The miraculous image in Renaissance Florence / Megan Holmes
by Holmes, Megan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0300176600
- ISBN 13
- 9780300176605
- Seller
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About This Item
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; ix, 381 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-365) and index. Contents; Time and Place. Medieval Christian image cults and Florentine relic cults -- The chronological development of Florentine image cults -- The topography of the sacred in the city -- The Florentine contado and subject territories -- Sacred Effigies. Image and efficacy -- The physiognomy, metaphors, and style of sacred embodiment -- Frames and Contexts. Enshrinement: framing and veiling -- Image cults and the Florentine Renaissance. Subjects; Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint ; Art. Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint Devotion to Italy Florence. Jesus Christ Cult Italy Florence. Christian art and symbolism Italy Florence. Devotional objects Italy Florence.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 406107
- Title
- The miraculous image in Renaissance Florence / Megan Holmes
- Author
- Holmes, Megan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300176600
- ISBN 13
- 9780300176605
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2013
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