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Gossips and Demons
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Four demons stretch a cowhide above which are two women engaged in conversation and a hanging church lamp. A fifth demon, Tutivillus, writes a cautionary text on the cowhide. Jacques de Vitry first mentioned Tutivillus in his exempla in the thirteenth century as an inhabitant of church choirs who gathered up all the words of the mass that priests left out or mispronounced. Tutivillus came to be associated also with women gossiping in church. The demon recorded all their idle words for future judgement.
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
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:
Demons
Gossips
Tutivillus, Recording Demon
Warning to Gossips (Artistic Motif)
Geographic Area:
Germany
Century:
14
Date:
ca. 1450
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Current Location:
Reichenau-Oberzell, St. George Church, North side of nave
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Artistic Type (Category):
Digital images; Paintings
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Frescoes
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Height/Width/Length(cm):
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Inscription:
Ich wil hie schrib-/vn von disen/ tumben wibun/ was hie wirt/plapla gusp-/rochun uppigs/ in der wochun/ das wirt all-/us wol gud-/aht so es w-/irt für den/ richtur/braht
(translation: I will write here of these silly women what is spoken here blahblah cockily during the week. All this will be considered when it is brought before the judge. From "The History and Biology of Parchment" by Robert Fuchs)
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