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== Catalogue of Illustrated Prudentius Manuscripts ==
The following list is based on the work of Stettiner [STETTINER 1895]. He breaks the manuscripts into 3 groups. Groups 1 and 2 run roughly chronologically to each other and must have come from a common model. Group 3 are from the C12th and C13th and show elements from both groups 1 and 2.<br>
<br>
The Catalogue number is broken into 3 parts:<br>
P = Catalogue number; [[T-M#T40|T40]] = Link to Manuscript Catalogue; (P<sup>1</sup>) = Original Stettiner number [STETTINER 1895]
<br>
{|
|- valign="top" id="S1"
|[[File:P1.jpg|thumb|left|alt=P1]]
|'''P1 (P<sup>1</sup>), In 2 parts:'''
:C9th / 10th
:'''Paris, Bibliotheque nationale, Ms. Lat. 8318 fol. 49-64 (16 pages)'''
:[http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Mandragore France BNF]
:'''Rome, Vaticanische Bibliothek, Cod. Reg. lat. 596, fol. 26-27 (2 pages)'''
:[http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00062607/image_5 Stettiner 1895]
:[STETTINER 1895]
|}
==The Psychomachia Story==
There are 86 illustrated scenes of the Psychomachia. The following summary of these scenes is taken from Ohlgren's [OHLGREN 1992] descriptions of British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII<br>
<br>
'''1-Abraham''' <br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 4r-5v.''<br>
1.1 Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac<br>
1.2 Lot Taken Prisoner by Kings<br>
1.3 Abraham pursues Lot’s captors<br>
1.4 Abraham returns after freeing Lot<br>
1.5 Abraham and Melchisedec sacrifice at an alter<br>
1.6 Abraham greets the three Angels. Sarah sits in a tent<br>
<br>
'''2-Faith vs, OldGodsWorship'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 7r-7v<br>''
2.1 Prudentius genuflects before an alter<br>
2.2 OldGodsWorship attacks Faith with a spear<br>
2.3 Faith defeats OldGodsWorship<br>
2.4 Faith crowns the Virtues<br>
<br>
'''3-Modesty vs. Lust'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 7v-10r''<br>
3.1 Lust attacks Modesty with a torch<br>
3.2 Modesty casts a stone at Lust<br>
3.3 Modesty strikes Lust in the neck with a sword<br>
3.4 Modesty stands in victory over Lust<br>
3.5 Modesty dips her sword in the River Jordan<br>
3.6 Modesty kneels before the Temple<br>
<br>
'''4-Patience vs. Wraith'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 10r-13r''<br>
4.1Patience is flanked by 2 groups of soldiers<br>
4.2 Wraith holds a spear<br>
4.3 Patience is threatened by Wraith holding a spear<br>
4.4 Wraith prepares to throw a spear at Patience<br>
4.5 Patience deflects Wraith’s spear<br>
4.6 Wraith strikes at Patience with a sword<br>
4.7 Wraiths sword breaks into pieces<br>
4.8 Wraith commits suicide on her spear<br>
4.9 Patience stands victorious over Wraith<br>
4.10 Patience and Job walk through a warring host<br>
<br>
'''5-Humility vs. Pride'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 13v-17v''<br>
5.1 Pride rides a horse with a lion skin on its back<br>
5.2 Pride attempts to trample Humility<br>
5.3 Pride falls from her horse into a dark pit<br>
5.4 Humility stands over Pride and her horse<br>
5.5 Hope offers the sword of vengeance to Humility<br>
5.6 Humility, accompanied by Hope, decapitates Pride<br>
5.7 Humility holds up Prides head<br>
5.8 Hope stands over Prides headless corpse<br>
5.9 Ascension of Hope to Heaven<br>
<br>
'''6-Sobriety vs. Luxury'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 18r-22r''<br>
6.1 Luxury sits at feast<br>
6.2 Luxury prepares for battle<br>
6.3 Luxury rides her chariot<br>
6.4 Luxury enchants two Virtues<br>
6.5 The Virtues drop their spears<br>
6.6 Luxury Dances while the Virtues surrender<br>
6.7 Sobriety chastise the dissenting Virtues<br>
6.8 Sobriety confronts Luxury<br>
6.9 Luxury’s horse panics at the sight of the cross, throwing Luxury<br>
6.10 Sobriety delivery a victory speech<br>
6.11 After hearing of Luxury’s death, Jest throws away his cymbols<br>
6.12 Amor flees dropping his bow and quiver<br>
6.13 Ostentation is dressed in vain flowing robes<br>
6.14 Pleasure runs through the thorns<br>
6.15 Sobriety and the Virtues trample Luxury’s treasure<br>
<br>
'''7- Good Works vs. Avarice''' <br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 23v-30v''<br>
7.1 Avarice picks up Luxury’s treasure<br>
