Evidências de Patrocínio em Bestiários Medievais

Resumo

O presente artigo faz parte de uma pesquisa de mestrado em andamento na Universidade de Brasília (UnB), e propõe-se a indicar evidências visuais de patrocínio em dois bestiários medievais ingleses da segunda família, Bodley Ashmole Ms. 1511 e Aberdeen Bestiary Ms. 24. A proposta de patrocínio se apoia na teoria de que ambos são bestiários de luxo e de que possivelmente foram feitos por ao menos um iluminador em comum, e são resultado da cópia de um manuscrito base desconhecido. Procura-se afirmar esta teoria a partir de uma análise material e imagética dos manuscritos, onde dá-se foco na iluminura do pássaro Pica, chamado em português de Pêga. Tendo como base as teorias da relação entre texto-imagem e hierarquia de imagens, abordadas por diversos autores, o estudo feito aqui traça um paralelo comparativo entre os dois bestiários supracitados com outros seis manuscritos e identifica que há uma diferença além da estilística nas iluminuras. Considera-se que esta discrepância imagética pode estar relacionada ao patrocínio dos manuscritos, ou do manuscrito cujo modelo os serviu como base, nos fornecendo assim um olhar diferente e aprofundado sobre a produção de manuscritos de luxo e bestiários de luxo, e sua relação com a sociedade, como o consumo literário.

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Aberdeen, Aberdeen University Library, Ms. 24. Disponível em http://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/.

Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Library, Ms. Lit. D 10. Disponível em: https://ims.canterbury-cathedral.org/advsearch.tlx?advsearchid=1537809368>.

Copenhague, Kongelige Bibliotek, Ms. Gl, kgl, S. 1633 4º. Disponível em http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/manus/221/eng/50+recto/?var=.

Los Angeles, Getty Museum, Northumberland Bestiary Ms. 100. Disponível em http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/240115/unknown-maker-northumberland-bestiary-english-about-1250-1260/?dz=0.5000,0.5000,0.67.

Nova Iorque, Morgan Library Ms. 81. Disponível em http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/thumbs/77019.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Ashmole 1511. Disponível em https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/fb43631c-1f61-4865-806c-9fe59b5753ff.

Paris, BnF, Ms. lat. 6838b. Disponível em http://mandragore.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cgfbt65935s.

Paris, BnF, Ms. lat. 3630. Disponível em https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100329427/f90.image.r=3630%20bestiaire.

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