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do not simply signib' place, but much more: situation.
Gestures and body positions also contribute m this
way and ail together a clear framework is provided
for the events. Those characteristic moments, such
as the ordination of a bishop, baptisms, or interroga-
tions, ht in with the progress of the narrative, and
become one of its épisodes.
The "pre-fabricateď' image types built from a
variety of visual éléments can be used at will to
depict the individual épisodes in the legend. At the
same time, it would be an exaggeration to say that the
cycles of the AqywAzry are simply
a uniform, boring ensemble of alternating visual
formulas. Obviously, the image types also have vary-
ing éléments that add nuance to the meanmgs, adjust
the visual formulas to the specific legend, and render

' SZAKA.CS, B. Zs.: From Passing to the Tomb: Images from
the Hungarian Angevin Legendary. In: LAw, 4, 2011, pp.
185-192.

the narrative more diverse. In the
we can observe how attempts were made
to conform the image types within certain limits to
the requirements of the codex. One way was to give
the characters some individuality. In the burial scenes,
for example, the hgure of the deceased conveyed
not only the type and rank of the saint, but also
possibly his personality too. This explains why the
shell signifying St. James appears on the shroud of
the apostle, why the prelates and kings wear miters
and crowns, and why traces of torture and execution
appear on the bodies of martyrs. In addition, the
number, rank, and social position of those present
are adjusted to the person of the deceased, and thus
bear additional meaning.
The varying éléments, however, are not in-
terchanged only when there is a need to express
something, but also when such a decision has no
signihcance in terms of the message of the image.
An ordination of a bishop can be represented equally
by an altar, chalice, book, curtain, and building details,
and the number of objects or architectural éléments
also dépends on how much space is taken up by
secondary players.
In terms of basic meaning, alternative solutions
were sometimes used when an image type recurs on
the same page or several times within the same legend.
In the legend of St. Remy, we Und three ordinations of
a bishop; in one the bishop is shown from the right, in
another from the left, and in the third facing forward
[Fig. 4]. This was clearly for the saké of variety. This
is also the case when two burial scenes appear on the
same page: the two customary forms (the dead lies
on a funeral bier or is piaced in a sarcophagus) never
appear twiceA In general, however, the makers of
the were not concerned
about the monotony of image types.
The Monotony of Image Types
The sources of the Iggy/A are known to
be quite heterogeneous, produced over a vast ex-
panse of space and timeA A debate has gone on in
the literatuře for some time over whether Jacobus
" The sources of Jacobus de Voragine are summarized in three
tables. — BOUREAU, A.: Az TJiywA Am?. A yttAw
A A Tbnyy'w (T* 72RA- Paris 1984, pp. 88-91.

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