Pottery, Pavements, and Paradise: Iconographic and Textual Studies on Late Antiquity PDF
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Pottery, Pavements, and Paradise Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life and Language Editors J.denBoeft–B.D.Ehrman–J.vanOort D.T.Runia–C.Scholten–J.C.M.vanWinden VOLUME122 Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.com/vcs Pottery, Pavements, and Paradise Iconographic and Textual Studies on Late Antiquity By AnnewiesvandenHoek JohnJ.Herrmann,Jr LEIDEN•BOSTON 2013 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Hoek,Annewiesvanden,author. Pottery,pavements,andparadise:iconographicandtextualstudiesonlateantiquity/by AnnewiesvandenHoek,JohnJ.Herrmann,Jr. pagescm–(SupplementstoVigiliaeChristianae;volume122) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-90-04-25538-8(hardback:alk.paper)–ISBN978-90-04-25693-4(e-book) 1.Christianartandsymbolism.2.Christianliterature,Early–Historyandcriticism.I.Herrmann, JohnJ.,Jr,author.II.Title.III.Series:SupplementstoVigiliaeChristianae;v.122. N7832.H622013 704.9'48209021–dc23 2013025808 Thispublicationhasbeentypesetinthemultilingual“Brill”typeface.Withover5,100characters coveringLatin,IPA,Greek,andCyrillic,thistypefaceisespeciallysuitableforuseinthehumanities. Formoreinformation,pleaseseewww.brill.com/brill-typeface. ISSN0920-623X ISBN978-90-04-25538-8(hardback) ISBN978-90-04-25693-4(e-book) Copyright2013byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,GlobalOriental,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishersandMartinusNijhoffPublishers. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. AuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternalorpersonaluseisgrantedbyKoninklijkeBrillNV providedthattheappropriatefeesarepaiddirectlytoTheCopyrightClearanceCenter, 222RosewoodDrive,Suite910,Danvers,MA01923,USA. Feesaresubjecttochange. Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. CONTENTS Preface.................................................................. vii AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr. Abbreviations........................................................... ix PhotoCredits ........................................................... xv Introduction............................................................ 1 I. PaulinusofNola,Courtyards,andCanthari:ASecondLook ...... 9 AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr. II. TheclatheBeastFighter:AFemaleEmblemofDeliverancein EarlyChristianPopularArt ....................................... 65 AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr. III. “TwoMeninWhite:”ObservationsonanEarlyChristianLamp fromNorthAfricawiththeAscensionofChrist................... 107 JohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.andAnnewiesvandenHoek IV. AniciusAucheniusBassus,AfricanRedSlipWare,andthe Church............................................................ 133 AnnewiesvandenHoek V. TheSphinx:AnEgyptianTheologicalSymbolinPlutarchand ClementofAlexandria............................................ 149 JohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.andAnnewiesvandenHoek VI. ClementofAlexandria,Acrobats,andtheElite................... 175 AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr. VII. Celsus’CompetingHeroes:Jonah,Daniel,andTheirRivals....... 203 AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr. VIII. DivineTwinsorSaintlyTwins:TheDioscuriinanEarly ChristianContext ................................................. 255 AnnewiesvandenHoek vi contents IX. TheSagaofPeterandPaul:EmblemsofCatholicIdentityin ChristianLiteratureandArt ...................................... 301 AnnewiesvandenHoek X. ApocalypticThemesintheMonumentalandMinorArtofEarly Christianity ....................................................... 327 JohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.andAnnewiesvandenHoek XI. OdysseusWandersintoLateAntiquity ........................... 