Anyone who is interested in the history and influence of the Church in the Middle Ages will be fascinated by the exhibition at the Morgan Library in New York City titled Now and Forever: The Art of Medieval Time. The idea of the exhibit is to show how the Church’s concepts of history and of time permeated all aspects of life, including thoughts and activities. Included in the exhibit are extraordinary examples of church calendars and secular calendars (hard to tell apart) and Books of Hours that are beautiful in themselves but also evocative of daily life. The exhibit is described on the Morgan website. It ends on April 29th.
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ReplyDeleteGreat. Even the Web page is inspiring. Have to scrape up $35 for the catalog. We were talking just this morning about how the Jewish and then Christian liturgical calendars encapsulate a life into a year.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing. Wish I were where I could see the exhibit in person.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite books is "A Medieval Book of Seasons" by Marie Collins and Virginia Davis. The pictures are drawn from Books of Hours and other illuminated manuscripts. They show glimpses into the daily lives of people. It is hard for us to realize how the lives of rich and poor alike were bound up with the rhythm of the seasons in those times.