Decorating the Lord's Table: On the Dynamics Between Image and Altar in the Middle Ages
- ISBN-10
- 8763501333
- ISBN-13
- 9788763501330
- Category
- Altarpieces, Medieval
- Pages
- 180
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Authors
- Erik Thunø, Søren Kaspersen
Description
Oxbow says: The six essays featured in this study originated as papers given at the 36th International Congress of Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo. The contributors survey the ornate altars produced from the early 8th to 13th century in Europe, with specific examples taken from Italy, Germany and Scandinavia.
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