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Wider Trecento
Studies in 13th- and 14th-Century European Art Presented to Julian Gardner
Inbunden, 2011
2791 kr
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Julian Gardner’s preeminent role in British studies of the art of the 13th and 14th centuries, particularly the interaction of papal and theological issues with its production and on either side of the Alps, is celebrated in these studies by his pupils. They discuss Roman works: a Colonna badge in …
Images of Medieval Sanctity
Essays in Honour of Gary Dickson
Inbunden, 2007
3425 kr
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Assembled on the occasion of Gary Dickson's retirement from the University of Edinburgh following a distinguished career as an internationally acclaimed scholar of medieval social and religious history, this volume contains contributions by both established and newer scholars inspired by Dickson’s …
When Ego Was Imago
Signs of Identity in the Middle Ages
Inbunden, 2010
2928 kr
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Twelfth-century individuals negotiated personal relationships along a continuum connecting rather than polarizing immediacy and mediated representation. Their markers of individuation, signs of identity and media of communication thus evidence practical engagement with contemporary medieval sign …
Medicine and Space
Body, Surroundings and Borders in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Inbunden, 2011
3694 kr
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This volume contributes to medical history in Antiquity and the Middle Ages by significantly widening our understandings of health and treatment through the theme of space . The fundamental question about how space was conceived by different groups of people in these periods has been used to …
Caput Johannis in Disco
{Essay on a Man’s Head}
Inbunden, 2012
3143 kr
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During the Middle Ages, the head of St John the Baptist was widely venerated. According to the biblical text, John was beheaded at the order of Herod’s stepdaughter, who is traditionally given the name Salome. His head was later found in Jerusalem. Legends concerning the discovery of this relic …
Jerusalem as Narrative Space / Erzählraum Jerusalem
Inbunden, 2012
4130 kr
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Jerusalem, in her central role for Judaism, Christianity and Islam, became the setting for – or even the protagonist of – oral, written and pictorial narratives. These range from the Bible and Apocrypha, historical and hagiographical texts and legends to accounts of physical, imaginary or spiritual …
Imago Mortis
Mediating Images of Death in Late Medieval Culture
Av Ashby Kinch
Inbunden, 2013
3304 kr
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In Imago Mortis: Mediating Images of Death in Late Medieval Culture, Ashby Kinch argues for the affirmative quality of late medieval death art and literature, providing a new, interdisciplinary approach to a well-known body of material. He demonstrates the surprising and effective ways that late …
Between Jerusalem and Europe
Essays in Honour of Bianca Kühnel
Inbunden, 2015
3653 kr
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Between Jerusalem and Europe: Essays in Honour of Bianca Kühnel analyses how Jerusalem is translated into the visual and material culture of medieval, early modern and contemporary Europe, and in what ways European encounters with the city have shaped its holy sites. The volume also demonstrates …
Imagining the Text
Ekphrasis and Envisioning Courtly Identity in Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois
Inbunden, 2015
2656 kr
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In Imagining the Text, James Brown examines ekphrasis – the verbal representation of a visual representation – in Wirnt von Gravenberg’s thirteenth-century Arthurian romance Wigalois, one of the most popular and enduring stories in the Middle High German literary tradition. Through close reading of …
Byzantium/Modernism
The Byzantine as Method in Modernity
Inbunden, 2015
3057 kr
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Byzantium/Modernism features contributions by fourteen international scholars and brings together a diverse range of interdisciplinary essays on art, architecture, theatre, film, literature, and philosophy, which examine how and why Byzantine art and image theory can contribute to our understanding …
Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe
Cultural Negotiations and Artistic Translations in the Middle Ages and 19th-century Historicism
Inbunden, 2021
3949 kr
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Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe examines key aspects related to the reception of Ibero-Islamic architecture in medieval Iberia and 19th-century Europe. It challenges prevalent readings of architecture and interiors whose creation was the result of cultural encounters. As Mudéjar and …
Reimagining Jerusalem’s Architectural Identities in the Later Middle Ages
Inbunden, 2022
2566 kr
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How can medieval art explain Jerusalem’s centrality in the world faiths of Christianity and Islam? This book delves into that topic by examining how Jerusalem was creatively represented and reimagined in several intriguing Christian and Islamic artworks in the later Middle Ages (c. 1187 to …
Eclectic Visual Culture of Medieval Moldavia
Inbunden, 2023
1657 kr
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Winner of the 2023 Early Slavic Studies Book Prize from the Early Slavic Studies Association (ESSA) (Best book)Medieval Moldavia – which was located within present-day northeastern Romania and the Republic of Moldova – developed a bold and eclectic visual culture beginning in the 15th century. …
Patrons and Choir Stalls in the Middle Ages
Inbunden, 2025
2258 kr
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Explore the intricate beauty and historical significance of choir stalls in this groundbreaking collection of essays. Choir stalls were not just functional furnishings but key elements of medieval church interiors, adorned with carvings depicting religious scenes, animals, and symbolic motifs. This …
