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Date/Time
Date(s) - 18 Apr 2012
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Location
Columbia University Faculty House, Room 2

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The next meeting of the University Seminar on Medieval Studies will be on Wednesday, April 18, from 5:30-7:00pm in Room 2 of Faculty House (Columbia University).

 Dorothy Glass, of the State University of New York at Buffalo, will speak on
 “The Sculpture of the Baptistery at Parma, Innocent III and the University of Paris”

 The sculpture of the Baptistery at Parma, begun in 1196 by Benedetto Antelami, is without precedent or progeny in Italy. Its three exterior portals depict: (1) the Adoration of the Magi and the Old Testament ancestors of Christ; (2) the Last Judgment, the Acts of Mercy and the Parable in the Vineyard combined with the Ages of Man; and (3), the parable of Barlaam and Josaphat. The theological and pastoral aspects of the baptistery’s sculptural program are closely related to Innocent III’s plans for church reform and to his pastoral concerns. Additionally, the program at Parma is bound to the activities of a cadre of papal legates (e.g. Petrus Capuanus) who studied alongside the future Innocent III, then Lotario di Segni, at the nascent University of Paris.

 PLEASE NOTE:
 The talk will be followed by dinner at Faculty House. All those who wish to dine with the speaker after the talk must make reservations by contacting the rapporteur of the seminar, Jeffrey Wayno, either by phone or by email no later than one week before the talk.  Dinner is a fixed buffet menu, which costs $24 per person.  Payment can be made to the rapporteur by cash or check, although checks are strongly preferred.  Please make checks out to “Columbia University.”