A Critical Companion to English Mappae Mundi of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

A Critical Companion to English Mappae Mundi of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Author: Dan Terkla
Publisher: Boydell Studies in Medieval Ar
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781783274222

Mappae mundi (maps of the world), beautiful objects in themselves, offer huge insights into how medieval scholars conceived the world and their place within it. They are a fusion of "real" geographical locations with fantasical, geographic, historical, legendary and theological material. Their production reached its height in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, with such well-known examples as the Hereford map, the maps of Matthew Paris, and the Vercelli map. This volume provides a comprehensive Companion to the seven most significant English mappae mundi. It begins with a survey of the maps' materials, types, shapes, sources, contents, conventions, idiosyncrasies, commissioners and users, moving on to locate the maps' creation and use in the realms of medieval rhetoric, Victorine memory theory and clerical pedagogy. It also establishes the shared history of map and book making, and demonstrates how pre-and post-Conquest monastic libraries in Britain fostered and fed their complementary relationship. A chapter is then devoted to each individual map. An annotated bibliography of multilingual resources completes the volume. DAN TERKLA is Emeritus Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University; NICK MILLEA is Map Librarian, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Contributors: Nathalie Bouloux, Michelle Brown. Daniel Connolly, Helen Davies, Gregory Heyworth, Alfred Hiatt, Marcia Kupfer, Nick Millea, Asa Simon Mittman, Dan Terkla, Chet Van Duzer. Contributors: Nathalie Bouloux, Michelle Brown. Daniel Connolly, Helen Davies, Gregory Heyworth, Alfred Hiatt, Marcia Kupfer, Nick Millea, Asa Simon Mittman, Dan Terkla, Chet Van Duzer.

The Mappae Mundi of Medieval Iceland

The Mappae Mundi of Medieval Iceland
Author: Dale Kedwards
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2020
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1843845695

Front cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Icelandic Hemispherical World Maps -- Chapter 2 The Icelandic Zonal Map -- Chapter 3 The Two Maps from Viðey -- Chapter 4 Iceland in Europe -- Chapter 5 Forty Icelandic Priests and a Map of the World -- Conclusion -- Map Texts and Translations -- The Icelandic Hemispherical World Maps -- The Icelandic Zonal Map -- The Larger Viðey Map -- The Smaller Viðey Map -- Bibliography -- Index -- Studies in Old Norse Literature.

The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe

The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe
Author: Spike Bucklow
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2017
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 178327123X

Fresh examinations of one of the most important church furnishings of the middle ages. The churches of medieval Europe contained richly carved and painted screens, placed between the altar and the congregation; they survive in particularly high numbers in England, despite being partly dismantled during the Reformation. While these screens divided "lay" from "priestly" jurisdiction, it has also been argued that they served to unify architectural space. This volume brings together the latest scholarship on the subject, exploring in detail numerous aspects of the construction and painting of screens, it aims in particular to unite perspectives from science and art history. Examples are drawn from a wide geographical range, from Scandinavia to Italy. Spike Bucklow is Director of Research at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge; Richard Marks is Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at the University of York and currently a member of the History of Art Department, University of Cambridge; Lucy Wrapson is Assistant to the Director at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge. Contributors: Paul Binski, Spike Bucklow, Donal Cooper, David Griffith, Hugh Harrison, JacquelineJung, Justin Kroesen, Julian Luxford, Richard Marks, Ebbe Nyborg, Eddie Sinclair, Jeffrey West, Lucy Wrapson.

Elohim and the Anunnaki Prince

Elohim and the Anunnaki Prince
Author: Kerry L Barger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2021-04-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781667143385

This book attempts to determine the origins of the God of the Bible, based on the most ancient documents available to date. Originally titled "Abraham, Moses and Elohim", this book examines the possibility that mankind was not alone on Earth during our prehistory, when our oldest legends of ancient gods and demigods first originated. ¶ Many recently discovered texts were written within only a few generations after the great flood of Noah's time around 5,000 years ago. Some of our antediluvian myths are based on actual individuals and events that took place before our oldest civilizations invented writing. In fact, there may have been an entire civilization of extraterrestrials who came to Earth and enslaved the earliest humans, in order to exploit them for manual labor. Conflicts among the rulers of these Anunnaki "gods" led to devastating wars that are described in the oldest myths of ancient India, ancient Sumer, in Egypt, and even in your Bible. The most powerful of these rulers continued to wage war during the first centuries of mankind's written history. One such war began and ended with the complete annihilation of Sodom and Gomorrah and two additional cities in a territory that was being controlled by the fallen angel we know as Satan, the Prince of the Power of the Air. The Apostle Paul made reference to this title in the first century A.D., but the Prince of the Power of the Air was once a highly honored position among one of the two most powerful "gods" of the ancient world. The other supreme Anunnaki ruler, the Lord of the Earth, was credited in the world's oldest literature with having created the first humans. However, the Anunnaki and early humans were not alone on our planet. There was an even more powerful entity working behind the scenes. The ancient Sumerians knew him as the Father of All Beginnings. Together, with the Creator of All, it was He who actually created the heavens and the earth and initially seeded our planet with life. ¶ Whether or not humanity continues to exist is simply a matter of faith. A single cosmic catastrophic event could destroy all life on Earth in an instant, and only an actual deity capable of controlling time and space could save us. The Anunnaki cannot and never could perform miracles. But there is a God who can.

