| Description |
vii, 334 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Incarnation -- 2. The Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ -- 3. The Holy Spirit and the Trinity -- 4. Mary - Virgin and Mother of God -- 5. Eschatology According to the New Testament and the Sibylline Oracles -- 6. Creation Symbolism from the Bank of Genesis to Augustine -- 7. Symbolism of the Divine Unity and of the Hierarchies in Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite -- 8. Symbolism of the Cosmos and of Numbers -- 9. Late-Antique and Early-Christian Nature-Symbolism and Natural Science -- 10. The Symbolism of the New Man in the Gospels -- 11. The Symbolism of the New Man in the Apostolic and Patristic periods -- 12. The Christian Roman Empire in Relationship to the Kingdom of God -- 13. Church, Liturgy, and Sacraments -- 14. The Symbolism of the Word and the Name, the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville -- 15. The Fourfold Meaning of Holy Scripture, Miracles, and Signs, Primarily According to Gregory the Great |
| Analysis |
Christianity Visual arts |
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Christian art and symbolism - Medieval, 500-1500 |
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Christian art and symbolism - To 500 |
| Notes |
Translation of: Handbuch der frühchristlichen Symbolik |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-295) and index |
| Subject |
Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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Christian art and symbolism -- To 500.
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| LC no. |
95002080 |
| ISBN |
0520085493 (alk. paper) |
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