Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

ursus magister fecit

Japanese translation:

マジスター・ウルスス作

Added to glossary by jackamano
Jun 24, 2010 15:37
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English term

ursus magister fecit

English to Japanese Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
c. 740 artist signature "ursus magister fecit" in the Abbazia di S. Pietro in Valle/Terni: possibly the earliest post-Anquity stonemason's signature.

「ウルスス師作」といった感じでしょうか? Ursusと大文字で始まり出ない点も少し気になりますが、やはり人名でしょうね?
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Akiko Sasanuma Howard (X) Jun 25, 2010:
http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=j96SD1i_x1oC&pg=PA85&lpg=...
ここに同一人物らしき人の記述があり、人名のように扱われてます。
cinefil Jun 25, 2010:
ursus magisterは、大熊座ではないでしょうか?
jackamano (asker) Jun 25, 2010:
Yes, actually I know this may be Latin. But this English-to-Japanese forum is very responsive. Besides many members here are well versed in many languages other than English. So I just tried it here. Hope your understanding.
Roland Lelaj Jun 24, 2010:
Latin to Japanese??? I think that the translation required is from Latin into Japanese...

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ウルスス・マジスター作

- Below is a website with a photo of this “Ursa Magister Fecit” stone relief with the "Ursa Magister" name inscribed.

- I would think it would be safe to put "ウルスス・マジスター作" rather than to translate the name into Japanese because it is says that it is the "first time in the western history an art piece is signed by the author."

http://www.djibnet.com/photo/s.pietro in valle/ursus-magiste...
Detail of the stone altar inside the S.Pietro in valle abbey (VI sec). Note the Ursus Magester Feci sign: first time in the western history an art piece is signed by the author.

Just for additional information:
http://www.24hourcampfire.com/rare_bears.html
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA grizzly (Ursus magister) flutters on the California state flag but roams free nowhere as far as anybody knows.

And, the definition of the word "fecit"
http://www.babylon.com/definition/fecit/English
fecit
v. (Latin) "he made it", "she made it" (sometimes written on artwork along with the artist's name)

http://borealoarctos.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html
一方,URSIDAはラテン語の「ursus(ウルスス)」=「熊」を語根化[urs-]し,接尾辞[-ida]をつけたもの.[-ida]は「(動物の)小目」を示すらしいのですが,辞典などにはまったく記載がなく,自信がありません..



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The first website with the photo that I provided above is a close-up with the Ursus Magister (Magester) name carved in stone. Here is a website with the larger picture:
http://www.essential-architecture.com/STYLE/STY-035.htm
The photograph below is a Lombard marble altar closure slab of Magister Ursus, in honor of Duke Ilderic of Spoleto, 8th century, from Ferentillo, S. Pietro in Valle. Observe the Morning Star symbol placed in several locations on the marble altar.

Here is says Magister Ursus was commissioned to do the work. So, it is the name of the artist. Probably in Latin, it is reversed:
So, it can be マジスター・ウルスス作 (Like: 田中ケイコ versus ケイコ田中)
http://www.archive.org/stream/cathedralbuilder00scotuoft/cat...
In the museum of Verona is a precious fragment of
Comacine work dating from Luitprand's time. It was a
ciborium which Magister Ursus was commissioned to
make for the church of S. Giorgio di Valpolicella. It is
especially valuable as the first dated piece of sculpture of
the Longobardic era, and the first signed specimen of
Comacine interlaced work.
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「クマ巨匠」作

ursusラテン語で「クマ」を意味するそうです。以下、ご参照ください。

ursus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursus
Ursus is Latin for "bear".

magister
http://www.online-dictionary.biz/latin/english/meaning/magis...
1.magister boss, master
2.magister instructor, teacher, schoolmaster
3.magister master, canon, master of a school, professor

fecit
http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/brewers/fecit.html
(Latin, he did it). A word inscribed after the name of an artist, sculptor, etc., as David fecit, Goujon fecit; i.e. David painted it, Goujon sculptured it, etc.


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「ヴァッレ/テルニのサンピエトロ修道院にある740年ごろの芸術家の署名『クマ巨匠作』:おそらく古代文明後(つまり中世?)初期の石工家による署名であろう」ということでしょうか。


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Note added at 7 hrs (2010-06-24 23:34:46 GMT)
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「クマ巨匠」というのはあだ名とか自称みたいなものなのかと察します。
Note from asker:
あぁ、なるほど! ursusで熊の意味になることは気がついていたのですが、「人名」ということにこだわってしまい、通称・自称のことまでは頭が回りませんでした。これでいけそうな気がします。ありがとうございます!
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熊組施工/熊ギルド作

星座は関係ないようです。
magisterは、「親方」「ギルドの代表」だと思います。
ursusは、ギルド名ではないかとおもいますので個人作というよりはギルドによる施工が良いのではないかと。

。親方を指す magister という用語が,法律関係者又は特定の職業を除いて,
≪規定 ≫の中に現われるのは13世紀末,就中次の世紀においてである。 もっとも,徒弟
を示す discipuli,scolani という用語は,1178年のサン・ジルの両替商の ≪規定 ≫ の中
に現われ,続いて13世紀以来比較的一般化している。
http://www.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/repository/00167597.pdf
http://www.master-builders.ne.jp/webnews/04/04nahb.html

http://homepage1.nifty.com/akibba/ARCHV/1kl/1klchap2_v52.pdf

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http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/ARTH200/artist/gu...
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