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Avista Forum AVISTA FORUM soci cia ti on Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medievalr. Technology, Science, and Art volume 3 Number 1 Fall 1988 There is no doubt in my mind that this goal is MESSAGE FROM eminently attainable, as there is no doubt in my mind THE PRESIDENT that it is eminently desirable to attain this goal. If we all contribute something regularly albeit not in every issue, by Charles Stegeman we will, besides living up to our potential, be assisting our Editorial Board in their pursuit of excellence. So T 1s WITH GREAT PLEASURE that I introduce AVISTA continued on page 3 FORUM'S new Editorial Board: Michael T. Davis, I Editor-in-Chief; Article Review Editors Pamela 0.Long (technology and science) and Carl F. Barnes, Jr. (an and architecture); George Ovitt, Notes and Queries Editor; Carol L. Neu an de Vegvar, News, CONTENTS Page Papers, and Activities Editor. t e look forward to their Message from the President. ................................ 1 inspired and capable leadership of AVISTA FORUM. Call for Papers -AVISTA Sessions at Kalamazoo, I would also like to use this opportunity to thank May 1990 ...................................................... 2 Pamela Long on behalf of the entire membership for her Program, AVISTA Sessions, Kalamazoo, superb work in editing the first four issues by herself. In May 1989 ...................................................... 3 spite of the gargantuan proportions of the task Pam was Notes and Queries ................................................ 4 able to guide this newsletter from its fledgling first issue Reviews of Articles: to the mature level of content we have grown to value. Marjorie N. Boyer on Wheels in History ...... 5 Pam has fortunately overseen this present issue to Constance H. Berman on Medieval ensure continuity and to give Michael Davis an interim Misogyny .................................................. 6 period for defining his aspirations for the newsletter in George Saliba on lslamic a harmonious manner. Mathematics & Science. ............................ 6 We need to do one more thing besides wish the Ben S. Hall on Military Acculturation. ........ 8 Editorial Board well. We must participate in Avista's Pamela 0. Long on The Social Functions Forum. The numerous messages of appreciation for the of Late Medieval Anatomy ..................... 10 newsletter's quality, and the interest that its rubrics and Papers on MedievallEarly Modern Technology contributions have stirred in our readers, speak clearly read at SHOT .............................................. 11 to its perceived vitality. But we need more members to News and Announcements ................................. 14 Participate actively by contributing to the newsletter. Recent and Forthcorning Papers ........................ 15 Remember that AVISTA FORUM is an informal forum. It New Periodicals ................................................. 18 would accept but does not expect finished articles. Activities-Past, Present, Future ....................... 18 Sometimes a paragraph is enough to stir interest and Bibliography of AVZSTA Library ....................... 24 Provoke a response. Only if the majority of our mem- Minutes, 1988 Annual Business Meeting .......... 26 bership is active in this manner will we have fulfilled Editorial Board ................................................... 27 Our promise. AVISTA membership application ....................... 27 AVISTA FORUM Volume 3 Number 1, Fall 1988 Editor: Pamela 0. Long O 1988 AVISTA, Inc. Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art Fine Arts Haverford College Haverford, PA 19041 1 Call For Papers Officers: 1 AVlSTA Sessions at Kalamazoo, 3-6 May 1990 President: Charles Stegeman Transportation as Depicted in Medieval Vice-President: George Ovitt Art and Literature Secretary: Marie-ThCrkse Zenner Treasurer: William W. Clark 25th International Congress on Medieval Studies Council: Holbrook M. Bunting, Jr. The Medieval Institute, European Director: Jean Gimpel Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan U.S. Directors: Carl F. Barnes, Jr. Jean Bony Barbara M. Kreutz, Chair Marjorie N. Boyer Possible sub-topics: Fran~oisBucher 1) The credibility of artistic depictions Dale Kinney 2) Transport-logistics in military and naval Barbara M. Kreutz campaigns: the interpretation of chronicle Yoshio Kusaba evidence 3) Frequent flyers: miraculous journeys or the David S. Landes translatio of holy relics Pamela 0. Long 4) Travel on the pilgrimage routes Vivian Paul 5) Delivering the goods: merchants & Charles M. Radding merchandise George Saliba Talks are limited to 20 minutes. Send one-page ab- stracts, indicating your audio-visual needs, by Sep- tember 15,1989, to Dr. Barbara M. Kreutz, 238 North AVISTA FORUM is produced by Ithan Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085 (USA). Tel. (215) The Laser Touch, Inc., based in Conshohocken, PA. 527-2564. 