| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 548 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 85 |
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The handpress world ; volume 66 |
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Library of the written word ; v. 85.
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Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 66.
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| Contents |
The diversification of the genre -- Mimesis as politics -- Competition between cities and printtners -- Speculating on similarity -- Familiar means-new piety -- Aesthetic enhancement -- The relic book as stage mask : the media staging of social climbing and the accumulation of salvation -- Troy, Rome, Halle : history and genealogy -- Synthesis of a genre. The mediality of the relic book -- The texture of the book |
| Summary |
"This study is the first fundamental analysis and synopsis of the printed relic-book genre. Printed relic books represent, both by image and text, precious reliquaries, which were presented to the faithful audience during special liturgical feasts, the display of relics. This study brings into focus the specific aesthetics of these relic books and explores the immense influence that patrons had on figuration as well as on the forms of these books. The analysis focuses on the interaction of image and text as manifestation of authenticity. This book then contributes to clarifying the complex medial role of printing with movable type in its early period and offers a novel interpretation of the cultural significance of artefacts in the Renaissance"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Translated from the original German into English |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 16, 2021) |
| Subject |
Relic books.
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Books and reading -- Europe, German-speaking -- History -- 16th century
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Books and reading -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Christian saints -- Cult -- Europe, German-speaking
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Authenticity (Philosophy)
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Aesthetics, Medieval.
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Aesthetics, Renaissance.
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Relic books
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Aesthetics, Medieval
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Aesthetics, Renaissance
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Authenticity (Philosophy)
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Books and reading
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Books and reading -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Christian saints -- Cult
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German-speaking Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Simon, Anne, translator.
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Translation of: Cárdenas, Livia.
Textur des Bildes das Heiltumsbuch im Kontext religiöser Medialität des Spätmittelalters
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| LC no. |
2020036022 |
| ISBN |
9004440127 |
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9789004440128 |
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