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St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne: Relics, Reliquaries and the Visual Culture of Group Sanctity in Late Medieval Europe New edition
Scott B. Montgomery
St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne: Relics, Reliquaries and the Visual Culture of Group Sanctity in Late Medieval Europe New edition
Scott B. Montgomery
Explores the visual, textual, performative, and perceptual aspects of this phenomenon, with particular emphasis on painting and sculpture in late medieval Cologne. This book examines the cult from the core outward, seeking to understand hagiographic texts and images in terms of their role in articulating relic cults.
207 pages, illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 30, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9783039118526 |
Publishers | Verlag Peter Lang |
Pages | 207 |
Dimensions | 225 × 153 × 14 mm · 385 g |
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