The Heraldry of the Twelve Tribes of Israel: An English Reformation Subject for Church Decoration

• Autores: Clare Tilbury
• Localización: Journal of ecclesiastical history, ISSN 0022-0469, Vol. 63, Nº 2, 2012, págs. 274-305
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper claims the heraldry of the twelve tribes of Israel as a distinct iconographic invention in post-Reformation England. It is argued that the theme became popular during the reign of King James, a period usually regarded as iconophobic. Little-studied examples of church wall-painting are understood in relation to analogous bible illustrations and writings which have been ignored by historians of this period. The depictions of the twelve patriarchs themselves, part of a ‘Laudian’ beautification of Burton Latimer church in the 1630s, during the incumbency of Robert Sibthorpe allows exploration of the shifting meanings of this Reformation subject.