Die liturgische Gegenwart des abwesenden Königs : Gebetsverbrüderung und Herrscherbild im frühen Mittelalter /
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| Author / Creator: | Wagner, Wolfgang Eric. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (x, 378 p., [20] p. of plates) : col. ill. |
| Language: | German |
| Series: | Brill's series on the early Middle Ages, 1878-4879 ; v. 19 Brill's series on the early Middle Ages ; v. 19. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8928071 |
| Summary: | It has for decades been part of the canon of maxims of basic research that most images of rulers in early medieval book illustrations have been transmitted in liturgical manuscripts, i.e. manuscripts originally intended for divine worship. There have however to date been few investigations which draw serious consequences from this and which also view miniatures of rulers in the light of their functional aspects, for example as 'memorial depictions' (O.G. Oexle), or on the basis of the social reality of the pious motives behind their presentation. This study gives a more precise explanation of the function and purpose of ruler-images by examining a few selected early medieval miniatures. It analyzes the historical and social contexts of their genesis and the liturgical and commemorative aims of their use against the setting of the social form of remembrance of confraternity. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's Habilitationsschrift--Universität Rostock, 2008/2009. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 378 p., [20] p. of plates) : col. ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-368) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004189249 9004189246 9789004189232 9004189238 |
| ISSN: | 1878-4879 ; |