Križanje, Cerkev in evharistija v treh arturjanskih rokopisih

This paper analyses three miniatures from manuscripts of the Estoire del Saint Graal, in which the Crucifixion is depicted. The three manuscripts considered are BL Royal 14.E.III, BL Add. 10292 and olim Amsterdam BPH 1 (ex-Phillips 1045/7, 3630), which were made in Saint-Omer, Thérouanne, Tournai and Ghent ca. 1315-1325. The differences between the miniatures concern details, and the analysis deals with these in three steps. Firstly, the possible meanings of each particular motif are searched for. Secondly, by establishing which meanings of these motifs are possible in the pictures in question, the relations between different motifs are taken into account. Thirdly, the meaning ascribed to particular motifs and to each picture as a whole is tested with regard to other miniatures in the manuscripts, in order to find out whether there is a thematic or ideological connection, and whether a pictorial narration is present that links several miniatures in one story line. These steps are followed with the aim of establishing a meaning of the pictures, i.e. the ekphrasis of the images, as suggested by the pictorial text