The Assemblies). Syria or Mesopotamia, 1222–1223. 187 fols., 300 × 230 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. Arabe 6094, fol. 16r (detail). Bibliothèque nationale de France.

43 Conquest of Majorca by James I of Aragon. Mural painting. From Barcelona, Palacio Aguilar. XIII century. 176 × 530 cm. Barcelona, Museo de Bellas Artes de Cataluña, 71447. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

44 Defending the ramparts. Detail of the conquest of Majorca (fig. 43). Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

45 Chessbook of Alfonso X the Wise. 1283. 97 fols., 400 × 270 mm. Escorial, Real Monasterio, Biblioteca, Cod. T. I, 6, fol. 55r. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

46 Astrological symbol for the stone Zebech. Lapidario of Alfonso X the Wise. XIII century. Parchment. 118 fols. Escorial, Real Monasterio, Biblioteca, Cod. H. I. 15, fol. 95v (detail). Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

47 Chessbook of Alfonso X the Wise. 1283. 97 fols., 400 × 270 mm. Escorial, Real Monasterio, Biblioteca, Cod. T. I, 6, fol. 22r. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

48 Muslim expedition on Christian soil and taking booty. Las Cántigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X the Wise, Cantiga XLVI (detail). Second half XIII century. Parchment. 256 fols., 490 × 326 mm. Escorial, Real Monasterio, Biblioteca, Cod. T. I, 1. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

49 Expedition at sea: kidnapping a Christian count. Las Cántigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X the Wise, Cantiga XCV (detail). Second half XIII century. Parchment. 256 fols., 490 × 326 mm. Escorial, Real Monasterio, Biblioteca, Cod. T. I, 1. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

50 Story of a woman accused of committing adultery with a Moor. Las Cántigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X the Wise, Cantiga CLXXXVI. Second half XIII century. Parchment. 256 fols., 490 × 326 mm. Escorial, Real Monasterio, Biblioteca, Cod. T. I, 1. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

51 Story of a Moor’s conversion. Las Cántigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X the Wise, Cantiga CXCII. Second half XIII century. Parchment. 256 fols., 490 × 326 mm. Escorial, Real Monasterio, Biblioteca, Cod. T. I, 1. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

52 Possibly Michael Lupi de Çandiu. Initial Q: two soldiers leading two Moors before a king. Northeastern Spain. Ca. 1290–1310. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Leaf: 36.5 × 24 cm. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, MS. Ludwig XIV 6, fol. 244. J. Paul Getty Museum.

53 Possibly Michael Lupi de Çandiu. Initial S: the baptism of a Moor. Northeastern Spain. Ca. 1290–1310. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Leaf: 36.5 × 24 cm. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, MS. Ludwig XIV 6, fol. 242v. J. Paul Getty Museum.

54 Astrological symbol for the stone Sanguina. Lapidario of Alfonso X the Wise. XIII century. Parchment. 118 fols. Escorial, Real Monasterio, Biblioteca, Cod. H. I. 15, fol. 94v (detail). Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

55 Astrological symbol for the stone Almagnitaz. Lapidario of Alfonso X the Wise. XIII century. Parchment. 118 fols. Escorial, Real Monasterio, Biblioteca, Cod. H. I. 15, fol. 97v (detail). Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

56 Nestor. Conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch. Menologion of Basil II. From Constantinople. Between 976 and 1025. 434 pages, 364 × 284 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 1613, p. 107. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

57 Michael of Blachernae. Martyrdom of the holy fathers of the Sinai by the Blemmyes. Menologion of Basil II. From Constantinople. Between 976 and 1025. 434 pages, 364 × 284 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 1613, p. 315. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

58 Pantoleon. Martyrdom of the thirty fathers of Raithu in the Sinai by the Blemmyes. Menologion of Basil II. From Constantinople. Between 976 and 1025. 434 pages, 364 × 284 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 1613, p. 317. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

59 Hunting scene. Margin decoration. Gregory of Nazianzus, Homilies. Greece, XII century. Parchment. 294 fols., 270 × 195 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. gr. 550, fol. 94v. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

60 Playing scene. Margin decoration. Gregory of Nazianzus, Homilies. Greece, XII century. Parchment. 294 fols., 270 × 195 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. gr. 550, fol. 25lr. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

61 Canon tables. Tetraevangelion. From Greece. Early XI century. Parchment. 225 fols., 200 × 150 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. gr. 64, fol. 4v. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

62 Lion hunt in Libya. Pseudo-Oppian, Cynegetica. Constantinople, X-XI century. 67 fols., 240 × 195 mm. Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, MS. Marc. gr. 479 (881), fol. 41r (detail). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

63 Camel drivers. Pseudo-Oppian, Cynegetica. Constantinople, X-XI century. 67 fols., 240 × 195 mm. Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, MS. Marc. gr. 479 (881), fol. 53v (detail). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

64 Sarah returning to Abraham. Octateuch. Constantinople, XII century. Parchment. 508 fols., 390 × 280 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 746, fol. 65r (lower scene). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

65 Descendants of the sons of Noah. Octateuch. Constantinople, XII century. Parchment. 508 fols., 390 × 280 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 746, fol. 60v (detail). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

66 Destruction of the Tower of Babel and dispersion of the nations. Octateuch. Constantinople, XII century. Parchment. 508 fols., 390 × 280 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 746, fol. 61v (detail). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

67 Apostles teaching the nations. Tetraevangelion. Constantinople, mid-XI century. Parchment. 215 fols., 255 × 200 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. gr. 74, fol. 20v (detail). Bibliothèque nationale de France.

68 Isaac and Rebecca before Abimelech. Octateuch. Constantinople, XI century. Parchment. 260 fols., 360 × 285 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 747, fol. 47v (upper scene). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

69 Moses and Aaron summoned before Pharaoh and his magicians. Octateuch. Constantinople, XI century. Parchment. 260 fols., 360 × 285 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 747, fol. 82v (upper scene). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

70 Joseph sold to Potiphar by the Ishmaelites. Octateuch. Constantinople, XI century. Parchment. 260 fols., 360 × 285 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 747, fol. 59v (lower scene). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

71 Sixth plague on Egypt: boils. Octateuch. Constantinople, XI century. Parchment. 260 fols., 360 × 285 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 747, fol. 82r (upper scene). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

72 Sarah is brought to Pharaoh; Pharaoh gives Sarah back to Abraham. Octateuch. Constantinople, XI century. Parchment. 260 fols., 360 × 285 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 747, fol. 35r (two upper scenes). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

73 Apostles teaching the nations. Tetraevangelion. Constantinople, mid-XI century. Parchment. 215 fols., 255 × 200 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. gr. 74, fol. 20r (detail). Bibliothèque nationale de France.

74 Pentecost (detail). Mural painting. Early XIV century. Peć, Church of St. Demetrius. Photograph courtesy of the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade.

75 Preaching of the apostles. Psalter. From Constantinople, Studion Monastery. 1066. Vellum. 108 fols., 230 × 195 mm. London, British Library, Department of Manuscripts, MS. Add. 19352, fol. 20r. British Library.

76 Pentecost. Enameled plaque. From Constantinople. XII century. Pala d’Oro, upper part, second panel from the right. 30.7 × 30 cm. Venice, Basilica of St. Mark, high altar. Erich Lessing/akg-images.

77 Pentecost. Gregory of Nazianzus, Homilies. Constantinople, XII century. Parchment. 295 fols., 262 × 210 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. Coislin 239, fol. 28r (detail). Bibliothèque nationale de France.

78 Pentecost. Enameled plaque. Before 1105. Pala d’Oro, frame of the upper part, fourth panel from the right. 13 × 13.4 cm. Venice, Basilica of St. Mark, high altar. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

79 Satan’s fall (illustration of the verse “I saw Satan fall… from heaven,” Luke 10:18). Margin decoration. Tetraevangelion. Constantinople, mid-XI century. Parchment. 215 fols., 255 × 200 mm. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des Manuscrits, MS. gr. 74, fol. 131r (detail). Bibliothèque nationale de France.

80 Chancellor Matthew of Ajello treating his gout in a black man’s blood. Peter of Eboli, Liber ad honorem augusti. Palermo (?), between 1195 and 1197. Parchment. 148 fols., 330 × 200 mm. Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 120, fol. 127r. Burgerbibliothek Bern.

81 Alexander the Great on a throne carried by griffins. Detail from a floor mosaic. Mosaizisten Pantaleon, 1163–1166. Otranto (Apulia, Italy), Dome S. Maria Annunciata. Erich Lessing/akg-images.

