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A Saving Science - Capturing the Heavens in Carolingian Manuscripts (Hardcover)
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A Saving Science - Capturing the Heavens in Carolingian Manuscripts (Hardcover)
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In A Saving Science, Eric Ramírez-Weaver explores the significance
of early medieval astronomy in the Frankish empire, using as his
lens an astronomical masterpiece, the deluxe manuscript of the
Handbook of 809, painted in roughly 830 for Bishop Drogo of Metz,
one of Charlemagne’s sons. Created in an age in which careful
study of the heavens served a liturgical purpose—to reckon
Christian feast days and seasons accurately and thus reflect a
“heavenly” order—the diagrams of celestial bodies in the
Handbook of 809 are extraordinary signifiers of the intersection of
Christian art and classical astronomy. Ramírez-Weaver shows how,
by studying this lavishly painted and carefully executed
manuscript, we gain a unique understanding of early medieval
astronomy and its cultural significance. In a time when the
Frankish church sought to renew society through education, the
Handbook of 809 presented a model in which study aided the
spiritual reform of the cleric’s soul, and, by extension, enabled
the spiritual care of his community. An exciting new interpretation
of Frankish painting, A Saving Science shows that constellations in
books such as Drogo’s were not simple copies for posterity’s
sake, but functional tools in the service of the rejuvenation of a
creative Carolingian culture.
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