tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post4220342106169910008..comments2024-02-24T19:21:34.287-08:00Comments on Cabinet of Wonders: The Gears of DestinyHeather McDougalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09683209580852572301noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-7519536708044707322013-04-11T02:29:08.634-07:002013-04-11T02:29:08.634-07:00That manuscript has now been digitised on Gallica ...That manuscript has now been digitised on Gallica (gallica.bnf.fr), so you can view the full page. Take a look here:<br />http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8449043q/f67.image.r=machaut.langFR<br /><br />If that doesn't work, go to the page below for the manuscript, then choose (or click through) to folio 30v:<br />http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8449043q.r=machaut.langFRKatehttp://skatemaxwell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-86567363998125282152008-09-14T23:05:00.000-07:002008-09-14T23:05:00.000-07:00I've never seen the Wheel as gears either. Yeah, i...I've never seen the Wheel as gears either. Yeah, it does look a little painful! - vpxi JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-64606718085721519192008-09-10T14:07:00.000-07:002008-09-10T14:07:00.000-07:00Wow! Such great responses, and so fast!I am, of c...Wow! Such great responses, and so fast!<BR/><BR/>I am, of course, familiar with the Wheel of Fortune in many guises, but I had not seen any with machinery in them before. And as you probably know, I'm a gear-head... Always looking for strange places where clockwork might show up.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all the great info, though I must admit that I can't get Mandragore to spit anything useful out.Heather McDougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683209580852572301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-2719997822185106252008-09-10T13:53:00.000-07:002008-09-10T13:53:00.000-07:00The link you provided to Project Ars Nova actually...The link you provided to Project Ars Nova actually tells you were the image came from, although not all that clearly, I'll give you.<BR/><BR/>The earliest manuscript containing Guillaume de Machaut's <I>Oeuvres</I> was contemporary to him, done around 1350-55 (there are strong suggestions that Machaut himself gave at least some artistic direction in the making of it), and heavily illuminated (ah, the joys of rich patrons). The miniature displayed here illustrates the "Remede de Fortune" section of that manuscript. <BR/><BR/>The manuscript is BnF fr. 1586 (MS C) f. 30v. In English (well, mostly French) that means the manuscript currently lives in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, in the Western manuscripts collection, identified there as francais 1586 (manuscript C); the miniature is found on folio 30, verso (the back side of the page-- medieval manuscripts don't have the pages numbered 1, 2, 3... as we do today, but 1(front), 1(back), 2(front), 2(back)...). The image is the second of two large miniatures on that page; the top one not shown here depicts Machaut himself as "the lover" sitting in the Park of Hesdin and writing his <I>complainte</I> "Tels rit.") <BR/><BR/>Credit where credit is due-- you can find all of this, as well as where else that particular image has been published, in Lawrence Earp's <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Guillaume-Machaut-Research-Reference-Humanities/dp/0824023234" REL="nofollow">Guillaume de Machaut: A Guide to Research</A> (p. 153). If you read French, you can also find a listing of <A HREF="http://mandragore.bnf.fr/jsp/afficherNoticeMan.jsp?id=1115" REL="nofollow">images</A> in the manuscript in <A HREF="http://mandragore.bnf.fr/html/accueil.html" REL="nofollow">Mandragore</A>, the database of illuminated manuscripts at the Bibliotheque Nationale.<BR/><BR/>-Your friendly non-local librarianGlossariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055088795654054620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-77829707613435110622008-09-10T13:48:00.000-07:002008-09-10T13:48:00.000-07:00The 12th-century Hortus deliciarum has Fortuna wit...The 12th-century Hortus deliciarum has <A HREF="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:L%E2%80%99Hortus_Deliciarum.jpg" REL="nofollow">Fortuna with a winch</A>. Your image appears at least a couple hundred years later than that.Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265036866243982434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-73658293309747897372008-09-10T13:42:00.000-07:002008-09-10T13:42:00.000-07:00The wheel of fortune (rota fortunae) is a pretty c...The wheel of fortune (rota fortunae) is a pretty common motif in the middle ages, and often you'll see the guys on the wheel saying things like "I will reign" (on the way up), "I reign" (on top), and "I have reigned" (on the way down), but I've never seen one with gears!Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265036866243982434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-58466955845245158262008-09-10T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-10T13:00:00.000-07:00From searching around online, my guess is that it'...From searching around online, my guess is that it's an illustration in the Remede de Fortune manuscript itself. I haven't found that particular picture except in images of the CD cover itself, but other illustrations from it look to be in a similar style.Jon-ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00029707246850215748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-1749665618735229002008-09-10T12:59:00.000-07:002008-09-10T12:59:00.000-07:00I don't recognize that particular image, but there...I don't recognize that particular image, but there certainly are more like it. The <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Fortune" REL="nofollow">Wheel of Fortune</A> was a popular medieval concept, often depicted in art. A google image search for <I>medieval wheel of fortune</I> turns up a goodly assortment to start with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com