Old St. Peter's and church decoration in medieval Italy
Spoleto, 2002; paperback, pp. 252, b/w ill., cm 17x24.
(Collectanea. 17).
series: Collectanea
ISBN: 88-7988-246-5
- EAN13: 9788879882460
Subject: Historical Essays,Masterpiece,Painting,Religious Architecture/Art
Period: 1000-1400 (XII-XIV) Middle Ages
Places: Rome
Extra: Frescoes
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Weight: 0.88 kg
Dedication - Sources - Introduction - I. St. Peter's Basilica at the Time of the First Jubilee - II. Pictures as Scripture in Fifth-Century Churches - III. "Caput et speculum omnium ecclesiarum": Old St. Peter's and Church Decoration in Medieval Latium - IV. Old St. Peter's as the Source and Inspiration of Medieval Church Decoration - V. Passover in St. Peter's - VI. The Meeting of Peter and Paul in Rome: An Emblematic Narrative of Spiritual Brotherhood - VII. Diction in the "Bibles of the Illiterate" - VIII. The Oratory of Thomas Becket in Anagni - IX. Corporeal Texts, Spiritual Paintings, and the Mind's Eye - X. A Small Corner of Paradise: San Paolo inter Vineas at Spoleto - XI. Discipuli domini: Apostles, Saints, and Prophets in Medieval Churces - XII. The Biblical Cycles in Santa Maria di Anglona - Index