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Doodles in a New Testament Manuscript

8/1/2015

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Codex Seidelianus II (University of Hamburg, Cod. 91 in scrin.; Gregory-Aland 013) is a ninth century Greek parchment codex containing the four canonical Gospels. In the margins of two separate pages in this codex, we find some interesting doodles. Ancient scribes and readers doodled often, and in the medieval period, there are thousands of the most interesting examples (see here). But what do we imagine these figures to represent? Are they bishops? Monks? And what is going on with the feet and heads of these figures? Are they holding crosses? What is on the top of the first figure's head? Let your imaginations run wild!
Codex Seidelianus II, Gregory-Aland 013, Cod. 91 in scrin.
Folio 232 (Luke 14:15-22)
Codex Seidelianus II, Gregory-Aland 013, Cod. 91 in scrin.
Folio 228 (Luke 13:19-27)
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Marg link
8/1/2015 08:23:00 pm

The figures immediately reminded me of some of the costumes on Franco Zeffirelli's "Brother Sun, Sister Moon".

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Greg Matthews
8/4/2015 05:11:44 am

To me it looks like they're wearing a cloak, especially in the second image, and that the "feet' are tassels hanging from some sort of ornamental fringe. I think the Jews have some sort of ritual garment like this, but I have no idea what it's called.

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