The Bernward Gospels : Art, Memory, and the Episcopate in Medieval Germany

Show other versions (2)

Few works of art better illustrate the splendor of eleventh-century painting than the manuscript often referred to as the "precious gospels" of Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim, with its peculiar combination of sophistication and naïveté, its dramatically gesturing figures, and the saturate...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kingsley, Jennifer P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park : Penn State University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bernward, > Bishop of Hildesheim, > approximately 960-1022.
Diözesan-Museum Hildesheim.
Catholic Church.
Catholic Church > Liturgy > Texts > Illustrations.
Bible. > Gospels.
Bible. > Gospels > Illustrations.
Bernward Gospels > Illustrations.
Liturgics > Texts.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottonian.
Evangeliaries.
Christian art and symbolism > Medieval.
ART / History / Medieval.
Évangeliaires > Allemagne > Hildesheim > Illustrations.
Enluminure ottonienne > Allemagne > Hildesheim.
Christian art and symbolism > Germany > Hildesheim > Medieval, 500-1500.
Evangeliaries > Germany > Hildesheim > Illustrations.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottonian > Germany > Hildesheim.
Germany > Hildesheim.
Illustrated works.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ONE / MEMORY
  • TWO / SERVICE
  • THREE / SIGHT
  • FOUR / TOUCH
  • CONCLUSION
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Similar Items