Verse inscriptions in stone appeared in abundance on the fa|ades of Romanesque churches in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Marking the place where medieval worshippers were transported from secular to sacred space, portal verse inscriptions provide important, and often overlooked, insights into the dynamic function of the portals and their art. The Allegory of the Church is the first full-length study of Romanesque verse inscriptions in the context of church portals and portal sculpture, and is the product of a twenty ...
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Verse inscriptions in stone appeared in abundance on the fa|ades of Romanesque churches in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Marking the place where medieval worshippers were transported from secular to sacred space, portal verse inscriptions provide important, and often overlooked, insights into the dynamic function of the portals and their art. The Allegory of the Church is the first full-length study of Romanesque verse inscriptions in the context of church portals and portal sculpture, and is the product of a twenty-year study. Calvin B. Kendall demonstrates how these inscriptions served to express the role of the church building as a concrete allegory of Christ and the Church. Describing them in detail, he traces the history and nature of the changes in allegorical interpretation of the inscriptions until, as medieval assumptions about language and rhetoric changed, they were finally abandoned by Gothic artists. An exemplary work of interdisciplinary scholarship, The Allegory of the Church includes a detailed catalogue of Romanesque verse inscriptions.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. xv, 401pp + 40 glossy black and white plates. Fine hardcover with dust-jacket in mylar.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0802042627. Binding tight--probably never read. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Green cloth cover with little or no wear. Dustjacket with minor wear to edges, but otherwise fine.; 9.34 X 6.43 X 1.54 inches; 408 pages.
