Treasure, memory, nature : church objects in the Middle Ages

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Label

Treasure, memory, nature : church objects in the Middle Ages

Title remainder

church objects in the Middle Ages

Statement of responsibility

Philippe Cordez

Title variation

Church objects in the Middle Ages

Creator

• Cordez, Philippe,
• Cordez, Philippe,

Contributor

• Cordez, Philippe
• Oswald, Julia,
• Morgan, Chloe Siner,
• Cordez, Philippe
• Morgan, Chloe Siner,
• Oswald, Julia,

Author

• Cordez, Philippe,
• Cordez, Philippe,

Editor

• Oswald, Julia,
• Oswald, Julia,

Translator

• Morgan, Chloe Siner,
• Morgan, Chloe Siner,

Subject

• Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval
• Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval, 500-1500
• Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval, 500-1500
• Devotional objects -- Catholic Church
• Devotional objects -- Catholic Church
• Liturgical objects
• Liturgical objects
• Liturgical objects
• Relics
• Relics
• Relics
• Reliquaries, Medieval
• Reliquaries, Medieval
• Reliquaries, Medieval
• 500-1500
• Art objects, Medieval
• Art objects, Medieval
• Art objects, Medieval

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

"This book traces the origins, economic development, and later history of church treasures, and explores the forms and function of these objects of memory and wonder. Precious metalwork, relics, chess pieces, ostrich eggs, unicorn horns, and bones of giants were among the treasury objects accumulated in churches during the Middle Ages. The material manifestations of a Christian worldview, they would only later become naturalia and objets d'art, from the sixteenth and the nineteenth century onwards, respectively. Philippe Cordez traces the rhetorical origination, economic development, and later history of church treasures, and explores the forms and functions of the memorial objects that constituted them. Such objects were a source of wonder for their contemporaries and remain so today, albeit for quite different reasons. Indeed, our fascination relates primarily to their epistemic and aesthetic qualities. Dealing also with these paradigm shifts, this study opens up new paths toward an archeology of current scholarly and museum practices. Philippe Cordez is Deputy Director of the German Center for Art History in Paris."--Publisher's web site

Member of

• Studies in medieval and early Renaissance art history

Cataloging source

ERASA

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History