Strange beauty : issues in the making and meaning of reliquaries, 400-circa 1204 /
A study of reliquaries as a form of representation in medieval art. Explores how reliquaries stage the importance and meaning of relics using a wide range of artistic means from material and ornament to metaphor and symbolism.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2012]
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| Summary: | A study of reliquaries as a form of representation in medieval art. Explores how reliquaries stage the importance and meaning of relics using a wide range of artistic means from material and ornament to metaphor and symbolism. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780271050782 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271050780 (cloth : alk. paper) |