82 Pantaleon. Queen of Sheba. Mosaic (detail). 1163–1165. Otranto, cathedral, lower part of the choir. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

83 Pantaleon. Solomon. Mosaic (detail). 1163–1165. Otranto, cathedral, lower part of the choir. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

84 Abba Moses swimming across the Nile. Vitae Patrum. Italy, XIV century. Parchment. 129 fols., 390 × 275 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. lat. 375, fol. 54v (detail). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

85 Episcopal throne supported by three atlantes. 1098. Marble. Bari, Church of St. Nicholas. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

86 An atlas. Detail of the Episcopal throne (fig. 85). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

87 Scenes from the life of Abba Moses. Vitae Patrum. Italy, XIV century. Parchment. 129 fols., 390 × 275 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. lat. 375, fol. 55r (detail). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

88 Ethiopian cutting wood. Historiated initial. Vitae Patrum. Italy, XIV century. Parchment. 129 fols., 390 × 275 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. lat. 375, fol. 112v (detail). Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

89 Head of a black. Detail of a capital (fig. 90). Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

90 Capital decorated with four heads. From South Italy. Ca. 1212–1220. Limestone. H: 36 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, 55.66. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

91 Capital decorated with four heads (detail): one black. Troia cathedral, ca. 1212–1220. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

92 Keystone representing an unidentified subject. Early XIV century. Stone. Saint-Wandrille Abbey, cloister, first eastern bay in the south gallery. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

93 Heads of Delilah, Samson, and a black carved under the abacus of a pillar. Ca. 1250. Stone. Rouen, Cathedral of Notre Dame, nave, second pillar from the west, south side. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

94 Combat between William of Orange and the giant Ysore (detail). Mural painting. Late XIII century. Pernes, Tour Ferrande, room on the fourth floor, west wall. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

95 Nestor. Martyrdom of St. Thomas. Menologion of Basil II. From Constantinople. Between 976 and 1025. 434 pages, 364 × 284 mm. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 1613, p. 93. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

96 Land of the Indians. Life of Barlaam and Joasaph. Byzantine, late XII–early XIII century. Parchment. 135 fols., 230 × 170 mm. Mount Athos, Monastery of Iveron, Cod. 463, fol. 3r (detail). Vlatadon Monastery/Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies.

97 Calendar, month of December. Psalter. From Gellone Abbey. England, first half XII century. III fols., 279 × 220 mm. Lunel, Bibliothèque municipale, MS. 1, fol. 5r. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

98 Gemini. Fragment of a carved zodiac. From Caissargues. XIII century. Marble. 65 × 42 cm. Avignon, Musée Calvet, G 202 A. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

99 Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Stained-glass window (detail). Late XII century. Canterbury, cathedral, north choir aisle. Sonia Halliday & Laura Lushington/Sonia Halliday Photographs.

100 Queen of Sheba between Balaam and Solomon. Ca. 1230. Stone. Chartres, Cathedral of Notre Dame, right portal of the north transept, embrasure on the left. Photograph © Claudio Colombo/iStockphoto.

101 Crouching black man. Detail of the statue of the Queen of Sheba (fig. 100). Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

102 Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (detail). Fragment of a stained-glass window. From Strasbourg, Church of Saint-Thomas. Ca. 1270. 52 × 63 cm. Strasbourg, Musée de l’Oeuvre Notre-Dame, MAD. LVIII. 5. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

103 Nicolas of Verdun. Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Enameled plaque of an ambo. 1181. 20.5 × 16.5 cm. Klosterneuburg, Museum des Chorherrenstiftes Klosterneuburg, VA III/4. Erich Lessing/akg-images.

104 Adoration of the Magi. Catalonia (?), late XII century. Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellonska. Ms. Berol. Lat. Quart. 700, fol. 2v. Formerly in Berlin, Preussische Staatsbibliothek, Handschriftenabteilung. Handschriftenabteilung—Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz.

