Romanesque to Ha Nani Ka Ishi to Budo No Seishin Shi (Chiku Ma Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] A crowd of bizarre sculptures adorns the church, monks are haunted by strange visions, a black statue of Mary, and a voice prays to purify the blood of those who have been bathed in battle and look heavenward.... From the tenth to the mid-twelfth century, people seeking a new faith against the backdrop of nature's abundance sought a "connection" of both vertical and horizontal vision, maintaining their monotheistic belief in a God in the heavens while embracing paganism, which saw the gods appearing in the natural world. The people of the West sought a "connection" of both vertical and horizontal views. This long-awaited book sheds light on the spirit of the Romanesque period by incorporating many of the results of recent Western medieval studies.

教会堂を飾る奇怪な彫刻の群れ、異様な幻視に取り憑かれた修道士、黒いマリア像、戦いで浴びた血を浄め天を望む祈りの声...厳粛なキリスト教を笑うかのような大らかで過剰な表象に満ちたロマネスク。10世紀から12世紀半ばにかけて、豊かな自然を背景に新たな信仰を模索した人々は、天上に神を仰ぐ一神教を維持しつつ、自然界に神々の現れを見る異教を受け入れて、垂直と水平の両方の視界の「つながり」を求めた。近年の西洋中世研究の成果をふんだんに織り込み、ロマネスクの時代精神に光を当てる待望の書。