7.2 Avarice with her booty<br>
7.3 Avarice nurses the Vices, Cura, Famis, Metus, Anxietas, Periuria, Pallor, Corruptela, Dolus, Commenta, Insomnia and Sordes<br>
7.4 Avarice forces a man to the ground, another has been blinded by her<br>
7.5 Avarice lures a man to his death with treasure<br>
7.6 Avarice drives five men into a fiery pit<br>
7.7 Avarice disguises herself as the Virtue Frugality.<br>
7.8 Avarice as Frugality deceives four people <br>
7.9 Avarice as Frugality binds a man’s hands<br>
7.10 Avarice as Frugality confuses the Virtues<br>
7.11 Good Works fights Avarice and distributes her treasure to the poor and crippled <br>
7.12 Avarice stands shocked by Good Works<br>
7.13 Good Works presses Avarice arms<br>
7.14 Good Works kills Avarice<br>
7.15 Good Works gives Avarice’s treasure to the poor and crippled<br>
7.16 Good Works addresses the troops<br>
7.17 Peace drives away Metus, Labor and Fear<br>
7.18 The Virtues disarm<br>
<br>
'''8-Concord vs. Discord'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 30v-36v''<br>
8.1 The Virtues rejoice in their victory<br>
8.2 Concord signals the Virtues to return to camp<br>
8.3 The Virtues return to camp<br>
8.4 The Virtues arrive at the camps gate<br>
8.5 Discord attacks Concord<br>
8.6 Discord disguised as a Virtue to captured by the Virtues<br>
<br>
''The following scenes are from Cambridge Corpus Christi:'' <br>
''8.7 A Virtue about to strike Discord with a sword''<br>
''8.8 A Virtue strikes Discord''<br>
''8.9 Discord is chopped into pieces''<br>
''8.10 A Prisoner''<br>
''8.11 Faith and ? converse''<br>
''8.12 Faith and ? on bed. Men, cities''<br>
''8.13 Faith and ? talk to some men''<br>
<br>
8.14 Faith addresses the Virtues<br>
8.15 Faith and Concord layout the temples foundations<br>
8.16 The temple of the Lord<br>
8.17 Wisdom seated on a throne<br>
8.18 Prudentius prays before the temple<br>
==See Also ==
[http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/2006/12/25/psychomachia-modesty-vs-lust/ Partial translation into English]
== References ==
<nocite>
BUDNY1997
OSULLIVAN2004
OHLGREN1992
STETTINER1895
</nocite>
<biblio force=false>#[[Template:Bib]]</biblio>
<HarvardReferences />
<br>
== Catalogue of Illustrated Prudentius Manuscripts ==
The following list is based on the work of Stettiner [STETTINER 1895]. He breaks the manuscripts into 3 groups. Groups 1 and 2 run roughly chronologically to each other and must have come from a common model. Group 3 are from the C12th and C13th and show elements from both groups 1 and 2.<br>
<br>
The Catalogue number is broken into 3 parts:<br>
P = Catalogue number; [[T-M#T40|T40]] = Link to Manuscript Catalogue; (P<sup>1</sup>) = Original Stettiner number [STETTINER 1895]
<br>
{|
|- valign="top" id="S1"
|[[File:P1.jpg|thumb|left|alt=P1]]
|'''P1 (P<sup>1</sup>), In 2 parts:'''
:C9th / 10th
:'''Paris, Bibliotheque nationale, Ms. Lat. 8318 fol. 49-64 (16 pages)'''
:[http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Mandragore France BNF]
:'''Rome, Vaticanische Bibliothek, Cod. Reg. lat. 596, fol. 26-27 (2 pages)'''
:[http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00062607/image_5 Stettiner 1895]
:[STETTINER 1895]
|}
==The Psychomachia Story==
There are 86 illustrated scenes of the Psychomachia. The following summary of these scenes is taken from Ohlgren's [OHLGREN 1992] descriptions of British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII<br>
<br>
'''1-Abraham''' <br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 4r-5v.''<br>
1.1 Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac<br>
1.2 Lot Taken Prisoner by Kings<br>
1.3 Abraham pursues Lot’s captors<br>
1.4 Abraham returns after freeing Lot<br>
1.5 Abraham and Melchisedec sacrifice at an alter<br>
1.6 Abraham greets the three Angels. Sarah sits in a tent<br>
<br>
'''2-Faith vs, OldGodsWorship'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 7r-7v<br>''
2.1 Prudentius genuflects before an alter<br>
2.2 OldGodsWorship attacks Faith with a spear<br>
2.3 Faith defeats OldGodsWorship<br>
2.4 Faith crowns the Virtues<br>
<br>
'''3-Modesty vs. Lust'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 7v-10r''<br>
3.1 Lust attacks Modesty with a torch<br>
3.2 Modesty casts a stone at Lust<br>
3.3 Modesty strikes Lust in the neck with a sword<br>
3.4 Modesty stands in victory over Lust<br>