History in Flames

History in Flames
Author: Robert Bartlett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2024-08-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 1009457179

To what extent does our knowledge of the past rely upon written sources? And what happens when these sources are destroyed? Focusing on the manuscripts of the Middle Ages, History in Flames explores cases in which large volumes of written material were destroyed during a single day. This destruction didn't occur by accident of fire or flood but by human forces such as arson, shelling and bombing. This book examines the political and military events that preceded the moment of destruction, from the Franco-Prussian War and the Irish Civil War to the complexities of World War II; it analyses the material lost and how it came to be where it was. At the same time, it discusses the heroic efforts made by scholars and archivists to preserve these manuscripts, even partially. History in Flames reminds us that historical knowledge rests on material remains, and that these remains are vulnerable.

The Book of Marvels

The Book of Marvels
Author: Larisa Grollemond
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2024-07-23
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1606069039

This fascinating volume explores an important fifteenth-century illustrated manuscript tradition that provides a revealing glimpse of how western Europeans conceptualized the world. From the classical encyclopedias of Pliny to famous tales such as The Travels of Marco Polo, historical travel writing has had a lasting impact, despite the fact that it was based on a curious mixture of truth, legend, and outright superstition. One foundational medieval source that expands on the ancient idea of the “wonders of the world” is the fifteenth-century French Book of the Marvels of the World, an illustrated guide to the globe filled with oddities, curiosities, and wonders—tales of fantasy and reality intended for the medieval armchair traveler. The fifty-six locales featured in the manuscript are presented in a manner that suggests authority and objectivity but are rife with stereotypes and mischaracterizations, meant to simultaneously instill a sense of wonder and fear in readers. In The Book of Marvels, the authors explore the tradition of encyclopedias and travel writing, examining the various sources for geographic knowledge in the Middle Ages. They look closely at the manuscript copies of the French text and its complex images, delving into their origins, style, content, and meaning. Ultimately, this volume seeks to unpack how medieval white Christian Europeans saw their world and how the fear of difference—so pervasive in society today—is part of a long tradition stretching back millennia.

The Ashburnham Pentateuch and Its Contexts

The Ashburnham Pentateuch and Its Contexts
Author: Jennifer Awes Freeman
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2022
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1783276843

A fresh interpretation of an enigmatic illumination and its contexts.The Ashburnham Pentateuch is an early medieval manuscript of uncertain provenance, which has puzzled and intrigued scholars since the nineteenth century. Its first image, which depicts the Genesis creation narrative, is itself a site of mystery; originally, it presented the Trinity as three men in various vignettes, but in the early ninth century, by which time the manuscript had come to the monastery at Tours, most of the figures were obscured by paint, leaving behind a single creator. In this sense, the manuscript serves as a kind of hinge between the late antique and early medieval periods. Why was the Ashburnham Pentateuch's anthropomorphic image of the Trinity acceptable in the sixth century, but not in the ninth?This study examines the theological, political, and iconographic contexts of the production and later modification of the Ashburnham Pentateuch's creation image. The discussion focuses on materiality, the oft-contested relationship between image and word, and iconoclastic acts as "embodied responses". Ultimately, this book argues that the Carolingian-era reception and modification of the creation image is consistent with contemporaneous iconography, a concern for maintaining the absolute unity of the Trinity, as well as Carolingian image theory following the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy. Tracing the changes in Trinitarian theology and theories of the image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.nship between image and word, and iconoclastic acts as "embodied responses". Ultimately, this book argues that the Carolingian-era reception and modification of the creation image is consistent with contemporaneous iconography, a concern for maintaining the absolute unity of the Trinity, as well as Carolingian image theory following the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy. Tracing the changes in Trinitarian theology and theories of the image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.nship between image and word, and iconoclastic acts as "embodied responses". Ultimately, this book argues that the Carolingian-era reception and modification of the creation image is consistent with contemporaneous iconography, a concern for maintaining the absolute unity of the Trinity, as well as Carolingian image theory following the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy. Tracing the changes in Trinitarian theology and theories of the image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.nship between image and word, and iconoclastic acts as "embodied responses". Ultimately, this book argues that the Carolingian-era reception and modification of the creation image is consistent with contemporaneous iconography, a concern for maintaining the absolute unity of the Trinity, as well as Carolingian image theory following the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy. Tracing the changes in Trinitarian theology and theories of the image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.e image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

Framing the World

Framing the World
Author: Margaret Small
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 1783275200

A timely examination of the ways in which sixteenth-century understandings of the world were framed by classical theory.

Unprotected Texts

Unprotected Texts
Author: Jennifer Wright Knust
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 813
Release: 2011-01-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0062010824

“An explosive, fascinating book that reveals how the Bible cannot be used as a rulebook when it comes to sex. A terrific read by a top scholar.” —Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus Boston University’s cutting-edge religion scholar Jennifer Wright Knust reveals the Bible’s contradictory messages about sex in this thoughtful, riveting, and timely reexploration of the letter of the gospels. In the tradition of Bart Erhman’s Jesus Interrupted and John Shelby Spong’s Sins of Scripture, Knust’s Unprotected Texts liberates us from the pervasive moralizing—the fickle dos and don’ts—so often dictated by religious demagogues. Knust’s powerful reading offers a return to the scripture, away from the mere slogans to which it is so often reduced.