Montag, 24. März 2025 – 18:30–20:00 Uhr – Hörsaal 1
Herzliche Einladung zum Gastvortrag von Anne W. Robertson (University of Chicago).
Abstract
The cycle of six masses from Burgundy based on the L’Homme armé melody is preserved in an exceptional manuscript now found in Naples (Bibl. Naz. MS VI.E.40). These works unfold on a grand scale: six closely interrelated, interlocked masses that rest on an immense scaffold of text and melody and, as we will see, on a well-defined liturgical and typological framework. A fresh look at these masses, drawing on books of liturgy, spirituality, and art that were copied, translated, and illuminated for Dukes Philip the Good (1419–67) and Charles the Bold (1467–77) of Burgundy, offers a new understanding of these works and of the wider Armed Man tradition.
