The Ashburnham Pentateuch and its Contexts - The Trinity in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (Latin, Hardcover)

A fresh interpretation of an enigmatic illumination and its contexts. The Ashburnham Pentateuch is an early medieval manuscript of uncertain provenance, which has puzzled and intrigued scholars since the nineteenth century. Its first image, which depicts the Genesis creation narrative, is itself a site of mystery; originally, it presented the Trinity as three men in various vignettes, but in the early ninth century, by which time the manuscript had come to the monastery at Tours, most of the figures were obscured by paint, leaving behind a single creator. In this sense, the manuscript serves as a kind of hinge between the late antique and early medieval periods. Why was the Ashburnham Pentateuch's anthropomorphic image of the Trinity acceptable in the sixth century, but not in the ninth? This study examines the theological, political, and iconographic contexts of the production and later modification of the Ashburnham Pentateuch's creation image. The discussion focuses on materiality, the oft-contested relationship between image and word, and iconoclastic acts as "embodied responses". Ultimately, this book argues that the Carolingian-era reception and modification of the creation image is consistent with contemporaneous iconography, a concern for maintaining the absolute unity of the Trinity, as well as Carolingian image theory following the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy. Tracing the changes in Trinitarian theology and theories of the image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
Release date:	March 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Jennifer Awes Freeman (Person)
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-1-78327-684-4
Languages:	Latin
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Palaeography Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78327-684-3
Barcode:	9781783276844

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