383 AnnewiesvandenHoek XII. ExecutionasEntertainment:TheRomanContextofMartyrdom 405 AnnewiesvandenHoek BibliographyandShortTitles........................................... 435 IndexofSubjectsandNames ........................................... 461 IndexofMuseums...................................................... 477 IndexofAncientandMedievalAuthorsandWritings.................. 479 IndexofLatin,Greek,andHebrewWords .............................. 482 Plates ................................................................... 485 PREFACE These essays on late antiquity are the products of collaboration between a specialist in ancient languages and a historian of ancient art, who also happentobewifeandhusband.Thiscouplingofdiversefieldshasledtothe scatteringoftheessaysoveradiverserangeofperiodicalsandfestschrifts. Sincemostofthesevenueswereconnectedwiththefieldofearlychurch historyandtheology,theirscatteredexistencewasnotalwayseasyforart historianstodetect.Thishasledtotheideaofbringingthestudiestogether intoasinglevolume. Theessaysinthisbookoccupythemselvesparticularlywiththeambiguous territoryinwhichChristian,pagan,andsecularimageryandpracticescom- pete, coexist, and intermingle. Exploration of the iconography of African RedSlipWare,themostsignificantlateantiqueceramic,isalsoarecurring theme.Thisceramicinteresthasbecomeabridgebetweentheauthors’dif- ferent professional fields and has turned into a kind of second career for both. The essays, nine of which published previously over a span of a dozen years, have been corrected, updated, and modified for this setting. The other articles have been given as lectures on various occasions but have notsofarseenafinalprintedform.Bringingthemintoaconsistentformat wasanoneroustask,whichwaslargelytheworkofLindaGrant.Shekept the project going for us, and her acute eye has clarified many a thought and improved many a word or phrase. We are ever grateful for her work. Othercolleaguesandfriendshavecommentedontheessays,andwehave greatlybenefittedfromtheirgeneroushelp.Weexpressourgratitudeand recognitioninfootnotesoftheindividualessays. Wehavehadgreatsatisfactionworkingtogetherinaninterdisciplinaryway and learning from our partner’s different expertise. We like to thank the secondreaderfortheusefulcommentsandtheeditorsoftheseriesVigiliae ChristianaeSupplementsfortheirworkonthemanuscript.Itisaparticular pleasureforustohaveourbookincludedinthisseries,attheinceptionof whichoneofushadtheprivilegetopublishanotherwork.Wearegrateful totheeditorsofBrillfortheirfriendlycontactsovertheyearsandtheirsolid viii preface (Dutch) professionalism. As twenty five years ago, we would like to send offourvolumewiththesoberingwordsofHorace;“etsemelemissumvolat irrevocabileverbum.” AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr. Dedham,February,2013 ABBREVIATIONS AA ArchäologischerAnzeiger Act.Paul.etThecl Acta Pauli et Theclae. Edited Oscar von Gebhardt, Passio S. Theclae Virginis: die lateinischen Übersetzungen der Acta Pauli et Theclae: nebst Fragmenten, Auszügen und Beilagen. TUGAL 22/2. Leipzig:J.C.Hinrichs,1902 ACW AncientChristianWriters.1946– AE Annéeépigraphique AJA AmericanJournalofArchaeology ANRW AufstiegundNiedergangderrömischenWelt.GeschichteundKultur RomsimSpiegelderneuerenForschung APTh ActsofPaulandThecla[Greektext].SeeR.A.Lipsius,Dieapokryphen ApostelgeschichtenundApostellegenden.2vols.;Braunschweig,1883– 1890 ASS Actasanctaesedis Adv.haer. Irenaeus,Adversushaereses Apos.Const. ApostolicConstitutions Arch Archaeology Aug Augustinianum BABesch BulletinAntiekeBeschaving BAR BiblicalArchaeologyReview BArC BullettinodiarcheologiaCristiana BASOR BulletinoftheAmericanSchoolsofOrientalResearch BCH Bulletindecorrespondancehellénique BVBl BayerischeVorgeschichtsblätter Blaise-Chirat AlbertBlaiseandHenriChirat,DictionnaireLatin-Françaisdesau- teurschrétiens.Steenbrugge:Brepols,1954 C.Celsum Origen,ContraCelsum C.Faustum Augustine,AgainstFaustustheManichean CAF Comicorumatticorumfragmenta.EditedbyTheodorusKock.3vols. Lipsiae:V.B.Teubner,1880–1888 CBCR R. 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