9 Page 3 MESSAGE FROM Program, AVISTA Sessions, THE PRESIDENT Kalamazoo, 4-7 May, 1989 cot~rinuedfrompage 1 please send brief reviews of articles which caught your VillQrdde Honnecourt: the Artist and His to either Pamela Long or to Carl Barnes; send Drawings Notes to published queries or send a query of your own 24th International Congress on Medieval Studies to George Ovitt; send a news item from your special- The Medieval Institute, ized field to Carol Neuman de Vegvar if you feel that Western Michigan University, it may be of interest to a wider public. In this way AVISTA Kalamazoo, Michigan FORUM will certainly grow as a vital and cross-discipli- nary instrument in our constant search for broader Carl F. Barnes, Jr., Chairman insights. A final request: we still need more members to Session I offset the steadily increasing costs of publishing AVISTA FORUM. Without asking you to invest much time in a Roland Bechmann recruiting effort, it might be a minor effort for you to (Architect and Historian, Paris, France) ask the library of your institution to subscribe. I lnterpre'tation desfigures de 'li ars de iometrie' du suspect that a request to the acquisition librarian when manuscrit de Villard de Honnecourt you are next in the library would suffice. Keep it in mind. It will make a big difference at this end. Mark H. Infusino May I end by thanking the Editorial Board members (School of Medicine, U.C.L.A., California) for having accepted to serve and by thanking you, the Plastic and Scientific Anatomy in the Portfolio of members, for contributing to AVISTA FORUM. AVISTAhas Villard de Honnecourt survived its beginnings well. We are entering a period of growth towards a rich maturity. 9 George Szabo (Director, Place des Antiquaires, New York, NY) Villard de Honnecourt and Medieval Bronzes Session I1 Rebecca Price-Wilkin (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan) Villard de Honnecourt's Use of Templates in his Drawings Thomas J. Primeau (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan) Undressing Villard: Costumes in the Drawings of Villard de Honnecourt as a Means of Understanding his Iconography Comments on Papcs Michael Davis, Editor of AVISTA FORUM, Department of Art, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts Abstracts will be printed in the Spring '89 issue (Vo1.3, No. 2). 9 Page 4 likely the only kings most artist-craftsmen would hav Notes and Queries seen. Comments, please, from art historians. This section is designed to encourage the exchange of information and ideas among readers of AVISTA FORUM. Note to the above: One objection to the Hagen theory Each query is assigned a number keyed to an issue of is that the plays of the vernacular mystery cycles-ihe the FORUM. The notes printed here are replies to Corpus Christi plays-date from the fourteenth cen- specific queries and are numbered accordingly. Of tury, and this makes it unlikely that they were an course, many queries could be answered by more than important influence on either the subject matter or one respondent; therefore, we welcome responses to style of medieval art. Indeed, the opposite thesis has queries in any issue, as well as on-going correspon- been argued: that the plays were influenced by the dence regarding issues raised in these pages. Please visual arts. A more likely supposition is that both the 1 forward your notes and queries to George Ovitt, Dept. figurative arts and the Corpus Christi plays used * of Humanities, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA subject matter and modes of treatment that drew upon 19104. a common exegetical tradition. Hence the striking similarity of subject matter and, what is more signifi- QUERIES cant, of treatment in the visual arts, vernacular and Latin drama, sermons, and non-dramatic literature Q-1 (3.1): Francis A. Reilly of Morrisville, Pennsyl- (e.g. the Northern Passion). Of course, this comment vania is currently conducting research into the con- does not address Professor Kreutz's specific question struction and heraldic decoration of the medieval about kings in carts. --Ed. knight's shield. Any direction a reader might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. Note to Q-1 (2.2): Elizabeth Bennett of Pottstown, Pennsylvania writes: I think that the book for which NOTES Maurice J. Merrick is looking is probably Lost Coun- try Life, by Dorothy Hartley (New York: Pantheon Note to Q-1 (1.2): From Barbara M. Kreutz: I would Books, 1979), which I have most often found useful as like to raisqa further question in connection with a guide to the agricultural activities in late medieval medieval kingh riding or not riding in wheeled vehicles calendar miniatures. While Ms. Hartley writes for a [Marjorie Boyer, AVISTA FORUM 1.2, et seq.]. Since, as popular audience, her work is well grounded' in a we always say, "it is not my field," my question may careful study of both texts and illuminations. (She is seem shockingly naive to art historians. Yet surely also the editor of a multi-volume series of books, AVISTA must allow for naive questions, if we are all to intended for classroom use, on everyday life in the venture into the interdisciplinary waters! middle ages, and of a book on medieval costume.) So-is it permissible today to speculate that medie- Whether or not Lost Country Life is the book Mr.
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