Ornament as argument : textile pages and textile metaphors in early medieval manuscripts

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    • Bücheler, Anna

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Ornament as argument : textile pages and textile metaphors in early medieval manuscripts

Anna Bücheler

(Zurich studies in the history of art : Georges Bloch annual / University of Zurich, Institute of Art History, v. 22/23)

De Gruyter, c2019

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-170) and index

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Anna Bucheler's dissertation, Ornament as Argument: Textile Imagery and Textile Metaphor in Medieval German Manuscripts explores notions of ornamentation and issues of materiality in early and high medieval manuscript illumination (800-1200). Focusing on ornament that evokes the weave patterns of Byzantine and Islamic silk, this study argues that - in specific contexts - ornament has meaning and serves functions that go beyond mere decoration. Reading so-called textile pages against the manuscript context in which they appear and bringing them together with metaphoric and exegetical notions of the veil, textile ornament emerges as a visual argument. The aim of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of an "iconology of the textile" in medieval art and illuminate the functions and meaning of non-figurative ornament.

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  • NCID
    BB2878435X
  • ISBN
    • 9783110530704
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin
  • Pages/Volumes
    261 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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