Trinity and Incarnation in Anglo-Saxon Art and Thought Paperback / softback
by Barbara C. Raw
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England series
Paperback / softback
Description
This book is a study of the theology of the Trinity as expressed in the literature and art of the late Anglo-Saxon period.
It examines the meaning of the representations of the Trinity in tenth- and eleventh-century English manuscripts and their relationship to Anglo-Saxon theology, and to earlier debates about the legitimacy of representations of the divine.
The book's unifying theme is that of the image: the image of the Trinity in the human soul; Christ, the perfect image and visible form of the invisible God; redemption as the restoration of the imperfect human image to its original likeness through contemplation of its divine archetype; prayer as an anticipation of the contemplation of heaven, and art as a form of contemplation.
The book, which contains a selection of black and white illustrations, will be of interest to art historians, theologians and literary scholars alike.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:248 pages, 23 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/11/2006
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- ISBN:9780521030496
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:248 pages, 23 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/11/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521030496
