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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816005803321

Autore

Wagner Wolfgang Eric

Titolo

Die liturgische Gegenwart des abwesenden Königs [[electronic resource] ] : Gebetsverbrüderung und Herrscherbild im frühen Mittelalter / / von Wolfgang Eric Wagner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-283-12003-8

9786613120038

90-04-18924-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

Brill's series on the early Middle Ages (continuation of The transformation of the Roman world), , 1878-4879 ; ; v. 19

Disciplina

745.6/7094

Soggetti

Kings and rulers in art

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval - Europe

Portraits - Themes, motives

Christian art and symbolism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's Habilitationsschrift--Universität Rostock, 2008/2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Vorläufige Material / W. E. Wagner -- 1. Kapitel / W. E. Wagner -- 2. Kapitel / W. E. Wagner -- 3. Kapitel / W. E. Wagner -- 4. Kapitel / W. E. Wagner -- 5. Kapitel / W. E. Wagner -- 6. Kapitel / W. E. Wagner -- Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis / W. E. Wagner -- Index der Personen- und Ortsnamen / W. E. Wagner -- Abbildungen / W. E. Wagner.

Sommario/riassunto

It has for decades been part of the canon of maxims of basic research that most images of rulers in early medieval book illustrations have been transmitted in liturgical manuscripts, id est manuscripts originally intended for divine worship. There have however to date been few investigations which draw serious consequences from this and which also view miniatures of rulers in the light of their functional aspects, for example as ‘memorial depictions’ (O.G. Oexle), or on the basis of the social reality of the pious motives behind their presentation. This study gives a more precise explanation of the function and purpose of ruler-



images by examining a few selected early medieval miniatures. It analyzes the historical and social contexts of their genesis and the liturgical and commemorative aims of their use against the setting of the social form of remembrance of confraternity.