ISBN 9780300168273 | 0300168276 Textbooks - "Treasures of Heaven Saints Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe" by Bagnoli Martina edt Robinson James edt Klein Holger A edt Mann C Griffith edt Martina Holger A Klein C Griffith Mann James Robinson

Authors: Bagnoli - Martina (edt); Robinson - James (edt); Klein - Holger A. (edt); Mann - C. Griffi…
ISBN 10: 0300168276
ISBN 13: 9780300168273
Release: December 7, 2010
Format: Hardcover (278 pages)
List Price: $65.00
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List Price: $65.00

Tags: Arts & Photography, Schools, Periods & Styles, Medieval,

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Drawing together a vast array of treasured objects from collections throughout Europe and the United States, this beautifully illustrated volume examines the cult of sacred relics in greater depth and breadth than ever before. Tracing the making of reliquaries from the earliest days of Christianity to the apogee of the practice in the 16th century, the book considers the importance of reliquaries as markers of the divine in both Eastern Christianity (Byzantium) and Western Christendom. The book also tracks the fate of relics and reliquaries in the wake of the Reformation, anti-clerical movements, and the French Revolution.An international group of scholars explores how medieval artists used earthly materials to construct the heavenly power of sacred objects and sheds fascinating new light on some 140 extraordinary and rare reliquaries from sources ranging from the Sancta Sanctorum of the Lateran Palace to cathedral treasuries to small parish churches.

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Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe