04786nam 2201009Ia 450 991078880210332120230721033512.01-282-77243-097866127724360-520-94241-810.1525/9780520942417(CKB)3390000000006992(EBL)837187(OCoLC)773564911(SSID)ssj0000438720(PQKBManifestationID)11305115(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000438720(PQKBWorkID)10452016(PQKB)10020106(MiAaPQ)EBC837187(OCoLC)670278186(MdBmJHUP)muse30692(DE-B1597)519943(DE-B1597)9780520942417(Au-PeEL)EBL837187(CaPaEBR)ebr10675700(CaONFJC)MIL277243(EXLCZ)99339000000000699220071220d2009 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrLadder of shadows[electronic resource] reflecting on medieval vestige in Provence and Languedoc /Gustaf Sobin ; foreword by Michael IgnatieffBerkeley University of California Press20091 online resource (260 p.)An Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanitiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-25334-5 0-520-25335-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Foreword --Introduction --Apt: Reading an Antique City as Palimpsest --Desolate Treasure --Crypto-Christianity: The Sarcophagi of Arles, I --Terra Sigillata --Relics: Membra Martyrum as Living Current --Venus Disfigured --The Blossoming of Numbers: The Baptistery at Riez --The Deletion of Shadow: The Sarcophagi of Arles, II --City of God --Laying the Dragon Low --The Dark Ages: A History of Omissions --The Blue Tears of Sainte-Marthe --The Blind Arcade: Reflections on a Carolingian Sarcophagus --Celestial Paradigms --Vaulting the Nave --The Dome: Architecture as Antecedent --Classical Roots, Evangelical Branches --Vanished Scaffolds and the Structures Thereof --Incastellamento: Perching the Village, I --Incastellamento: Perching the Village, II The Circulades of Languedoc --Faja Oscura --Psalmodi --The Fifth Element: From Manna to Exaction --Mary Magdalene the Odoriferous --The Death of Genesis --Notes --IndexBits of late Roman coinage, the mutilated torso of a marble Venus, blue debris from an early medieval glassworks, and the powder rasped from the reputed tomb of Mary Magdalene-these tantalizing mementos of human history found scattered throughout the landscape of southeastern France are the points of departure for Gustaf Sobin's lyrical narrative. A companion volume to his acclaimed Luminous Debris, Ladder of Shadows picks up where the former left off: with late antiquity, covering a period from roughly the third to the thirteenth century. Here Sobin offers brilliant readings of late Roman and early Christian ruins in his adopted region of Provence, sifting through iconographic, architectural, and sacramental vestiges to shed light on nothing less than the existential itself.Archaeology and historyFrance, SouthernFrance, SouthernAntiquitiesFrance, SouthernCivilizationantique city.architecture.baptistery at riez.carolingian sarcophagus.celestial paradigms.city of god.dark ages.death of genesis.early christian ruins.early medieval glassworks.faja oscura.france.human history.iconography.incastellamento.late antiquity.late roman coins.late roman ruins.luminous debris.lyrical narrative.marble venus.provence.psalmodi.reputed tomb of mary magdalene.sacraments.sainte marthe.sarcophagi of arles.southeastern france.the circulades of languedoc.venus disfigured.Archaeology and history944/.802Sobin Gustaf1157837MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788802103321Ladder of shadows3853015UNINA