Reflections on image as gesture: notes on MS Paris, BNF, Latin 9449

Authors

  • Eduardo Henrik Aubert Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2015.89560

Keywords:

Medieval image, medieval music, gesture, image theory

Abstract

This article proposes that conceiving image as gesture can be a fruitful means of enhancing the intelligibility of images – moving away from the representational model towards an understanding of images as a vehicle of social action. In order to do so, it proceeds in two parts: the first one is devoted to a direct historiographical and conceptual discussion, whereas the second part is devoted to a case study centred on manuscript Paris, BnF, latin 9449, from mid eleventh-century Nevers. By analysing the images in this book, in their manuscript context and with relation to other contemporary Nivernais sources, an argument is made for the feasibility and relevance of this approach. 

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Author Biography

  • Eduardo Henrik Aubert, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge

    Doutorado em Histoire et Civilisations. École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, França. Pós-doutorando no Departamento de História da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo. Senior Research Associate.

Published

2015-06-30

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How to Cite

AUBERT, Eduardo Henrik. Reflections on image as gesture: notes on MS Paris, BNF, Latin 9449. Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 172, p. 77–111, 2015. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2015.89560. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/89560.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.