Ross provides a broad survey of pictures and texts concerning saints, from the Early Christian through the late Gothic period. Both Western and Byzantine material is included. Beginning with the earliest pictures of and stories about saints, the book traces the evolution of hagiographic imagery primarily in manuscript contexts. Because of its cross-disciplinary nature, it will be of interest to audiences interested in Early Christian, Byzantine, and Western medieval culture: religion, society, politics, and art. No other ...
Read More
Ross provides a broad survey of pictures and texts concerning saints, from the Early Christian through the late Gothic period. Both Western and Byzantine material is included. Beginning with the earliest pictures of and stories about saints, the book traces the evolution of hagiographic imagery primarily in manuscript contexts. Because of its cross-disciplinary nature, it will be of interest to audiences interested in Early Christian, Byzantine, and Western medieval culture: religion, society, politics, and art. No other book to date is organized similarly in providing detailed descriptions for the identification of medieval manuscripts with hagiographic texts and illustrations.
Read Less
Add this copy of Text, Image, Message: Saints in Medieval Manuscript to cart. $43.00, very good condition, Sold by Atticus Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1994 by Praeger.
Add this copy of Text, Image, Message. Saints in Medieval Manuscript to cart. $49.00, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Greenwood Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Pages are otherwise very clean and clear. ) Green cloth with gilt lettering. xix, [3], 207 pp. Illustrated with bw reproductions. Contents include: Ch. 1. Origins: The Growth and Development of Hagiographic Imagery--Ch. 2. Medieval Hagiographic Manuscript Types and Contexts: An Overview--Ch. 3. Illustrations in Calendars and Martyrologies: All Saints--Ch. 4. Illustrated Biography: Libelli Manuscripts--Ch. 5. Passionary Illustrations--Ch. 6. Hagiographic Illustration in the Byzantine World: Menologia and Synaxaries--Ch. 7. Hagiographic Illustration in Non-Hagiographic Manuscripts--Ch. 8. Image Recycling in Hagiographic Illustration.
Add this copy of Text, Image, Message: Saints in Medieval Manuscript to cart. $113.27, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1994 by Praeger.
Add this copy of Text, Image, Message to cart. $120.47, new condition, Sold by Books2anywhere rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1994 by ABC-CLIO.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Add this copy of Text, Image, Message to cart. $127.91, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop International rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1994 by ABC-CLIO.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Add this copy of Text, Image, Message to cart. $132.83, new condition, Sold by Media Smart rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hawthorne, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by ABC-Clio, Incorporated.
Add this copy of Text, Image, Message to cart. $141.86, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by ABC-CLIO.
Add this copy of Text, Image, Message: Saints in Medieval Manuscript to cart. $170.82, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Praeger.
Add this copy of Text, Image, Message: Saints in Medieval Manuscript to cart. $216.27, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Praeger.
