| Description |
xviii, 259 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 32 cm. |
| Note |
Issued in connection with an exhibition held Oct. 17, 2010-Jan. 17, 2011, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Feb. 13-May 15, 2011, the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, and June 23-Oct. 9, 2011, the British Museum, London. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
From tomb to altar. The religion of relics in late antiquity and Byzantium / Derek Krueger ; Relics and their veneration / Arnold Angenendt ; Catalogue 1-35 -- Gathering the saints. Sacred things and holy bodies : collecting relics from late antiquity to the early Renaissance / Holger A. Klein ; "Non est in toto sanctior orbe locus" : collecting relics in early medieval Rome / Guido Cornini ; Catalogue 36-54 -- Ritual and performance. Relics, liturgical space, and the theology of the church / Éric Palazzo ; From altar to amulet : relics, portability, and devotion / James Robinson ; Catalogue 55-76 -- Matter of faith. The stuff of heaven : materials and craftsmanship in medieval reliquaries / Martina Bagnoli ; "A brilliant resurrection" : enamel shrines for relics in Limoges and Cologne, 1100-1230 / Barbara Drake Boehm ; The spectacle of the charismatic body: patrons, artists, and body part reliquaries / Cynthia Hahn ; Catalogue 77-124 -- Beyond the Middle Ages. The afterlife of the reliquary / Alexander Nagel ; Catalogue 125-139. |
| Subject |
Reliquaries, Medieval -- Exhibitions.
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Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Exhibitions.
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Relics -- Europe -- Exhibitions.
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Christian saints -- Cult -- Europe -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Bagnoli, Martina.
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Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.)
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British Museum.
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| Added Title |
Saints, relics, and devotion in medieval Europe |
| ISBN |
9780911886740 (pbk.) |
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0911886745 (pbk.) |
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9780300168273 (hardback) |
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0300168276 (hardback) |
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