Purification, sacred action, and the vision of God: viewing medieval narratives
Cynthia Hahn
Abstract Narrative images on the Carrand diptych, from fourth or fifth century, in life of martyr Romanus Antioch, a manuscript c. 900 at Bern, and frescoes St Martin Vicq twelfth all demonstrate solutions to particular problem that is great interest narrative studies. Most simply put, authorization speech. In addressing this these three narratives pose answer certain questions: What gives narrator power speak? impells him tell narrate? And what proper function narrative?1 When reference made ‘narrator’ essay, person meant fact one step removed. He not artist-narrator but origin, each cases he represented within itself. Such representation very common medieval narrative. The modern reader viewer might call hides his presence acts only as transmitter.
Word & Image