Word, Image, and the Spiritual Life of the Poor Clares by Renana Bartal
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Word, Image, and the Spiritual Life of the Poor ClaresInterpreting the 'Meditations on the Life of Christ' in Medieval Italy\nAuthor(s): Renana Bartal\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009756600, 978-1009756600\nSynopsis\nTheMeditations on the Life of Christwas a devotional manual composed for the Order of the Poor Clares in early fourteenth-century Italy. In thisbook, Renana Bartal offers a comprehensive study of the only known fully illuminated manuscript ofthe long Latin version of this text, now housed in Corpus Christi College at Oxford University. An interdisciplinary analysis combining the methods of art history, textual studies, and gender studies, her book sheds light on the devotional practices of medieval religious women and enriches current understanding of gendered reception and use of books in the later Middle Ages. Through close analysis of text and images, Bartal reveals how the.
Word, Image, and the Spiritual Life of the Poor Clares by Renana Bartal
Word, Image, and the Spiritual Life of the Poor ClaresInterpreting the 'Meditations on the Life of Christ' in Medieval Italy\nAuthor(s): Renana Bartal\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009756600, 978-1009756600\nSynopsis\nTheMeditations on the Life of Christwas a devotional manual composed for the Order of the Poor Clares in early fourteenth-century Italy. In thisbook, Renana Bartal offers a comprehensive study of the only known fully illuminated manuscript ofthe long Latin version of this text, now housed in Corpus Christi College at Oxford University. An interdisciplinary analysis combining the methods of art history, textual studies, and gender studies, her book sheds light on the devotional practices of medieval religious women and enriches current understanding of gendered reception and use of books in the later Middle Ages. Through close analysis of text and images, Bartal reveals how the.
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