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Autore |
Ames Alexander Lawrence <1987-> |
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The Word in the Wilderness : Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania |
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University Park : , : Penn State University Press, , 2021 |
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©2021 |
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0-271-09260-2 |
0-271-09259-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 pages) |
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Collana |
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Pietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist Studies ; ; v.5 |
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Manuscrits allemands - Pennsylvanie (États-Unis) |
Vie religieuse - Pennsylvanie (États-Unis) |
Enluminure |
Pietism |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch |
Fraktur art |
RELIGION - Christianity - Protestant |
Pietism - Pennsylvania - History |
Pennsylvania Dutch - Religious life |
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country |
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Dutch Country |
Pennsylvania |
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Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : "Pages of a mystical character" : German manuscripts in American history -- "Heaven is my fatherland" : manuscript culture in an age of evangelical piety -- "The spirit of the letter" : calligraphy and spirituality during the long era of manuscripts -- "Worship always the scripture" : teaching literacy and pious wisdom in German Pennsylvania -- "Incense hill" : song, image, and ambient manuscripts -- Marching to "step and time" : text, commemoration, and the rituals of everyday life -- Conclusion : "Errand into the wilderness" : making meaning from manuscripts. |
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