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Symmetrie und Symbolik

Bildliches Erzählen in den ‚Parzival‘-Illustrationen des CGM 19
  • Nina Fahr
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Abstract

Text and image of the ‘Parzival’ within the Cgm 19 are both arranged in a three-column layout, which leads to present different specifications not only in terms of form but also content. This is especially evident within the illustration cycle. Images across the pages are linked together by means of a complex reference system, creating semantic interferences. The illustration cycle does not just have an illustrative function but possesses a narrative intrinsic logic which in some aspects refers to the paradigmatic narrative of Wolfram’s ‘Parzival’. Important elements of the pictorial narrative are the means of rhythmisation as well as the reference to the Christian iconography. My essay seeks to focus on the intrinsic rhythmisation as well as the connotations that are evoked by the use of certain iconographic models. For this purpose, I would like to differentiate between three types of illustrations: symmetrical illustrations, illustrations with reference to a certain iconography and a type of illustrations in which several functions overlap, which I will call ‘Scharnier- Bilder’. On the basis of a detailed analysis, I would like to point out that the transition between symmetry and symbolism plays an eminent role within this illustration cycle.

Abstract

Text and image of the ‘Parzival’ within the Cgm 19 are both arranged in a three-column layout, which leads to present different specifications not only in terms of form but also content. This is especially evident within the illustration cycle. Images across the pages are linked together by means of a complex reference system, creating semantic interferences. The illustration cycle does not just have an illustrative function but possesses a narrative intrinsic logic which in some aspects refers to the paradigmatic narrative of Wolfram’s ‘Parzival’. Important elements of the pictorial narrative are the means of rhythmisation as well as the reference to the Christian iconography. My essay seeks to focus on the intrinsic rhythmisation as well as the connotations that are evoked by the use of certain iconographic models. For this purpose, I would like to differentiate between three types of illustrations: symmetrical illustrations, illustrations with reference to a certain iconography and a type of illustrations in which several functions overlap, which I will call ‘Scharnier- Bilder’. On the basis of a detailed analysis, I would like to point out that the transition between symmetry and symbolism plays an eminent role within this illustration cycle.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Vorwort V
  3. Inhalt VII
  4. Einleitung 1
  5. Teil 1: Verfahrensweisen
  6. Kompilation und Kreativität 9
  7. Unverständnis und Kreativität im Kopierprozess 27
  8. Entkontextualisierung – Neukontextualisierung am Beispiel einer spätmittelalterlichen Sammelhandschrift 49
  9. Erotische Narrative 69
  10. AMAD: Neue Kontexte für den mediävistischen Diskurs 95
  11. Teil 2: Imaginäre Welten
  12. Die Erschaffung literarischer Welten im späten Mittelalter 107
  13. Zwischen Tradition und Fortschritt 125
  14. Hugo Primas’ Troja 141
  15. ‚Original‘ und ‚Kopie‘ des ‚Rappoltsteiner Parzifal‘ 157
  16. Symmetrie und Symbolik 171
  17. Höfische Epik neu erzählt 191
  18. Ars latet arte sua 211
  19. Boese bilde gebent den jungen ir alten 227
  20. Teil 3: Die Welt der Höfe
  21. Narrative Schemata in polnischer mittelalterlicher Historiographie zu deutsch-polnischen Kontakten 249
  22. Prag und Burghausen um 1500 263
  23. Alte Motive in neuen Kontexten 283
  24. Teil 4: Religiöse Welten
  25. Manichäismus an der Seidenstraße 303
  26. Petrarcas ‚Carmen de beata Maria Magdalena‘ im Kontext 323
  27. Das Trivulzio-Elfenbein und die Anfänge des ‚Magdalenenmotivs‘ in der Kunst 339
  28. Tradition und Innovation im theologischen Diskurs der Byzantiner im späten neunten Jahrhundert 357
  29. Imitatio imitationis 373
  30. ‚De imitatione Christi‘ 391
  31. Intercessio, nicht nur imitatio 407
  32. Frau Avas ‚Jüngstes Gericht‘ im Spannungsfeld zwischen Kreativität und Epigonalität 423
  33. Kreative Scholastik? 433
  34. Mittelalterliche Alltagspsychologie 451
  35. Sinnbildende Umstrukturierung? 469
  36. Die Arche Noah als Pyramide 485
  37. Mimesis und Aktualität 509
  38. Tradition und Wandel in der Überlieferung des Gregorianischen Chorals 527
  39. Klösterliche Schriftkultur im Überlieferungskontext 531
  40. Einige Gründe für Variantenbildung im Gregorianischen Choral anhand von Beispielen aus dem Fragmentenbestand des Hauptstaatsarchivs Stuttgart 545
  41. Digitale Methoden zur Erforschung der Überlieferungsgeschichte des Gregorianischen Chorals 551
  42. Computergestützte Tools zur Codierung des Gregorianischen Chorals 555
  43. Teil 5: Globale Begegnungen
  44. Von der Reise zur Karte und zurück 563
  45. Geographische Kataloge als narrative Strukturen historischen Erzählens im Spätmittelalter 597
  46. Die Stimme aus dem Grab 609
  47. Lagerfeuergeschichten 627
  48. Namensregister 649
  49. Ortsregister 657
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