1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001902829707536

Autore

Amnesty International

Titolo

Romania / [Amnesty International]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.] : Amnesty International Publications, 1980

Descrizione fisica

19 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Amnesty International briefing ; 17

Disciplina

323.49

Soggetti

Diritti civili - Romania

Diritti dell'uomo - Romania

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Tit. della cop.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784793503321

Autore

Baert Barbara

Titolo

A Heritage of Holy Wood: The Legend of the True Cross in Text and Image / / Barbara Baert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004

ISBN

1-280-91539-0

9786610915392

90-474-0574-9

1-4294-5472-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (597 p.)

Collana

Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples ; ; 22

Altri autori (Persone)

PreedyLee

Disciplina

700/.48246558/094950902

Soggetti

Art, Byzantine

Art, Medieval

Holy Cross - Legends - Art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Diagrams -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- 1. Helena and the Jews. The Legend of the Finding of the Cross -- Constantine the Great, the cross, and the Inventio crucis -- The Judas Cyriacus legend -- 2. The Finding of the Cross in Carolingian and Romanesque art -- The iconographic roots. Identity and diversity -- The Meuse region and Rhineland in the twelfth century. Expansion and enhancement -- 3. Heraclius and the Persians. The Legend of the Exaltation of the Cross -- Exaltatio crucis. Worldviews in conflict -- Heraclius as exemplar. Loci sancti , crusades and pilgrimage -- 4. The spreading of the Finding and Exaltation of the Cross in the late Middle Ages -- The Legenda Aurea -- Northern Germany and the Teutonic Order. Between Tempzin and Marienwerder -- Southern Germany and the Danube basin. Nuremberg, insignia of state and new iconographic formulas -- The Netherlands. A periphery? -- 5. From Paradise to Golgotha. The Legend of the Wood of the Cross -- Between typologia and narratio -- Seth and the return to Paradise -- The Queen of Sheba, the sibyl and the Wood of the Cross -- 6. The monumental programmes of the Legend of the Cross in Italy, Germany and Switzerland (1388-ca. 1495) -- Italy. Tradition and innovation -- North of the Alps. Neglected and diverse -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Colour Plates -- Bibliography -- Photographic Acknowledgements -- Index of Works -- Index of Names.

Sommario/riassunto

In the fourth century the idea arose that the Cross on which Christ was crucified had been found by Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine. Thus began a legend that would grow and flourish throughout the Middle Ages and cause the diffusion of countless splinters of holy wood. And where there is wood, there was once a tree. Could it be that the Cross was made from that most noble species, the Tree of Life? So, gathering characters along the way, the legend evolved into a tale that stretches from the Creation to the End of Time. A Heritage of Holy Wood is the first reconstruction of the iconographic and literary tradition of the Legend of the True Cross. Its broad scope encompasses relic cults, pilgrimages, travellers' tales and the Tree of Life and involves Church Fathers, crusader kings, Teutonic Knights and mendicant orders, all of which influenced the legend's depiction from its earliest representation in manuscripts, reliquaries and altarpieces, to the great monumental cycles of the high Middle Ages. If the holy wood was the medium of medieval memory, A Heritage of Holy Wood reveals the growth rings of fifteen centuries of imagery.