| ISBN |
9789639053946 (pbk.) |
| 9639053945 (pbk.) |
| Title |
Kép és kereszténység = Image and Christianity : vizuális médiumok a középkorban = visual media in the Middle Ages / edited by [Péter Bokody] |
| Publisher |
Pannonhalma : Pannonhalmi Főapátság, 2014 |
| Physical desc. |
309 p. ; col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Note |
Catalogue of two exhibitions held at the Abbey Manor Visitor Centre in Pannonhalma, Hungary: Icons and relics: veneration of images between East and West, 21 March-11 November 2014; and, Image and Christianity: visual media in the Middle Ages, 3 July-30 September 2014. |
| CBL illustrations: p. [193], fig. 10 (W 40, f. 48v). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-309). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The sacred image: on the gaining and the loss of images in Western Christianity / Mátyás Varga -- Cult of relics in the Middle Ages / Gábor Klaniczay -- The Fourth Crusade and the looting of Constantinople / Julia Bokody -- The power of the image in prayer and devotion / Colum Hourihane -- Mosaics and church decoration: the cathedral in Poreč / Marina Vicelja-Matijašić -- De materialibus ad inmaterialia excitans: commentary on the stained glass windows by Suger, Abbot of Saint-Denis / Gábor Endrődi -- Mural painting as a medium: technique, representation and liturgy / Péter Bokody -- Image and liturgy in the Middle Ages / Béla Zsolt Szakács -- Illuminated prayer books / Laura Cleaver -- Icons and relics: veneration of images between East and West -- Image and Christianity: visual media in the Middle Ages. |
| Language Note |
Parallel text in Hungarian and English |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 40 |
| Christian art and symbolism -- Hungary -- Budapest -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Exhibitions |
| Christian art and symbolism -- Europe -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Exhibitions |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, European |
| Added name(s) |
Bokody, Péter ed. |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Pannonhalma (Benedictine monastery) |
