Early Medieval Bible Illumination And The Ashburnham Pentateuch

Author : Dorothy Verkerk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107402003
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Medieval Bible Illumination and the Ashburnham Pentateuch written by Dorothy Verkerk and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ashburnham Pentateuch is an early medieval illuminated manuscript of the Old Testament whose pictures are among the oldest surviving and most extensive biblical illustrations. Dorothy Verkerk reveals how its colorful and complex illustrations of Genesis and Exodus explained important church teachings. She provides a key to understanding the relationship between the text and pictures. Arguing that the manuscript was created in Italy, Verkerk also solves a mystery that has baffled scholars over the last century.

Author : Jennifer Awes Freeman
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783276843
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ashburnham Pentateuch and Its Contexts written by Jennifer Awes Freeman and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2022 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh interpretation of an enigmatic illumination and its contexts.The Ashburnham Pentateuch is an early medieval manuscript of uncertain provenance, which has puzzled and intrigued scholars since the nineteenth century. Its first image, which depicts the Genesis creation narrative, is itself a site of mystery; originally, it presented the Trinity as three men in various vignettes, but in the early ninth century, by which time the manuscript had come to the monastery at Tours, most of the figures were obscured by paint, leaving behind a single creator. In this sense, the manuscript serves as a kind of hinge between the late antique and early medieval periods. Why was the Ashburnham Pentateuch's anthropomorphic image of the Trinity acceptable in the sixth century, but not in the ninth?This study examines the theological, political, and iconographic contexts of the production and later modification of the Ashburnham Pentateuch's creation image. The discussion focuses on materiality, the oft-contested relationship between image and word, and iconoclastic acts as "embodied responses". Ultimately, this book argues that the Carolingian-era reception and modification of the creation image is consistent with contemporaneous iconography, a concern for maintaining the absolute unity of the Trinity, as well as Carolingian image theory following the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy. Tracing the changes in Trinitarian theology and theories of the image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.nship between image and word, and iconoclastic acts as "embodied responses". Ultimately, this book argues that the Carolingian-era reception and modification of the creation image is consistent with contemporaneous iconography, a concern for maintaining the absolute unity of the Trinity, as well as Carolingian image theory following the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy. Tracing the changes in Trinitarian theology and theories of the image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.nship between image and word, and iconoclastic acts as "embodied responses". Ultimately, this book argues that the Carolingian-era reception and modification of the creation image is consistent with contemporaneous iconography, a concern for maintaining the absolute unity of the Trinity, as well as Carolingian image theory following the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy. Tracing the changes in Trinitarian theology and theories of the image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.nship between image and word, and iconoclastic acts as "embodied responses". Ultimately, this book argues that the Carolingian-era reception and modification of the creation image is consistent with contemporaneous iconography, a concern for maintaining the absolute unity of the Trinity, as well as Carolingian image theory following the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy. Tracing the changes in Trinitarian theology and theories of the image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.e image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

Author : Lawrence Nees
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009193864
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Illuminating the Word in the Early Middle Ages written by Lawrence Nees and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated study shows how modern systems of textual presentation grew from techniques developed in the medieval period.

Author : John Williams
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271017686
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imaging the Early Medieval Bible written by John Williams and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique exploration of the beginnings of biblical illustration and decoration.

Author : Robert C. Gregg
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190231491
Total Pages : 753 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shared Stories, Rival Tellings written by Robert C. Gregg and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an extensive yet accessible guide to many ancient texts Includes artwork as well as historical writings to illuminate religious interpreters' genius and impact Explores the historical contexts of the divides between Jews, Christians, and Muslims

Author : Lynley Anne Herbert
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111436012
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Illuminating a Legacy written by Lynley Anne Herbert and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology honors Lawrence Nees’ expansive contributions to medieval art historical inquiry and teaching on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Delaware. These essays present a cross-section of recent research by students, colleagues, and friends; the breadth of subjects explored demonstrates the pertinence of Nees’ distinctive approach and methodology centering human agency and creativity. The contributions follow three main threads: Establishing Identity, Patronage and Politics, and Beyond the Canon. Some authors draw upon Nees’ systematic analysis of iconographic idiosyncrasies and ornamental schemes, whether adorning manuscripts or monumental edifices, which elucidates their unique visual and material characteristics. Others apply a Neesian engagement with the complex dynamics of cultural exchange, visual manifestations of political ambitions and ideologies, and selective mining of the classical past. Ultimately, this collection aims to illustrate the impact of Nees’ transformative scholarship, and to celebrate his legacy in the field of medieval art history.

Author : Bogdan Gabriel Bucur
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004386114
Total Pages : 346 pages
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Download or read book Scripture Re-envisioned: Christophanic Exegesis and the Making of a Christian Bible written by Bogdan Gabriel Bucur and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Scripture Re-envisioned Bogdan B. Bucur discusses the exegesis of biblical theophanies as an essential “ingredient” for the gradual crystallization of a distinct Christian exegesis, doctrine, liturgy, and spirituality during the first millennium CE.

Author : Celia Chazelle
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004391320
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Codex Amiatinus and its “Sister” Bibles: Scripture, Liturgy, and Art in the Milieu of the Venerable Bede written by Celia Chazelle and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Codex Amiatinus and its “Sister” Bibles examines the full Bibles made at Wearmouth–Jarrow under Ceolfrith (d. 716) and Bede (d. 735), and the circumstances of their production. Amiatinus is the oldest Latin full Bible to survive largely intact.

Author : Holly Morse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192580175
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encountering Eve's Afterlives written by Holly Morse and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encountering Eve's Afterlives: A New Reception Critical Approach to Genesis 2-4 aims to destabilize the persistently pessimistic framing of Eve as a highly negative symbol of femininity within Western culture by engaging with marginal, and even heretical, interpretations that focus on more positive aspects of her character. In doing so, this book questions the myth that orthodox, popular readings represent the 'true' meaning of the first woman's story, and explores the possibility that previously ignored or muted rewritings of Eve are in fact equally 'valid' interpretations of the biblical text. By staging encounters between the biblical Eve and re-writings of her story, particularly those that help to challenge the interpretative status quo, this book re-frames the first woman using three key themes from her story: sin, knowledge, and life. Thus, it considers how and why the image of Eve as a dangerous temptress has gained considerably more cultural currency than the equally viable pictures of her as a subversive wise woman or as a mourning mother. The book offers a re-evaluation of the meanings and the myths of Eve, deconstructing the dominance of her cultural incarnation as a predominantly flawed female, and reconstructing a more nuanced presentation of the first woman's role in the Bible and beyond.

Author : Finney
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802890164
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology written by Finney and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 400 distinguished scholars, including archaeologists, art historians, historians, epigraphers, and theologians, have written the 1,455 entries in this monumental encyclopedia--the first comprehensive reference work of its kind. From Aachen to Zurzach, Paul Corby Finney's three-volume masterwork draws on archaeological and epigraphic evidence to offer readers a basic orientation to early Christian architecture, sculpture, painting, mosaic, and portable artifacts created roughly between AD 200 and 600 in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Clear, comprehensive, and richly illustrated, this work will be an essential resource for all those interested in late antique and early Christian art, archaeology, and history. -- Provided by publisher.