Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 592
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Published: 1959
Total Pages: 592
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Published: 1946
Total Pages: 638
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 1288
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Ganz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2018-12-03
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 3110558602
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →According to a longstanding interpretation, book religions are agents of textuality and logocentrism. This volume inverts the traditional perspective: its focus is on the strong dependency between scripture and aesthetics, holy books and material artworks, sacred texts and ritual performances. The contributions, written by a group of international specialists in Western, Byzantine, Islamic and Jewish Art, are committed to a comparative and transcultural approach. The authors reflect upon the different strategies of »clothing« sacred texts with precious materials and elaborate forms. They show how the pretypographic cultures of the Middle Ages used book ornaments as media for building a close relation between the divine words and their human audience. By exploring how art shapes the religious practice of books, and how the religious use of books shapes the evolution of artistic practices this book contributes to a new understanding of the deep nexus between sacred scripture and art.
Author: Herman Joseph Alerding
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Published: 1907
Total Pages: 554
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