Prudentius' Psychomachia, 9th century France
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Topic: Prudentius' Psychomachia, 9th century France
Posted By: Druzhina
Subject: Prudentius' Psychomachia, 9th century France
Date Posted: 22-Jul-2015 at 07:19
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Prudentius (born in 348 in northern Spain, died after 405) spent most of his life following worldly pursuits, but later turned to writing, in which he aimed to glorify God and atone for his earlier sins. One of his most popular works is a poem called Psychomachia (Conflict of the Soul), which describes the battles between female personifications of human virtues and vices. The oldest surviving illustrated manuscripts of Prudentius' Psychomachia are from the 9th century. Here are selected images from BnF manuscript Latin 8085, France (Reims ?), 870-899AD: Abraham and Lot. Abraham is an example of a faithful man. http://www.warfare.altervista.org/6C-11C/Prudentius-BnF-8085-55v-upper-right-large.htm - Prudentius: Lot taken captive http://www.warfare.altervista.org/6C-11C/Prudentius-BnF-8085-55v-lower-right-large.htm - Prudentius: Abraham pursuing the army of the four kings http://www.warfare.altervista.org/6C-11C/Prudentius-BnF-8085-56r-lower-left-large.htm - Prudentius: Abraham returns victorious Chastity and Lust http://www.warfare.altervista.org/6C-11C/Prudentius-BnF-8085-57r-upper-right-large.htm - Prudentius: Chastity fights against Lust http://www.warfare.altervista.org/6C-11C/Prudentius-BnF-8085-57r-lower-right-large.htm - Prudentius: Chastity hits Lust with a stone http://www.warfare.altervista.org/6C-11C/Prudentius-BnF-8085-57v-upper-left-large.htm - Prudentius: Chastity strikes across Lust with a sword http://www.warfare.altervista.org/6C-11C/Prudentius-BnF-8085-57v-lower-left-large.htm - Prudentius: Chastity rebukes the corpse of Lust http://www.warfare.altervista.org/6C-11C/Prudentius-BnF-8085-58r-left-large.htm - Prudentius: Chastity washing her sword in the Jordan River http://www.warfare.altervista.org/6C-11C/Prudentius-BnF-8085-58r-upper-right-large.htm - Prudentius: Chastity stores her sword under the altar in the temple http://www.warfare.altervista.org/6C-11C/Prudentius-BnF-8085-59r-lower-right-large.htm - Patience and Job pass through the midst of the array of Vices in BnF Ms. Latin 8085 http://www.warfare.altervista.org/6C-11C/Prudentius-BnF-8085-All.htm - Smaller images of all the Prudentius BnF Latin 8085 illustrations (4.6MB) Druzhina http://www.warfare.altervista.org/9C.htm - 9th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers |