Strange beauty : issues in the making and meaning of reliquaries, 400-circa 1204 /
"A study of reliquaries as a form of representation in medieval art. Explores how reliquaries stage the importance and meaning of relics using a wide range of artistic means from material and ornament to metaphor and symbolism"--Provided by publisher.
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| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2012]
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| ISBN: | 9780271050782 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271050780 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271059486 9780271059488 |
Table of Contents:
- First things. Introduction
- The reliquary and its maker
- Relics, meaning, and response : early Christian reliquaries, narrative and not
- Shaped reliquaries. Spolia and sign, metaphor and simile
- The reliquary cross
- Like and unlike metaphors
- Body-part reliquaries : heads
- Body part reliquaries : other body parts
- A gathering of saints : processions and treasuries. Reliquaries in action
- Treasuries
- Relic display
- A case study : Wibald of Stavelot as patron
- The impact of 1204, the "space" of the ark, and conclusion.