You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. by Carla Cucina is about “The Rainbow Allegory in the Old Icelandic Physiologus Manuscript”. The essay largely focuses “on the metaphorical implications of the rainbow and its colours, particularly against the Latin-Christian background of exegetical literature.”
Several of the images and details discussed in this thread are explained by the passages mentioned in the paper.
For instance the theme of Alpha and Omega mentioned by bi3mw You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and discussed in the Nuremberg Chronicle is explained by passages by Isidore and Rabanus Maurus (quoted below).
In the Western tradition, there is a great variety of descriptions and associations with the rainbow. In particular, there is no agreement on the number of colors by which it is composed. The passage above is about only two colors, but other sources speak of three, four or six different colors.
The label EVA:oteedy oteedy appears near the rainbow at the bottom of f77v. EVA:otedy otedy appears at the top of the page, near the nymph at the left of another rainbow. EVA:otedy also appears near the “elemental tube” at the top of f77r. So I was particularly interested in association of the rainbow with one of the elements. The many quotes in Cucina's paper make clear that there is no specific association. The passage from Rabanus makes associations with water and fire. Isidore associates it with all the four elements of classical and medieval physics:
I wonder if other (non Western) traditions could point to more specific elemental associations for the rainbow.
Several of the images and details discussed in this thread are explained by the passages mentioned in the paper.
For instance the theme of Alpha and Omega mentioned by bi3mw You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and discussed in the Nuremberg Chronicle is explained by passages by Isidore and Rabanus Maurus (quoted below).
Quote:“As a matter of fact, in this rainbow the colours of water and of fire are shown together, since it appears blue at one side and red at the other, because it is a witness of both judgements: one certainly to come, and the other past, that is, because the world will be burnt by the fire of judgement, and will not be destroyed by the water of the flood any longer. Iris, that is the rainbow, is said to be the symbol of God's two judgements: the first, the one through flood; the second, the one through fire...”
In the Western tradition, there is a great variety of descriptions and associations with the rainbow. In particular, there is no agreement on the number of colors by which it is composed. The passage above is about only two colors, but other sources speak of three, four or six different colors.
The label EVA:oteedy oteedy appears near the rainbow at the bottom of f77v. EVA:otedy otedy appears at the top of the page, near the nymph at the left of another rainbow. EVA:otedy also appears near the “elemental tube” at the top of f77r. So I was particularly interested in association of the rainbow with one of the elements. The many quotes in Cucina's paper make clear that there is no specific association. The passage from Rabanus makes associations with water and fire. Isidore associates it with all the four elements of classical and medieval physics:
Quote:(The rainbow) is four-coloured, and takes its appearance from all the elements. It derives its fiery-red colour from the sky, purple from the waters, white from air, and draws its dark colour from earth.
I wonder if other (non Western) traditions could point to more specific elemental associations for the rainbow.
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