Verse inscriptions in stone appeared in abundance on the facades of
Romanesque churches in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Marking
the place where medieval worshippers were transported from secular
to sacred space, portal verse inscriptions provide important, and
often overlooked, insights into the dynamic function of the portals
and their art. The Allegory of the Church is the first full-length
study of Romanesque verse inscriptions in the context of church
portals and portal sculpture, and is the product of a twenty-year
study. Calvin B. Kendall demonstrates how these inscriptions served
to express the role of the church building as a concrete allegory
of Christ and the Church. Describing them in detail, he traces the
history and nature of the changes in allegorical interpretation of
the inscriptions until, as medieval assumptions about language and
rhetoric changed, they were finally abandoned by Gothic artists. An
exemplary work of interdisciplinary scholarship, The Allegory of
the Church includes a detailed catalogue of Romanesque verse
inscriptions.
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