Tributes to Richard K. Emmerson : crossing medieval disciplines / edited by Deirdre Carter, Elina Gertsman, Karlyn Griffith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carter, Deirdre, editor.

Gertsman, Elina, editor.

Griffith, Karlyn, editor.

Emmerson, Richard K., honouree.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Series:

Tributes (Harvey Miller Publishers) ; 10.

[Tributes] ; [10]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts, Medieval.

Art, Medieval.

Christian art and symbolism--Europe--History--To 1500.

Christian art and symbolism.

Paleography.

Illumination of books and manuscripts--Europe--History.

Illumination of books and manuscripts.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

vi, 320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), chart, facsimiles (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.

Other Title:

Crossing medieval disciplines

Place of Publication:

London ; Turnhout, Belgium : Harvey Miller Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

Honoring the scholarship of Richard K. Emmerson, this collection interrogates the concept of interdisciplinarity through a set of essays that traverse the traditional boundaries of various fields in medieval studies. This interdisciplinary collection celebrates the scholarship of Richard K. Emmerson, one of the most prominent medievalists of his generation. With contributions to the history of medieval literature, drama, theology, and art, this anthology not only showcases the fields with which Emmerson's own work engaged, but also demonstrates the fruitfulness of the cross-disciplinary approach that has come to define these fields. Although the essays employ a broad range of source material - from devotional texts to royal chronicles and from architectural sculpture to illuminated manuscripts - the book focuses specifically on four distinct but related topics: word-image relationships, eschatology, identity, and moral argument. The contributions, written by Emmerson's colleagues and former students, speak to the importance of interdisciplinarity and demonstrate the profound influence of Emmerson's work on the rich field of medieval studies.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Sites of Reception

Antique and Faux-Antique in Carolingian Manuscripts / Lawrence Nees

Early Painted Facade Sculpture: Research and Observations on Perception and Cognition / Paula Gerson

The Imago Pietatis in Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Pope Gregory the Great, and Spain / Jack Freiberg

pt. II Imaging and Imagining the Text

Visions of the Beginning and the End: The Hours of the Angels Added to the Psalter of Yolande of Soissons / Lucy Freeman Sandler

God's Palimpsest: The Encyclopedia Omne bonum as Sacred Book / Penn R. Szittya

Word and Image in the Anglo-Norman Prose Apocalypse Fragment London, British Library, MS Add. 38842 / Nigel J. Morgan

pt. III Envisioning the End of Days

Tradition and Innovation in the Sculptural Cycle of the Life of John at Reims Cathedral / Jennifer M. Feltman

The Spectacle of Violence and Romance in Three English Metrical Apocalypses / Karlyn Griffith

The Tegernsee Play of Antichrist / David Bevington

pt. IV Locating Identity

Performance Indicators in Two Early Welsh Plays / David N. Klausner

Rituals of Identity, Strategies of Desire: How a Servant Becomes King for a Night in Decameron 3.2 / Robert W. Hanning

The Endurance of the Name, 700

1500 / Elaine Treharne

Everywhere & Nowhere: Finding the Friars / Thomas A. Goodmann

pt. V Spirituality and the Moral Argument

The Good, the Bad, and the Ivory: On Moral Distinction in Carolingian Crucifixions / Beatrice Kitzinger

The Ordering of Love in the Twelfth Century / Bernard McGinn

Francis, Dante, Iacopone / Ronald B. Herzman

In Place of an Epilogue: `What Else Do We See?' / Karlyn Griffith.

Notes:

Series information from publisher's Web site, viewed July 15, 2021.

"Publications by Richard K. Emmerson": pages 9-15.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781909400993

1909400998

OCLC:

1090683638

Publisher Number:

99992600759