Trinity and Incarnation in Anglo-Saxon Art and Thought

di Barbara C. Raw (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 1997

This book is a study of the theology of the Trinity as expressed in the literature and art of the late Anglo-Saxon period. It examines the meaning of the representations of the Trinity in tenth- and eleventh-century English manuscripts and their relationship to Anglo-Saxon theology, and to earlier debates about the legitimacy of representations of the divine. The book's unifying theme is that of the image: the image of the Trinity in the human soul; Christ, the perfect image and visible form of the invisible God; redemption as the restoration of the imperfect human image to its original likeness through contemplation of its divine archetype; prayer as an anticipation of the contemplation of heaven, and art as a form of contemplation. The book, which contains a selection of black and white illustrations, will be of interest to art historians, theologians and literary scholars alike.

• Autore: Barbara C. Raw
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England
• Anno: 1997
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 248 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 161 mm
• Peso: 485 gr.
• EAN: 9780521553711

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