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The texture of images : the relic book in late-medieval religiosity and early modern aesthetics / by Livia Cárdenas ; translated by Anne Simon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cárdenas, Livia, author.
- Series:
- Library of the written word ; volume 85.
- Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 85
- The handpress world ; volume 66
- Standardized Title:
- Textur des Bildes. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Relic books.
- Books and reading--Europe, German-speaking--History--16th century.
- Books and reading.
- Books and reading--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Christian saints--Cult--Europe, German-speaking.
- Christian saints.
- Authenticity (Philosophy).
- Aesthetics, Medieval.
- Aesthetics, Renaissance.
- Christian saints--Cult.
- History.
- German-speaking Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Relic books. Mimesis as politics
- Competition between cities and printers
- Speculating on similarity
- Familiar means-new piety
- Aesthetic enhancement
- The relic book as stage mask : the media staging of social climbing and the accumulation of salvation
- Troy, Rome, Halle : history and genealogy
- Synthesis of a genre. The mediality of the relic book
- The texture of the book.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The diversification of the genre.
- Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Cárdenas, Livia. Texture of images
- ISBN:
- 9789004440128
- 9004440127
- Publisher Number:
- 40030265034
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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