Die liturgische Gegenwart des abwesenden Königs :: Gebetsverbrüderung und Herrscherbild im frühen Mittelalter /

It has for decades been part of the canon of maxims of basic research that most images of rulers in early medieval book illustrations have been transmitted in liturgical manuscripts, i.e. manuscripts originally intended for divine worship. There have however to date been few investigations which dra...

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Main Author: Wagner, Wolfgang Eric
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:German
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Brill's series on the early Middle Ages ; v. 19.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:It has for decades been part of the canon of maxims of basic research that most images of rulers in early medieval book illustrations have been transmitted in liturgical manuscripts, i.e. manuscripts originally intended for divine worship. There have however to date been few investigations which draw serious consequences from this and which also view miniatures of rulers in the light of their functional aspects, for example as 'memorial depictions' (O.G. Oexle), or on the basis of the social reality of the pious motives behind their presentation. This study gives a more precise explanation of.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 378 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-368) and index.
ISBN:9789004189249
9004189246
ISSN:1878-4879 ;

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