Clothing Sacred Scriptures
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Clothing Sacred Scriptures

Book Art and Book Religion in Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Cultures

  1. 321 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Clothing Sacred Scriptures

Book Art and Book Religion in Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Cultures

About this book

According to a longstanding interpretation, book religions are agents of textuality and logocentrism. This volume inverts the traditional perspective: its focus is on the strong dependency between scripture and aesthetics, holy books and material artworks, sacred texts and ritual performances.

The contributions, written by a group of international specialists in Western, Byzantine, Islamic and Jewish Art, are committed to a comparative and transcultural approach. The authors reflect upon the different strategies of »clothing« sacred texts with precious materials and elaborate forms. They show how the pretypographic cultures of the Middle Ages used book ornaments as media for building a close relation between the divine words and their human audience.

By exploring how art shapes the religious practice of books, and how the religious use of books shapes the evolution of artistic practices this book contributes to a new understanding of the deep nexus between sacred scripture and art.

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Yes, you can access Clothing Sacred Scriptures by David Ganz,Barbara Schellewald in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Jewish Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9783110557671
eBook ISBN
9783110558609
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Jewish Literary Criticism

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Contents
  3. 1. Clothing Sacred Scriptures
  4. Part I: Religions of the Book
  5. 2. Bodies, Books, and Buildings
  6. 3. Concealed and Revealed
  7. 4. Adoring God’s Name
  8. Part II: Textile Dimensions
  9. 5. Dressing and Undressing Greek Lectionaries in Byzantium and Italy
  10. 6. Clothing Sacred Scripture
  11. Part III: Multiple Objects
  12. 7. Relics in Medieval Book Covers
  13. 8. Jewish Writings and Holy Scripture in Christian Paintings in Spain during the Late Medieval Period
  14. 9. Wearing Devotional Books
  15. Part IV: Spatial Aspects
  16. 10. Observations on the Topological Functions of Color in Early Medieval Christian Illuminated Manuscripts
  17. 11. When Writers Dream ...
  18. 12. Devotional Re-enactment on the Way Through the Book
  19. Part V: The Performance of Sacred Scripture
  20. 13. The Ritual Display of Gospels in Late Antiquity
  21. 14. Books for Liturgical Reading?
  22. 15. Performativity and the Passion Narratives in Early Medieval Gospel Books
  23. 16. Aural-Visual and Performing Aspects of Illuminated Manuscripts for Liturgical and Ritual Use
  24. Epilogue
  25. Index of Names
  26. Index of Places and Manuscripts
  27. Image credits