Ars Sacra, 800-1200
(Part of the The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series Series)
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The magnificent bronze doors of Hildesheim Cathedral, the ivory, gold, enameled, and bejeweled book covers made to contain superbly illuminated manuscripts, the startling reliquary caskets made in the shape of the part of the body supposed to be contained within them--these and other sacred objects were contained within church treasuries and cloisters in the early Middle Ages in Europe. This beautiful book traces the development of these so-called...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0300060483
ISBN13:9780300060485
Release Date:March 1995
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:334 Pages
Weight:3.85 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 8.8" x 11.5"
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