3.5 Modesty dips her sword in the River Jordan<br>
3.6 Modesty kneels before the Temple<br>
<br>
'''4-Patience vs. Wraith'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 10r-13r''<br>
4.1Patience is flanked by 2 groups of soldiers<br>
4.2 Wraith holds a spear<br>
4.3 Patience is threatened by Wraith holding a spear<br>
4.4 Wraith prepares to throw a spear at Patience<br>
4.5 Patience deflects Wraith’s spear<br>
4.6 Wraith strikes at Patience with a sword<br>
4.7 Wraiths sword breaks into pieces<br>
4.8 Wraith commits suicide on her spear<br>
4.9 Patience stands victorious over Wraith<br>
4.10 Patience and Job walk through a warring host<br>
<br>
'''5-Humility vs. Pride'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 13v-17v''<br>
5.1 Pride rides a horse with a lion skin on its back<br>
5.2 Pride attempts to trample Humility<br>
5.3 Pride falls from her horse into a dark pit<br>
5.4 Humility stands over Pride and her horse<br>
5.5 Hope offers the sword of vengeance to Humility<br>
5.6 Humility, accompanied by Hope, decapitates Pride<br>
5.7 Humility holds up Prides head<br>
5.8 Hope stands over Prides headless corpse<br>
5.9 Ascension of Hope to Heaven<br>
<br>
'''6-Sobriety vs. Luxury'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 18r-22r''<br>
6.1 Luxury sits at feast<br>
6.2 Luxury prepares for battle<br>
6.3 Luxury rides her chariot<br>
6.4 Luxury enchants two Virtues<br>
6.5 The Virtues drop their spears<br>
6.6 Luxury Dances while the Virtues surrender<br>
6.7 Sobriety chastise the dissenting Virtues<br>
6.8 Sobriety confronts Luxury<br>
6.9 Luxury’s horse panics at the sight of the cross, throwing Luxury<br>
6.10 Sobriety delivery a victory speech<br>
6.11 After hearing of Luxury’s death, Jest throws away his cymbols<br>
6.12 Amor flees dropping his bow and quiver<br>
6.13 Ostentation is dressed in vain flowing robes<br>
6.14 Pleasure runs through the thorns<br>
6.15 Sobriety and the Virtues trample Luxury’s treasure<br>
<br>
'''7- Good Works vs. Avarice''' <br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 23v-30v''<br>
7.1 Avarice picks up Luxury’s treasure<br>
7.2 Avarice with her booty<br>
7.3 Avarice nurses the Vices, Cura, Famis, Metus, Anxietas, Periuria, Pallor, Corruptela, Dolus, Commenta, Insomnia and Sordes<br>
7.4 Avarice forces a man to the ground, another has been blinded by her<br>
7.5 Avarice lures a man to his death with treasure<br>
7.6 Avarice drives five men into a fiery pit<br>
7.7 Avarice disguises herself as the Virtue Frugality.<br>
7.8 Avarice as Frugality deceives four people <br>
7.9 Avarice as Frugality binds a man’s hands<br>
7.10 Avarice as Frugality confuses the Virtues<br>
7.11 Good Works fights Avarice and distributes her treasure to the poor and crippled <br>
7.12 Avarice stands shocked by Good Works<br>
7.13 Good Works presses Avarice arms<br>
7.14 Good Works kills Avarice<br>
7.15 Good Works gives Avarice’s treasure to the poor and crippled<br>
7.16 Good Works addresses the troops<br>
7.17 Peace drives away Metus, Labor and Fear<br>
7.18 The Virtues disarm<br>
<br>
'''8-Concord vs. Discord'''<br>
''British Library, Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, 30v-36v''<br>
8.1 The Virtues rejoice in their victory<br>
8.2 Concord signals the Virtues to return to camp<br>
8.3 The Virtues return to camp<br>
8.4 The Virtues arrive at the camps gate<br>
8.5 Discord attacks Concord<br>
8.6 Discord disguised as a Virtue to captured by the Virtues<br>
<br>
''The following scenes are from Cambridge Corpus Christi:'' <br>
''8.7 A Virtue about to strike Discord with a sword''<br>
''8.8 A Virtue strikes Discord''<br>
''8.9 Discord is chopped into pieces''<br>
''8.10 A Prisoner''<br>
''8.11 Faith and ? converse''<br>
''8.12 Faith and ? on bed. Men, cities''<br>
''8.13 Faith and ? talk to some men''<br>
<br>
8.14 Faith addresses the Virtues<br>
8.15 Faith and Concord layout the temples foundations<br>
8.16 The temple of the Lord<br>
8.17 Wisdom seated on a throne<br>
8.18 Prudentius prays before the temple<br>
==See Also ==
[http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/2006/12/25/psychomachia-modesty-vs-lust/ Partial translation into English]
== References ==
<nocite>
BUDNY1997
OSULLIVAN2004
OHLGREN1992
STETTINER1895
</nocite>
<biblio force=false>#[[Template:Bib]]</biblio>
<HarvardReferences />
