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The Bible of the Poor

The Bible of the Poor. Biblia Pauperum. Format. Block book: “Transitional form of publication between the production of manuscripts by hand and the printing of books by movable type.” Triptych: 2 Old Testament, 1 New Testament Illustrations, biblical texts, and commentary. Poor men?.

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The Bible of the Poor

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  1. The Bible of the Poor Biblia Pauperum

  2. Format • Block book: “Transitional form of publication between the production of manuscripts by hand and the printing of books by movable type.” • Triptych: 2 Old Testament, 1 New Testament • Illustrations, biblical texts, and commentary

  3. Poor men? • Written in Latin, not vernacular • Used by clergy as teaching tool for poor? • Mendicants

  4. For love of lentils… • We read in Genesis, chapter 25, that Esau after the pottage which his brother Jacob made sold his birthright, that is, the honor which is due to the firstborn, and lost the blessing of his father. Thus the devil deceived the first parents through gluttony and pride, saying: "Whatsoever day you eat (thereof) ... you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." • We read in Genesis, chapter 3, that Adam and Eve were deceived by the serpent, who tempted them with gluttony, for the devil seduces as an instrument, by deceiving. Which well figured the temptation which the devil offered Christ when he tempted Christ, saying: "If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread." Which temptation suggest gluttony. • From left to right in Biblia Pauperum: Jacob and Esau, story of sold birthright; Temptation of Jesus; Temptation of Adam and Eve

  5. The Biblia pauperum, Its Place in the Historical Context of Medieval Orality and Literacy, and Its Relationship to Drama

  6. The Biblia pauperum as Silent Drama (Brantley and Nellhaus) • Orality and literacy in late medieval times • How oral and literate traditions function in the Biblia pauperum • How oral and literate traditions function in medieval drama • The “Closet-drama” of the Biblia pauperum and other hermeneutical texts

  7. Nellhaus • The Semiotic Chain • Textual Memory • Validation • The Persistence of Orality (“Mementos of Things to Come,” pp. 300-304)

  8. Sources • Images • http://demo.lutherproductions.com/historytutor/basic/medieval/story/mendicant.htm • http://www.amasis.com/biblia/ibp/index.html • http://www.biblen.info/Galleri/stjerne-pauperum.htm • http://www.aboutbookbinding.com/images/Page_frosm_Biblia_Pauperum.gif • http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0003/bsb00038196/images/bsb00038196_00001.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Duccio_-_The_Temptation_on_the_Mount.jpg • Text • “The Bible of the Poor”, translation and commentary by Albert C. Labriola and John W. Smeltz • http://www.amasis.com/biblia/ibp/index.html

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