Notes on Barnet, Peter; Dandridge, Pete (2006). Lions, Dragons, & other Beasts: Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages: Vessels for Church and Table. (Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture). Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300116847.
Beasts of every land and clime
editAn Introduction to Medieval Aquamanilia by Peter Barnet
- p. 3
- aqua and manus, lost wax method, 12-15th century, German speciality, lions, Sason, horses, knights, etc.
Medieval documents
Role of hand washing : preparation of the celebration of the Eucharist - p. 4
- Priori 11th century, Psalm 25:6-10, after, Psalm 50:6-10.
liturgical hand washing. Isidore of Seville, aquamanile then refers to a bowl. Aquamanile in inventories, e.g. Chronicon Zwifaltense (1140) - p. 5
- treasury of Munster, Prufening, mid-13th Mainz.
Pilate (Matthew 27:21-25), Bonmont Psalter (dragon), Altarpiece in Graz (1503) - p. 6
- Graz: seated lion
16th century Rites of Durham, ewer in the shape of a man on a horse used in a dining context. - p. 7
- Hand washing important for gentry in dining as fingers were used to eat. No depiction. Matthew Paris, peacock. Table decoration, Menagier.
- p. 8
- Meaning of the shape.
- p. 9
- Animal imagery in the middle ages, bestiary. Lion, king of the beasts. Lion of Braunschweig. Motifs of Byzantine silks. Critics of animal imagery.
- p. 10
- Zoomorphic objects in Roamn and Byzantine culture. Islamic Spain and commercial trade. Portable Islamic objects. Textile and ivory. Venice, Genova and Pisa. Crusades.
- p. 11
- Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1099. Sack of Constantinople. Federick I, Henry the Lion. Contact with Islamic metalworkers. Pisa Griffin, Cordoba stag, Monzon lion. Bird of prey aquamanile of the 8th century.