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...

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Auteur principal: Nees, Lawrence 1949- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Yale University 2013
Dans: Conversations
Année: 2014
Sujets non-standardisés:B Sacramentary
B Medieval
B Chrétien
B Roman Catholicism
B Crucifixion
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Résumé: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.
ISSN:2475-241X
Contient:Enthalten in: Conversations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.22332/con.obj.2014.13