105 Nicola Pisano. Black camel drivers in the cortege of the Magi. Relief on a pulpit (detail). 1266–1268. Marble. Siena, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

106 Legend of St. Thomas. Carved tympanum. XIII century. Stone. Semur-en-Auxois, north portal of the Church of Notre Dame. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

107 Two crouching figures, one a wild man. Detail of the legend of St. Thomas (fig. 106). XIII century. Stone. Semur-en-Auxois, Church of Notre Dame, capping of the right-hand jamb of the north portal. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

108 Beginning of a genealogy of Christ. Rotulus. From Soest, Cathedral of St. Patroklus. Ca. 1230. Parchment. Overall: 2460 × 390 mm. Berlin, Handschriftenabteilung, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS. lat. fol. 141. Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz.

109 Descendants of Ham. Detail of the beginning of a genealogy of Christ (fig. 108). Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz.

110 Resurrection of the dead. Fragment of a carved tympanum. From the central portal of the west facade of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Ca. 1220–1230. Stone. 112 × 115 cm. Paris, Musée de Cluny, Cl. 18643. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

111 Detail of the resurrection of the dead (fig. 110). Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

112 Workshop of the Cosmati. Christ between two captives. Mosaic. Ca. 1212. Rome, former Trinitarian convent of San Tommaso in Formis. Tristan Lafranchis/akg-images.

113 Head of the black. Detail of the resurrection of the dead (fig. 110). Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

114 Statue of St. Maurice. Ca. 1240–1250. Sandstone (traces of polychromy). H: 112 cm. Magdeburg, Cathedral of St. Maurice and St. Catherine, choir. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

115 Head, right profile, of the statue of St. Maurice (fig. 114). Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

116 Head, three-quarter view, to the left, of the statue of St. Maurice (fig. 114). Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

117 Master Theodoric. St. Maurice. Painted panel. Before 1367. 114 × 90 cm. Karlštejn, Castle, Chapel of the Holy Cross, east wall of the choir, right side of the lower register. Ladislav Neubert, Prague.

118 Olomouc sculptor (?). Reliquary bust of St. Maurice. Ca. 1440. Polychromed wood. H: 48 cm. Archbishopric Olomouc, Archdiocesan Museum Kroměříā, AMK P 11/KE. Zdenék Sodoma. Muzeum uméní Olomouc.

119 St. Maurice and a Benedictine pope. Painted panel from an altarpiece. Bohemia (?), ca. 1420–1430. 99.5 × 71 cm. Quittelsdorf, evangelical church. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

120 Coronation of the Virgin (detail): martyrs and confessors. Central panel of a painted altarpiece. Dated 1465. 146 × 142 cm. Brandenburg, Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

121 St. Maurice. Detail of a painted panel from the outer right-hand wing of a polyptych. From Wiener Neustadt Abbey. 1447. Wing: 370 × 137 cm. Detail H: approx. 80 cm. Vienna, Stefansdom. Bundesdenkmalamt.

122 St. Maurice. Detail of the painted reverse of the right wing of an altarpiece. Ca. 1370–1380. Brandenburg, Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, choir. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

123 Statue of St. Maurice. Ca. 1360–1370. Stone. Magdeburg, Cathedral of St. Maurice and St. Catherine, gable over the west portal. Klaus G. Beyer, Weimar.

124 St. Maurice. Side of a stall, upper part. Ca. 1470–1480. Wood. Detail H: 58 cm. Halberstadt, Church of St. Maurice. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

125 St. Maurice. Stained-glass window (detail). Ca. 1430–1440. Stendal, Cathedral of St. Nicholas, choir, north side. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

126 Statue of St. Maurice. Before 1411. Stone. H: 116 cm. Halle, Church of St. Maurice. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

127 Statue of St. Maurice standing against a pillar on the north side of the central nave. 1513 (gift of Sebastian von Pioto). Stone. Halberstadt, Cathedral of St. Stephen. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

128 Silver statuette of St. Maurice. From Magdeburg (?). Ca. 1470–1480. H: 16 cm. Medingen Abbey. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

129 Virgin and Child between St. Maurice and St. Sebastian. Central panel of a carved altarpiece. Ca. 1500. Frankenhain, church. The Menil Foundation.

