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Clothing Sacred Scriptures - Book Art and Book Religion in Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Cultures (Hardcover)
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Clothing Sacred Scriptures - Book Art and Book Religion in Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Cultures (Hardcover)
Series: Manuscripta Biblica
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According to a longstanding interpretation, book religions are
agents of textuality and logocentrism. This volume inverts the
traditional perspective: its focus is on the strong dependency
between scripture and aesthetics, holy books and material artworks,
sacred texts and ritual performances. The contributions, written by
a group of international specialists in Western, Byzantine, Islamic
and Jewish Art, are committed to a comparative and transcultural
approach. The authors reflect upon the different strategies of
"clothing" sacred texts with precious materials and elaborate
forms. They show how the pretypographic cultures of the Middle Ages
used book ornaments as media for building a close relation between
the divine words and their human audience. By exploring how art
shapes the religious practice of books, and how the religious use
of books shapes the evolution of artistic practices this book
contributes to a new understanding of the deep nexus between sacred
scripture and art.
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