Ritual, images, and daily life : the medieval perspective / edited by Gerhard Jaritz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jaritz, Gerhard, 1949-

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Geschichte (Münster in Westfalen, Germany)

Geschichte (Münster in Westfalen, Germany). Forschung und Wissenschaft

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Symbolism--Europe--History--To 1500.

Symbolism.

Signs and symbols--Europe--History--To 1500.

Signs and symbols.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

ix, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Lit ; London : Global [distributor], 2012.

Summary:

Medievalists and art historians explore the function, construction, space, and messages of images; the rituals associated with them; and the possible influences of these phenomena on the daily life of the image producers, users, and recipients. Among their topics are working with pictures in elaborated systems, audience and image in the Grand' Salle of the palace at Paris, prayers and gesture in late medieval Transylvania, Seder Eve in 15th-century Ashkenaz, and the structure of medieval images and the birth of polyphony. The 13 essays are revised from presentations at a December 2008 conference at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Distributed in North America by ISBS. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

3643901135

9783643901132

OCLC:

780335671

Publisher Number:

99951584315