130 St. Maurice (detail). Right wing of a carved triptych dated 1517. Polychromed and gilded wood. 160 × 51.5 cm. Braunsdorf, church. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

131 Studio of Valentin Lendenstreich. St. Maurice and St. Catherine. Detail of the central panel of a carved triptych dated 1498. Wood. St. Maurice H: approx. 80 cm. Rottenbach, church. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

132 St. Maurice. Detail of the left wing of a carved altarpiece. Ca. 1450–1500. Polychromed and gilded wood. Wing: 125 × 65 cm. St. Maurice H: approx. 65 cm. Wienhausen Abbey, chapter room. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

133 St. Maurice. Detail of the left wing of a carved altarpiece dated 1492. Polychromed and gilded wood. Wing: 230 × 121 cm. St. Maurice H: approx. 150 cm. Delitzsch, Church of Saints Peter and Paul. Mario Carrieri, Milan/The Menil Foundation.

134 Bust of St. Maurice. Lower compartment of the left wing of an altarpiece. Ca. 1430–1440. Polychromed wood. St. Maurice H: approx. 35 cm. Teterow church. E. Fischer, Rostock.

135 St. Maurice. Detail of the central panel of a carved altarpiece. Ca. 1430–1440. Polychromed wood. Central panel: 202 × 185 cm. Wismar, Church of St. Nicholas. Pastor Roger Thomas. Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde St. Nikolai. E. Fischer, Rostock.

136 St. Maurice. Mural painting (detail). Ca. 1464. Roskilde, Domkirke, so-called Chapel of Christian I or of the Three Magi, south wall. Roskilde Museum.

137 Statue of St. Maurice. Early XV century. Polychromed wood. Formerly in Riga, House of the Black Heads. Present whereabouts unknown. Marburg Bildarchiv Foto.

138 Virgin and St. Maurice beneath the heraldic bearings of the city and the Black Heads. 1522. Stone. Reliefs on the door jambs of the House of the Black Heads in Riga. Marburg Bildarchiv Foto.

139 Statue of St. Maurice from the altarpiece of the old high altar. Ca. 1425. Polychromed wood. H: 85 cm. Jüterbog, Church of St. Nicholas. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

140 Scenes from the legend of St. Maurice. Painted fragments of the altarpiece of the old high altar. Ca. 1425. Wood. Approx. 190 × 175 cm. Jüterbog, Church of St. Nicholas. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

141 St. Maurice. Mural painting (detail). Second half XV century. Kloster Zinna, former abbatial guesthouse, second floor, north wall. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

142 Figures of St. Maurice and St. Stephen on the bishops miter. Detail of the funerary monument of Archbishop Ernest of Saxony (fig. 143). Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

143 Peter Vischer. Funerary monument of Archbishop Ernest of Saxony. 1495. Bronze. Magdeburg, Cathedral of St. Maurice and St. Catherine. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

144 Statue of St. Maurice on the base of the tomb. Detail of the funerary monument of Archbishop Ernest of Saxony (fig. 143). St. Maurice H: 55 cm. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

145 Altarpiece of the high altar, wings closed. Late XV-early XVI century. Halle, Church of St. Maurice. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

146 St. Maurice. Statue from a niche in the central panel of the altarpiece of the high altar (fig. 145). 1480–1490. Wood. H: approx. 75 cm. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

147 Hans Baldung Grien. St. Maurice and St. George. Altarpiece wings. From Halle, collegiate church. 1507. Wood. Each wing: 21 × 28 cm. Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, 603 A. Gemäldegalerie, SMB/Jörg P. Anders. Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz.

148 St. Maurice. Left wing of an altarpiece dated 1529. Wood. Overall W: 460 cm. Halle, Marktkirche. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

149 Nikolaus Glockendon. St. Maurice and his companions. Missal of Cardinal Albert of Brandenburg. 1524. Parchment. 572 fols., 385 × 280 mm. Aschaffenburg, Hofbibliothek, MS. 10, fol. 437v. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

150 Reliquary statue of St. Maurice. Heiltumsbuch. 1525–1527. Parchment. 428 fols., 350 × 250 mm. Aschaffenburg, Hofbibliothek, MS. 14, fol. 227v. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

151 Matthias Grünewald. St. Erasmus and St. Maurice. From Halle, collegiate church. Ca. 1520–1524. Painting on wood. 226 × 176 cm. Munich, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek, 1044. Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz.

