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Word, image, and the spiritual life of the Poor Clares : interpreting the "Meditations on the life of Christ" in medieval Italy / Renata Bartal, Tel Aviv University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartal, Renana, 1977- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor Clares--Prayers and devotions--Illustrations.
- Poor Clares.
- Corpus Christi College (University of Oxford). Library--Manuscript--410.
- Corpus Christi College (University of Oxford).
- Meditationes vitae Christi.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian--Italy--Tuscany--14th century.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--Tuscany.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
- Genre:
- Art criticism
- Illustrated works
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "In this study, Renana Bartal offers a comprehensive study of the only known fully illuminated manuscript of the Meditations on the Life of Christ. An interdisciplinary analysis combining the methods of art history, textual studies, and gender studies, this book sheds light on the devotional practices of medieval religious women"-- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 1-009-75665-6
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