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Art and architecture of late medieval pilgrimage in Northern Europe and the British Isles : texts / edited by Sarah Blick and Rita Tekippe.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 104.
- Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 104
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian art and symbolism--Europe, Northern--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Christian art and symbolism--England--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Europe, Northern.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection includes essays on the visual experience and material culture at medieval pilgrimage shrines of northern Europe and the British Isles, particularly the art and architecture created to intensify spiritual experience for visitors. These studies focus on regional pilgrimage centers which flourished from the 12th-16th centuries, addressing various aspects of visual imagery and architectural space which inspired devotees to value cults of enshrined saints and to venerate them in memory from afar. Subjects include pilgrim dress, jeweled and painted reliquaries, labyrinths, elaborate processions, printed texts of the saint's life, shrines, sculpture and other architectural decoration, and pilgrim souvenirs. Profusely illustrated with 350 photographs, this work will interest scholars and students of art history, history, religious studies, and popular culture.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The Pilgrim's journey : vision and reality
- pt. 2. Housing for saints : churches and shrines
- pt. 3. Experience and iconography at pilgrimage centers : discerning meaning
- pt. 4. Connections to Jerusalem and the holy Jerusalem through pilgrimage sites
- pt. 5. Pilgrim souvenirs : meaning and function
- pt. 6. Common cause for medieval Christians : politics and practicalities of cult development
- pt. 7. Cults and cult practices : evolution and expression.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [787]-846) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-90696-0
- 9786610906963
- 1-4294-2779-5
- OCLC:
- 923611830
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