152 Detail of St. Erasmus and St. Maurice (fig. 151). Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz.

153 Jehner von Orlamünde. Three companions of St. Maurice. Interior of the first wing on the right of the altarpiece of the high altar, dated 1511. Halle, Church of St. Maurice. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

154 Peter Schro. Statue of St. Maurice standing against a pillar in the nave. 1525. Stone. H: 196 cm. Halle, Collegiate Church of St. Maurice and St. Mary Magdalene. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

155 Peter Schro. Plaque commemorating the dedication of the collegiate church at Halle by Cardinal Albert of Brandenburg. 1523. Stone. 208 × 150 cm. St. Maurice H: 92 cm. Halle, Collegiate Church of St. Maurice and St. Mary Magdalene. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

156 Statue of St. Maurice. From the facade of the town hall in Jüterbog. 1508. Stone. H: 185 cm. Jüterbog, Kreis-Heimatmuseum. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

157 St. Maurice and his companions. Upper half of the right wing of a triptych. From Gross-Wittfeitzen, chapel. Ca. 1520. Wood. Wing: 168 × 84 cm. Lüneburg, Museum für das Fürstentum Lüneburg, H 75. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

158 St. Maurice. Altarpiece fragment. From Schwaigern. Ca. 1520. Wood. 88 × 45 cm. Formerly in Stuttgart, Württembergisches Landesmuseum, 13254. Direktor Dr. Hans-Peter Geh/Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte in der Württembergische Landesbibliothek.

159 Master of the Goslar Sibyls (attrib.). St. Maurice and his companions. Left wing of the so-called Calenberger Altar. Ca. 1515. Wood. 99 × 65.6 cm. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, purchased with funds donated anonymously and Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund, 2005.195.1–4. Formerly in Marienburg, castle. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

160 Hans von Kulmbach. St. Maurice. Stationary left wing of the so-called Ritteraltar. Ca. 1518. Limbach, church. Archiv Wolf-Christian von der Mülbe.

161 Hans von Kulmbach. St. Maurice. Stationary left wing of the so-called Ritteraltar. Ca. 1518. Limbach, church. Archiv Wolf-Christian von der Mülbe.

162 Covered ciborium topped with a bust of St. Maurice. Heiltumsbuch. 1525–1527. Parchment. 428 fols., 350 × 250 mm. Aschaffenburg, Hofbibliothek, MS. 14, fol. 335v. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

163 Drinking horn decorated with a statuette of St. Maurice. Heiltumsbuch. 1525–1527. Parchment. 428 fols., 350 × 250 mm. Aschaffenburg, Hofbibliothek, MS. 14, fol. 291v. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

164 Wolf Traut. Reliquary bust of Fidis. Woodcut from the Heiltumsbuch printed in 1520. 76 fols. Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Post. Inc. K 1603. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.

165 Wolf Traut. Reliquary bust of Maurice. Woodcut from the Heiltumsbuch printed in 1520. 76 fols. Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Post. Inc. K 1603. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.

166 Reliquary bust of Fidis. Heiltumsbuch. 1525–1527. Parchment. 428 fols., 350 × 250 mm. Aschaffenburg, Hofbibliothek, MS. 14, fol. 376v. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

167 Reliquary bust of St. Maurice. Heiltumsbuch. 1525–1527. Parchment. 428 fols., 350 × 250 mm. Aschaffenburg, Hofbibliothek, MS. 14, fol. 228v. Hickey & Robertson, Houston/The Menil Foundation.

168 Enameled glass goblet decorated with a figure of St. Maurice and the armorial bearings of the canons of Magdeburg. Germany, probably Bohemia, 1568. 26.1 × 11.8 cm. Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art. Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon 1948.232. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

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BOOKThe Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II: From the Early Christian Era to the “Age of Discovery”, Part 1: From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood

David Bindman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

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In the 1960s, art patron Dominique de Menil founded an image archive showing the ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art. Highlights from her collection appeared in three large-format volumes that quickly became collector’s items. A half-century later, Harvard University Press and the Du Bois Institute are proud to publish a complete set of ten sumptuous books, including new editions of the original volumes and two additional ones.

From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood, written largely by noted French scholar Jean Devisse, has established itself as a classic in the field of medieval art. It surveys as never before the presence of black people, mainly mythical, in art from the early Christian era to the fourteenth century. The extraordinary transformation of Saint Maurice into a black African saint, the subject of many noble and deeply touching images, is a highlight of this volume. The new introduction by Paul Kaplan provides a fresh perspective on the image of the black in medieval European art and contextualizes the classic essays on the subject.

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David Bindman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

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