Christ Crucified in the Gellone Sacramentary
The image of Christ on the Cross, either as an element of a narrative scene (a Crucifixion) or as an isolated object of devotion (a Crucifix) is so common in the artistic and religious traditions of the last millennium of Western art, especially but not only in the Catholic tradition, that it is sel...
| Published in: | Conversations |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Yale University
2013
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Conversations
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| Further subjects: | B
Sacramentary
B Medieval B Roman Catholicism B Christian B Crucifixion |
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| Summary: | The image of Christ on the Cross, either as an element of a narrative scene (a Crucifixion) or as an isolated object of devotion (a Crucifix) is so common in the artistic and religious traditions of the last millennium of Western art, especially but not only in the Catholic tradition, that it is seldom recognized that such images are altogether absent during the first centuries of Christianity, and remain rare at least through the eighth century of the common era. |
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| ISSN: | 2475-241X |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22332/con.obj.2014.13 |